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Elephants are terrestrial herbivorous placental mammals. They are called pachyderms because of their thick, rough skin, but this is not an actual taxon. Taxonomically, they are in the order Proboscidea and the family Elephantidae.
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What type of noun is the word elephants?
The noun 'elephants' is a plural, common, concrete noun; a word for a type of mammal; a word for a living things.
Is elephants a noun?
Yes, the word elephants is the plural form for the singular noun elephant; a word for a type of mammal, a word for a thing.
Which land mammal has the biggest ages?
Elephants.
What is one mammal that lives in the african rainforest?
ELEPHANTS
Are elephants in the dinosaur family?
No, an elephant is in the mammal family.
Are elephants the biggest mammal?
No. Whales are mammals, and bigger than elephants. Elephants are the biggest land-living mammals though. No. There are several kinds of whales that are larger than elephants. However, the African Elephant is the largest mammal (or animal of any kind) that lives on land.
Which land mammal are dugongs closely related to?
The Land Mammal Closely Related To The Dugongs Are Elephants <3
Is the Asian Elephant a mammal?
Yes, Asian elephants are mammals.
What are large plant-eating African mammal?
Elephants and rhinos.
What type of vertebrate is the elephant?
It is a mammal because it gives birth to its young alive; it feeds its young on milk; and it grows hairs on its skin. Many other animals are also mammals but the elephant is a "pachyderm". Hippipotami and rhinoceros are also pachyderms.# The meaning of "pachy" is "thick" and the meaning of "derm" is "skin", so pachyderms are mammals with thick skins
What is an elephants talent other wise than never forgetting?
Elephants, besides humans, are the only other mammal that can cry.
Is a tiger a marsupial or a placental animal?
Elephants are placental mammals. Marsupials have a pouch (which elephants don't) and monotremes lay eggs (which elephants CERTAINLY don't)
