Is the little penguin a mammal?

Answer 1

No, a penguin is a flightless bird, while a marsupial is a mammal which rears its young in a pouch.

Some penguins (such as the Emperor Penguin) have a skin flap which they incubate their egg in to stop it freezing but this doesn't make them mammals!

Answer 2

Yes. It keeps the young inside the body until the baby can function independently.

All bears are are placental mammals. (Koalas are not bears.)
Yes. Polar bears are placental mammals. Unlike marsupials, they do not have a pouch, and unlike monotremes, they do not lay eggs.
Yes. Polar bears are placental mammals.

Answer 3

No, a penguin is not a placental. A placental mammal is part of a major group Eutheria. A placental mammal has hair or fur, gives birth to live young and feeds it's young milk. A penguin would be a monotreme.

Answer 4

The penguin is a bird. Like all birds, it has feathers, whereas mammals have fur and amphibians have moist skin. Penguins also do not feed their young on mothers' milk as mammals do. Nor do their young breathe through gills as young amphibians do.

Answer 5

Penguins are not, in fact mammals, but birds. They lay eggs, which the parents care for, and then a chick hatches from the egg.

Answer 6

A little penguin is not considered to be a mammal because it does not have fur but feathers instead. A penguin also does not nurse her young like mammals do.

Answer 7

The penguin is an egg-laying bird. It is not a mammal.

The only egg-laying mammals, or monotremes, are the platypus and the echidna.

Answer 8

Yes, polar bears are mammals. They give live birth, and suckle their young.

Answer 9

It is a mammal even if it lays eggs.

Answer 10

No. Penguins are birds