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What feeds their young milk and have hair or fur?
Mammals have fur or hair and nurse their young with milk. They also have a four-chambered heart as well as a variety of specialized teeth types.
Four characteristics used to classify whales as mammals?
BackboneHairYoung aliveNurse the young
What are derived characters of mammals?
The shared derived characters of mammals are: 1. They have hair which is made of keratin and purpose is to proved insulation and minimize heat loss. 2. there is a lactation system due development of mammary gland.
Is the animal armadillo a mammal?
They're armoured mammals of the family Dasypodidae.
Are gibbons mammals?
Yes, gibbons are in the primate order of mammals, along with humans. All primates are Mammals. Whenever an animal has warm blood, four legs, and fur, and nurses its young, it is practically certain to be a mammal.
Is there a fish that are mammals?
No fish are mammals. Mammals are vertebrate animals that nurse their young. Mammals have many characteristics in common such as being warm-blooded, having some hair or fur, and being tetrapods (having four limbs, although in marine mammals these are fins).
What mammal has a litter of four and all are of the same sex?
Four young are born in a burrow in March. All four young, always of the same sex, are identical quadruplets and developed from the same egg. They even share a single placenta while in the womb. Armadillos are the only mammals in which multiple young form from a single egg with any regularity.
A distinguishing feature of all mammals?
All mammals feed their young with milk, have hair, have a neocortex region of the brain, and have three middle ear bones. There are other characteristics shared by all mammals, but the above four are (for the most part) that only ones unique to mammals.
How are mammals similar to humans?
We ARE mammals. Like all other mammals, humans are warmblooded vertebrates, have hair, give live birth, nourish babies with milk and spend sufficient time with our offspring before releasing them into the world.
Are giraffe amphibians?
no an elephant is not a lizard a lizard is a reptile and a elephant is a mammal
What are the characteristics of birds and mammals?
A bird is an endothermic vertebrate that has feathers and a four-chambered heart. A bird also lays eggs. All mammals are endothermic vertebrates that have a four-chambered heart and skin covered with fur or hair. Most mammals are born alive, and every young mammal is fed with milk produced by organs in its mother's body. These organs are called mammary glands. The word mammal, in fact, comes from the term mammary.
How do mammals differ from birds and what adaptation's do they share?
Adaptations that birds and mammals share include the fact that they are both warm blooded, they are both vertebrates, and they both have four chambered hearts. Unlike mammals, birds are covered in feathers and all birds lay eggs. Unlike birds, mammals are covered in hair, produce milk for their young, and nearly all mammals give birth to live young (except a few species that lay eggs).
