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Most mammals give birth to live young, excluding the platypus and echidnas, which lay eggs. Mammals are also the only known animals to produce milk to feed their young (hence the name "mammal", from the term "mammary glands"). Other distinguishing features of mammals include fur, three middle ear bones, and a neocortex.

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