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Their bodies are covered with hair, they are Viviparous which means they have a live birth, they nurse their young with milk from mammary glands, they have a diaphragm that separates their thorax from their abdomen, they have a 4 chambered heart, Highly developed brain allows them for more memory and intelligence, 2 pair for thumbs, and they have a long parental care.
- Mammals have mammary glands
- They are warm blooded
- They have hair
- They have a middle ear bone
- They have a neocortex region of the brain
- They have sweat glands
- Except for the three species (which lay eggs), all mammal species give birth to live young.
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∙ 6y agoA Mammal is normally defined as a warm-blooded animal with a covering of fur, skin or hair which gives birth to live young who are nourished with milk, and who are vertebrate. All mammals suckle their young, but there is a sub-group known as monotremes, which are the egg-laying mammals. This group includes just the platypus and the echidna. They are still mammals because, like all mammals, they feed their young on mothers' milk. Mammals also breathe through lungs.
Most mammals are also characterised by the following anatomical features:
- A flexible neck with seven cervical vertebrae
- Mammals also show enhanced neocortex development
- Sound is produced by the larynx (a modified region of the trachea)
- Limbs are oriented vertically
- The mammalian heart has 4 chambers
- Internal temperature is generally high
- Live birth. Egg development occurs in the uterus (excluding monotremata)
- They have sweat glands
- A single jaw bone
- Diaphragm
- Three bones for a middle ear
- Feeds milk to its young
- Hair on the body (at least somewhere)
- Give milk to feed their young
- Breathe air
- Internal skeleton
- The largest group of mammals have placenta which feed the fetus before birth
Hair, Warm blood, Don't hatch out of eggs, Drink our mother's milk normally at birth
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∙ 8y ago1.) Body covered by hair or fur
2.) Four-chambered heart
3.) specialized teeth
4.) Warm blooded
5.) Suckle their young with mother's milk
6.) Babies born as miniature versions of an adult
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What mammals have bird like characteristics?
birds
Do apes have hair?
Yes. Apes are mammals, and one of the defining characteristics of mammals is that they have hair.
Bats are flying animals but are not birds.Why?
Bats are not birds because they are mammals as they have the characteristics of a mammal. They have these characteristics which enable them to be classified as mammals. They are warm blooded, and they have fur.
Are mermaids mammals?
If mermaids existed (which they don't) they would presumably be mammals. At least, most depictions of mermaids show them with obvious mammalian characteristics (specifically, obvious human characteristics; most mammals do not have large, permanent breasts).
What characteristics of mammals do fetal pigs possess?
It is cardiovascular.
What characteristics do chiroptera?
An order of mammals similar to bats.
What are differences between mammals and humans?
not all mammals have five fingers and pose able thumbs and our hands are not harry
How are mammals and whales similar?
Whales ARE mammals. They have all the characteristics of mammals. Live birth, nurse their Young, Breathe with lungs, etc etc
What are characteristics common to all primate?
they are mammals they have brains and they are smart
Are mammles warm blooded?
Yes that is one of the characteristics of mammals.
What are some characteristics of black sheep?
They have hooves, they are mammals, they are black.
Why are Asian elephants mammals?
Because they have the characteristics of mammals: -live birth -nurse their young - body hair -etc
