A land animal with scales

Answer 1

Simple answer: mammals have fur, reptiles and fish have scales, and birds have feathers.

All three are simple variants of maturation in skin cells:

if the cells just get thick, then you get scales.

if the surface of the cell folds in, you get hair follicles.

if the surface folds upward you end up with feathers.

Since the whole thing is genetic, it depends on who your ancestors were.

Answer 2

Answer 1:

There are many kinds of animals with scales. A scale is simply a rigid plate on the surface of an animal, usually for protection.

The most obvious examples include fish and reptiles, but most birds and a few mammals have scales that are still genetically linked to their reptile ancestors. The Musky Rat-Kangaroo is an example of this, a marsupial that has many traits thought to be held over from mammal ancestors, including actual scales on its feet and tail.

Other mammals have convergenly evolved their own scales, like the Pangolin.

There are also invertebrates with scales. For example, lepidopterans (butterflies and their relatives) have wings that are considered by biologists to be scaled.

Answer 2:

It should be noted that the only vertebrates with true scales are fish. Reptiles have scaly skin, and any appearance of scales on such creatures as the pangolin or the musky rat-kangaroo are in fact modified hairs, composed of keratin just as other hair is.

Some land animals do have scales but mammals don't

There are many animals with scales such as fish, snakes, lizards and crocodiles.

Answer 3

Scaly, or scabrous.

Because so many different types of animals are covered with scales -- from fish to reptiles to insects -- there's no single biological term to designate a scaled animal.

Answer 4

reptiles like turtles ,snakes , lizards and armadillo also have scale like skin.

Answer 5

Reptiles have scales.

Answer 6

snake

fishes

Answer 7

Fish, Snakes, Aliigators

Answer 8

some types of fish, lizards, snakes,ect