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A bat is a mammal--it has fur, lactates and is warm-blooded. Mammals are vertebrates. Vertebrates have a dorsal nerve cord protected by bony or cartilaginous vertebrae. Arthropods are invertebrates--they do not have vertebrae. They are a specific kind of invertebrate with a jointed exoskeleton.
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What are 2 BIG differences between bats and brids?
Bats are mammals, birds are not. Birds lay eggs, bats do not.
Why aren't birds classified as mammals?
No mammilary glands. No hair. No live births.
What is a bird that does not lay egg and is a mammal called?
There is no such thing. Mammals are one classification, and birds are another. All birds lay eggs. The platypus and the echidna are the only egg-laying mammals.
Animals with backbones are classified as?
Animals with backbones are classified as vertebrates. Vertebrates include mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. They are characterized by having a spinal column or backbone to which the skull and limbs are articulated.
What does a Puerto Rican boa eat?
The Puerto Rican boa is a carnivorous snake known to feed on small mammals, birds, lizards, and possibly frogs. Their diet may also include bats and other reptiles found in their natural habitat.
Bats can fly so why are they not classiffied as birds?
A bat bears it's young alive, does not have feathers and does not have the high metabolic rate of a bird.
Bats are flying animals but are not birds.Why?
Bats are not birds because they are mammals as they have the characteristics of a mammal. They have these characteristics which enable them to be classified as mammals. They are warm blooded, and they have fur.
Are bats and owls both mammals?
Bats are mammals. Owls are birds.
What evidence shows that bats and birds are closely related?
They are not THAT closely related; bats are mammals, not birds. Both mammals and birds are vertebrate animals.
Are birds the only mammals that lay eggs?
Birds are not mammals. They are in their own category, which is "Birds". The only two egg-laying mammals are the platypus and the echidna, which are classified as monotremes.
Is a bat classified as mammals?
Yes, bats are mammals.
Are birds considered to be mammals?
Birds and mammals are mutually exclusive categories of animal. Monotremes (duckbilled platypus and echidna) are sometimes incorrectly said to be "half-bird" because they lay eggs instead of giving live birth, but they share more characteristics with mammals and are classified as such.
Are chickens bats?
Bats are mammals, Chickens are birds.
Do bats have gizzards?
Bats do not have gizzards. They are mammals, only birds have gizzards. Mammals do not have gizzards!
What are 2 BIG differences between bats and brids?
Bats are mammals, birds are not. Birds lay eggs, bats do not.
Why are ostriches classified under birds when they cannot fly?
mammals
Do bats breathe like birds or mammals?
yes, bats can breath like bird or mammals.
