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What criteria do scientists use to classify an organism as a mammal?
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∙ 13y ago
Mammals are vertebrates that are warm-blooded, breathe air, and females nurse their young with mammary glands.
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∙ 14y ago
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago- female secretes milk to feed its young
- has fur or hair on at least part of body (fur may be very short, but its there)
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How do you classify a human being?
A mammal.
How do you classify human being?
A mammal.
Is a polar bear a marine mammal or any kind of mammal?
Polar bear is definitely a mammal. Many scientists and zoos classify them as a marine mammal due to the amount of time they spend in the water swimming from ice flow to ice flow looking for seals, but they are mammals who nurse their young like any other mammal.
What are the complexity arising during organism classification?
There may be complications in classifying organisms based on their anatomy (bodily structure). This is because their anatomy may compose of features of and share characteristics of different species. These animals will therefore make it difficult for scientists to classify them as being from one species.For example the platypus has a duck's bill and birds only have beaks. However it also has an otter's foot and a beaver's tail. It feeds its young with lactose milk which makes it similar to the mammal except it does so without nipples.It however also lays leathery eggs which makes it similar to the reptile.When such complications arise scientists classify these organisms based on the group the organism share the most amount of characteristics with. In the case of the platypus, scientists classified them as being a mammal.
What characteristic is used to classify a mammal as a placentasl mammal?
they give birth to live young and produce milk
Why is kiwi like a mammal?
A kiwi is not like a mammal. It has all the characteristics necessary to classify it as a bird alone.
What organism is a zebra?
a mammal and a herbivore
What type of organism is a deer?
Mammal
What type of organism is a seal?
A seal is a mammal.
How you classify humans?
Humans are in the animal kingdom, the mammal phylum, and the primate order.
What is a biped organism?
A biped organism has 2 feet like a gorilla or ape! It is a mammal.
Why do you use identification keys?
Biologists may use an identification key to order or classify a specific group of animals, for example frogs and bears.You immeadiatly see that one is an amphibian and one is a mammal but scientists use these for the minor details.
