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Placental mammals are grouped into Xenartha (anteaters, sloths, and armadillos), Afrotheria (elephant shrews, tenrecs, golden moles, elephants, aardvarks, manatees, dugongs, and hyraxes), Euarchontoglires (rodents, rabbits, hares, pikas, tree shrews, colugos, and primates), and Laurasiatheria (hedgehogs, shrews, moles, solenodons, bats, whales, dolphins, porpoises, even-toed hoofed mammals, odd-toed hoofed mammals, pangolins, and carnivores). Each of these is further divided into orders, which are divided into families, which are divided into genera, which are divided into species. There are 21 orders and 132 families of placental mammals.
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Are elephants classified as placental mammals?
Yes
Do placental mammals have fur?
Terrestrial placental mammals do have fur or hair. Marine placental mammals do not.
In placental mammals is a baby nourished with milk after birth?
Yes. This is a feature of all mammals, and if this did not occur, the animal would not be classified as a mammal.
What two placental mammals lay eggs?
There are no placental mammals which lay eggs.The only two egg-laying mammals in existence are the platypus and the echidna, which are classed as monotremes.They are still classified as mammals because they feed their young on mothers' milk - a characteristic unique to mammals alone.
Are placental mammals and primates are same?
No. Primates are a group of placental mammals, but there are many placental mammals that are not primates.
Define placental mammals?
placental mammals are the most famous mammals
What are examples of placental animals?
Most mammals are placental...marsupial mammals and monotremes are not placental.
Are shrews placental mammals?
Yes. Shrews are placental mammals.
Are rabbits placental mammals or monotremes?
A rabbit is a placental mammal.
Are Bottle Nosed Dolphins placental mammals or marsupial mammals?
Dolphins are placental mammals.
Is a whale a marsupial?
Seals are placental mammals, as the young complete their development within the mother's uterus, attached to a placenta. They do not have a pouch like most marsupials, and they do not lay eggs like monotremes.
Does a bat have a pouch?
Neither. Bats are placental mammals, so they neither have a pouch, nor do they lay eggs.
