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How is the covering of the mammals differ from the other types of vertebrates?
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Mammals are the only ones that can have fur or hair over their skin.
Birds have feathers.
Amphibians have moist skin.
Reptiles have scaly skin.
Fish have scales.
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What sets vertebrates apart from other animals?
The most obvious way in which mammals differ from the other four classes of vertebrates is that mammals nurture their young on mothers' milk.
How mammals differ from other vertebrates in their developmental processes?
mammals have hair all over their bodies, they give birth to live young, they include the largest animal ever-the blue whale
Do vertebrates possess hair and mammary glands?
Mammals, a branch of vertebrates, possess hair and mammary glands. No other vertebrates do.
How do vertebrates differ from other animals?
Vertebrates have backbones, other animals (besides vertebrates) don't have back bones.
Are elks vertebrates?
Elks are vertebrates. An invertebrate has no backbone like a snail.
Why Mammals are unique from other vertebrates?
they are warm blooded
What body covering makes a bird different from other vertebrates?
The most body covering of a bird is the beak.
How does the snake retina differ from that of other vertebrates?
Snakes eyes differ from eyes of mammals or other vertebrates. Other vertebrates are able to focus a sharp image on he retina of their eyes, by using a special muscle to change the shape of the lens. In many snakes though these muscles are absent, therefore a snake cannot focus on a stationary object. They are however very sensitive to movement. Some snakes have excellent eye sight but they are very uncommon.
Are mammals marsupials?
Yes. All mammals, including marsupials, have the following characteristics:a body covering of fur, skin or hairsuckle the young on mothers' milkwarm-blooded vertebrates which breathe through lungswith the exception of platypuses and echidnas which are monotremes, or egg laying mammals, all other mammals including marsupials give birth to live young
What make mammals different from all other vertebrates?
Hair and milk.
How are mammals like the birds but unlike the other vertebrates?
Bird and mammals are the only two groups of vertebrates which are warm blooded. Amphibians, reptiles and fish, the other vertebrate groups, are all cold-blooded.
How is vertebrates different from other animals?
vertebrates differ from other animals because they have a central nervous system running down their back
