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Mammals

The world is home to 4260 named species of mammals. Mammals, or Mammalia are a class in the Phylum Chordata and the Subphylum Vertebrata. An animal is a mammal if, providing it is female, it can produce milk to feed its young.

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How do mammals increase heat loss from their bodies?

Mammals lose heat because they are often warmer than their surroundings, it is a law of thermodynamics that heat flows from warm to cool.

Scientiific name for marine mammals?

Whales and dolphins are under the group called "cetaceans." Seals belong to the group of "pinnipeds."

Can you name some mammal facts?

Mammals are one-celled living creatures classified in the bacteria kingdom. they live in the water and feed off snakes. they die when the are about five years old. they can have up to three children.

Are fish different from mammals in that they are ectotherms?

Yes. Fish are ectothermic, commonly referred to as 'cold blooded', because their body temperature depends on their external environment. Mammals are endothermic, or warm-blooded because they can maintain their body temperature.

Do all mammals have placenta?

no they do not. Mammals are divided into three groups; monotremes, marsupials, and placental mammals.

What is the average lifespan of a carriage-pulling horse?

I have found the average lifespan of a black horse to be about twenty to thirty years. It does not matter if the horse is black, white or whatever color the horse is.

What is a mammal that starts with N?

Newts, Narwhales, Nagapies (little night monkeys), Nighthawk, Nightingale, Nuthatch, and ECT.

Are grubs mammals?

No. Grasshoppers are insects.

Mammals have live young and nurse them.

Grasshoppers lay eggs and leave them to hatch in the sand on their own.

How can you tell a bird apart from a mammal?

Birds are covered in feathers, have wings and beaks, walk on two legs, lay eggs, and most can fly.

Mammals are typically covered in fur, ususally walk on four legs, typically have teeth, give birth to live young (except for two species), and, with the exception of bats, cannot fly.

What mammals lay amniotic eggs?

Monotremes are egg-laying mammals. They include the platypus and echidna.

Are all mammals tetrapods?

Amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals are all tetrapod's. The tetrapod's evolved from the lobe-finned fishes about 395 million years ago in the Devonian Period.

Why do all mammals not live in the same habitat?

Why do not all humans live in the same habitat

Can a man be a mammal?

Because humans are vertebrate, air-breathing animals who have live birth, and whose mothers produce milk for their young. Other criteria include sweat glands, hair/fur, and three middle ear bones.

What are baby mammals called?

It depends on the mammal. Horses are called foals, cows are called calves, dogs are called puppies, goats are called kids...etc

What is the job outlook for a marine mammal trainer?

Kier whale trainers earn a very low wage considering what they do. It's roughly $40,000 a year. To become an animal trainer you have to be 18 years of age and have previous animal experience (large mammals or livestock preferably). You need to be able to speak confidently to the public and have good dance and drama skills. You need to be SCUBA and CPR certified. You need to have a university degree in animal behaviour, psychology or zoology. Swimming skills are the main part of the interview process. The swim test includes a 200 ft. freestyle swim, an 100 ft. underwater swim and a free dive to the bottom of a 26 ft. Your physical health needs to be top form and you need to be able to life 50 lbs. Trainers typically work 8 hours a day but sometimes more if necessary. The job isn't all glamourous. 70% of the work is cleaning the pools, toys, buckets etc. etc. 10% is a 30 minute fitness session, 5 days of the week. So only 20% of the works is with the animals. Also remember that killer whale trainers don't get time off work. It's very hard to get time off since it's important you're with the animals all the time. The components of an average day are divided into the various sessions with the animals which are: learning, relationship, exercise, play, and shows. The number and frequency of these sessions vary each day to create an enriching and stimulating environment for the animals - they never know what is going to happen next. Along with these sessions are the other duties like food preparation and distribution, assisting veterinarians with medical examinations, keeping the animal habitats clean and safe, observing the animals and documenting behavior and maintaining the health and diet records. Sometimes trainers may travel to the other parks and to meetings and conferences, but it is not a large component of the position. An animal trainer's job is one of the most visible and desired jobs in a zoological park, it is also one of the most rigorous. Trainers must perform in front of large audiences, being entertaining and enthusiastic each time. They spend many hours in 55°F water and free dive regularly to 35 feet (10.7 m), they lift and move 50 lb (22.7 kg) buckets throughout the day. They must also be patient and consistent when working with the animals. They can be scheduled to work at any time and day of the week and they work outdoors in all types of weather.

What are mammals that can swim called?

Most mammals are capable of swimming. The ones that spend all of their time in water are called aquatic mammals, and the ones that spend part of their time in water (such as platypuses, otters and beavers) are called semi-aquatic.

What is Montanas state mammal?

Doesn't have one. Montana has a state animal which is the Grizzly Bear.

What is the largest marine mammal in the world and how big is it?

Balaenoptera musculus (the blue whale) is said to be the largest marine mammal in the world, reaching 33 metres of lenght and 180 tonnes of weight.

Why are some mammals that lay eggs classified as mammals?

Monotremes lay eggs, as do reptiles.

Monotremes' limbs go outward (rather than downward) from their main body, which is also true for reptiles.

Monotremes lack a corpus callosum (which placental mammals have), as do reptiles.

Monotremes and reptiles both have cloacas, while placental mammals have separate openings for urination and defecation.

This evidence all shows monotremes to be a link between reptiles and mammals, but we now think that monotremes just evolved from an earlier branching from the mammalian tree of lineage than the marsupials and placental mammals evolved from. Monotremes are not a link between reptiles and mammals.

Is American black bear a mammal?

This question has absolutely not merit. A black bear is a mammal regardless which state it is in or on or whatever.

Do they have porcupines in Missouri?

I was traveling betwee Sullivan Missouri and Cuba Missouri a few weeks ago along I44 and I saw a porcupine dead along the road. I questioned my vision and traveled back along the service road and sure enough it was a pocupine. Hope this helps.

What is the name of the first cloned mammal?

in 1997 the first Transgenic cow was Rosie,who produced human protein-enriched milk at (2.4 grams per litre).The milk contained the human protein alpha lactalbumin.