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Do all female mammals possess mammary glands?

Yes, all female mammals possess mammary glands, which are responsible for producing milk to nourish their young.


Do marsupials nourish their young with milk?

Yes. Marsupials are mammals, and the defining characteristic of mammals is that they feed their young on mothers' milk.


Do egg-laying mammals nourish their young with milk?

Yes. Both platypuses and echidnas, which are the only egg-laying mammals (monotremes) nourish their young with mothers' milk. This is the defining characteristic of a mammal.


What type of glands are mammals named after?

The mammary glands, which produce the milk, with which mammals nourish their young.


Do mother whales nourish their young with milk?

Whales feed their young by breast feeding.


Groundhogs belong to this large group of animals that nourish their young with milk?

Their called mammals.


How come bats are classified as mammals?

They give birth to live young and suckle them to nourish.


Why dogs classified as mammals?

Because they give birth to live young and nourish them on teats.


What is special about the way mammals feed their young?

Mammals are the only animals that nourish their young with milk, a substance containing proteins, calcium, fat, and Vitamin C.


How do mammals nourish and care for their young?

nurse their young, protect their young, teach life leasons (hunting..) everything a person does for their child.


How does mammals have their young?

Sexual reproduction produces an embryo. Mammals usually give live birth except for the platypus and the echidna who lay eggs.


Name two distinguishing features of all mammales?

All mammals have hair and nourish their young with milk.