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  • Mammals are all warm blooded vertebrates with a covering of fur, skin or hair.
  • All mammals suckle their young
  • Most mammals give live birth, but there is a sub-group known as monotremes, which are the egg-laying mammals. This group includes just the platypus and the echidna. They are still mammals because, like all mammals, they feed their young on mothers' milk. Mammals also breathe through lungs.
  • Mammals have a flexible neck with seven cervical vertebrae, and they show enhanced neocortex development
  • Sound is produced by the larynx (a modified region of the trachea)
  • Their limbs are oriented vertically
  • The mammalian heart has 4 chambers
  • Mammals have three middle ear bones
  • They have a single lower jaw bone
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