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Because they nurse their young, as all mammals do. They share other characteristics most mammals have: they are warm-blooded, vertebrates, have hair or fur, give birth to live young, and feed their young milk.
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Are sea elephants mammals?
They are mammals.
Are African Elephants mammals or amphibians?
Mammals.
Are elephants and dolphins mammals?
Yes. They are mammals.
Does elephants have backbones?
As elephants are mammals, and all mammals are vertabrates (ie. they have a backbone), then yes, they do indeed have a backbone.
Are elephants marsupials or are they monotremes?
Neither. Elephants are placental mammals, which form a different group of mammals from either the marsupials (pouched mammals) or the monotremes (egg-laying mammals).
Is an elephant a marsupial?
No, elephants are not marsupials. Elephants are considered placental mammals.
Is elephants warm or cold blooded?
Elephants are mammals and are warm blooded.
Do male elephants have babys?
No. No males of a species has babies. Elephants are mammals.
Are elephants mammals and vertabrates?
Yes
Are all elephants mammals?
Yes
Is an elephant a amphihibians?
No elephants are mammals.
What do cows and elephants and whales have in common?
Cows, elephants and whales are all mammals.
