What are all the different animal familys?

It's impossible to list all the animal families because there are thousands of them! But we can look at the major groups and give some examples:

Kingdom: Animalia

* Phylum: Chordata (Animals with a backbone)

* Class: Mammalia

* Order: Primates (Humans, monkeys, apes)

* Family: Hominidae (Humans, gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans)

* Family: Hylobatidae (Gibbons)

* Order: Carnivora (Meat-eaters)

* Family: Canidae (Dogs, wolves, foxes)

* Family: Felidae (Cats, lions, tigers)

* Family: Ursidae (Bears)

* Order: Artiodactyla (Even-toed ungulates)

* Family: Bovidae (Cows, sheep, goats)

* Family: Cervidae (Deer, elk, moose)

* Order: Cetacea (Whales, dolphins, porpoises)

* Family: Balaenopteridae (Rorquals, including blue whales)

* Family: Delphinidae (Oceanic dolphins)

* Class: Aves (Birds)

* Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)

* Family: Corvidae (Crows, ravens)

* Family: Paridae (Chickadees, titmice)

* Order: Anseriformes (Ducks, geese, swans)

* Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese, swans)

* Order: Falconiformes (Hawks, eagles, falcons)

* Family: Accipitridae (Hawks, eagles, vultures)

* Family: Falconidae (Falcons)

* Class: Reptilia (Lizards, snakes, turtles, crocodiles)

* Order: Squamata (Lizards and snakes)

* Family: Iguanidae (Iguanas)

* Family: Viperidae (Vipers)

* Order: Testudines (Turtles)

* Family: Testudinidae (Tortoises)

* Family: Cheloniidae (Sea turtles)

* Order: Crocodilia (Crocodiles, alligators, caimans)

* Family: Crocodylidae (Crocodiles)

* Family: Alligatoridae (Alligators, caimans)

* Class: Amphibia (Frogs, toads, salamanders)

* Order: Anura (Frogs and toads)

* Family: Ranidae (True frogs)

* Family: Bufonidae (Toads)

* Order: Caudata (Salamanders)

* Family: Salamandridae (Newts and salamanders)

* Family: Plethodontidae (Lungless salamanders)

* Phylum: Mollusca (Snails, slugs, clams, squid, octopuses)

* Class: Gastropoda (Snails and slugs)

* Family: Helicidae (Land snails)

* Family: Limacidae (Slugs)

* Class: Bivalvia (Clams, mussels, oysters)

* Family: Unionidae (Freshwater mussels)

* Family: Ostreidae (Oysters)

* Class: Cephalopoda (Squid, octopuses, cuttlefish)

* Family: Sepiidae (Cuttlefish)

* Family: Octopodidae (Octopuses)

* Phylum: Arthropoda (Insects, spiders, crustaceans)

* Class: Insecta (Insects)

* Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)

* Family: Scarabaeidae (Scarab beetles)

* Family: Curculionidae (Weevils)

* Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)

* Family: Nymphalidae (Brush-footed butterflies)

* Family: Sphingidae (Hawk moths)

* Order: Hymenoptera (Bees, wasps, ants)

* Family: Apidae (Honey bees, bumblebees)

* Family: Formicidae (Ants)

* Class: Arachnida (Spiders, scorpions, ticks)

* Order: Araneae (Spiders)

* Family: Araneidae (Orb-weaving spiders)

* Family: Lycosidae (Wolf spiders)

* Order: Scorpiones (Scorpions)

* Family: Scorpionidae (Scorpions)

* Class: Crustacea (Crabs, lobsters, shrimp)

* Order: Decapoda (Crabs, lobsters, shrimp)

* Family: Cancridae (True crabs)

* Family: Nephropidae (Lobsters)

This is just a small sample, and there are many more families within each group. To learn more, you can explore websites and books on animal classification!