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What are the main characteristics that separate mammals from all other animals?
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∙ 11y ago
The 5 defining characteristics of a mammal are; mammillary glands(glands that make milk) , hair/fur, muscular diaphragm(muscle used to breath) , auditory obssicles(three ear bones) and denary (solid jaw and teeth) bird are hot blooded birds are not mammals nurse young birds nurse young not just from a teat P.S. I am a student studying zoology so I know that for a fact that is the 5 defining traits of mammals
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 10y agoThere are more than 7, but only one is a defining characteristic: nursing young.
All mammals share these traits:
1. Warm-blooded.
2. Breathe air with lungs
3. Females feed young with milk (mammary glands).
4. Hair or fur.
5. Specialized dentition
6. Synapsid skulls
Additionally: Live birth (except monotremes)
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∙ 14y ago1. Mammals are warm-blooded; reptiles are cold-blooded.
2. Most/all mammals have hair; reptiles do not.
3. Female mammals have mammary glands; female reptiles do not.
4. Mammals have sweat glands; reptiles do not.
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∙ 12y agoThere are many characteristics that all mammals have. These include:
1. All mammals have hair.
2. All mammals are warmblooded and breathe oxygen.
3. All mammals nourish their young with milk.
4. All mammals have a four-chambered heart, three middle ear bones, and a neocortex in the brain.
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∙ 15y agomammals: give birth to live young have hair or fir are warm blooded produce milk to feed young breathe air with lungs
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∙ 6y ago1. Mammals give birth to their young.
2. Mammals are warm blooded.
3. Mammals have hair on their bodies.
4. Mammals feed their young with milk.
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∙ 12y agoWarm blooded,no eggs.........the list goes on...and on...and on
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∙ 11y agoMammals are warm blooded vertebrates that have live young, are fur bearing and produce milk for their offspring.
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∙ 7y agoHair and mammillary glands.
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Is an elephanta MAMMAL?
Mammals have three special characteristics that separate them from other groups of animals. The females produce milk by mammary glands, they have hair, and they have 3 specific middle ear bones. All of these characteristics are true of elephants, thus they are mammals (in the Order Proboscidea).
What animals havehair?
All mammals have fur, some other animals can have fur e.g the platypus which lays eggs but has fur so it has characteristics of both mammals and reptiles but all mammals have fur.
Is a mammal a girl?
Mammals are boys and girls. Mammals are classified based on certain characteristics they have. Some characteristics mammals have are: 1. They have to have at least some hair on their body. 2. The females have to have nipples that they feed their young milk with. 3. And, other than monotremes (platypus and possums and other animals), they have to give live birth to their young. So therefore, all humans are mammals. Cats, dogs, hamsters, and all other animals you can think of that have all three characteristics, are mammals.
What type of external features are used to separate mammals from other animals?
Mammals have several different external features that make them different from other animals. Some of these features include body hair or fur, external mammary glands, and warm-bloodedness.
What are the two characteristics of the platypus that cause it to be classified in the group of mammals?
The two definitive characteristics that make the platypus a mammal are: 1. It nurtures its young on mothers' milk. 2. It has fur. No other group of animals both these characteristics.
What is biological classification of organisms based on?
Biological classification of organisms is based on their similarities and differences in characteristics such as genetic makeup, anatomy, and behavior. Organisms are grouped into different categories, such as kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species, based on these characteristics. The goal of classification is to organize and understand the diversity of life on Earth.
What are the diets of desert animals?
mammals eat other species and other animals
Do you have to separate a pregnant guinea pigs from other animals?
It is advised to separate any pregnant animals away from other animals, so yes.
What do mammals have as an outer covering that no other animals have?
hair
What other animals are mammals?
The other animals are Mammals is Dolphin,Cat,Dog,Cheetah,Lion,Tiger And Others Every Mammals is Dangerous And Some Mammals Extinc And Others Is No Longer Exist Like a Dinosaur And Dinosaur is Very Dangerous Too.
What other animals besides frogs have long intestine?
Many other animals, such as most mammals and birds.
Do Marsupials share characteristics with other animals from other groups?
Marsupials are mammals, so share all features with other mammals. As well, they are vertebrates, so share the characteristic of having a backbone with birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. Like birds and reptiles, mammals breathe via lungs (rather than gills), and like birds, they are warm-blooded.
