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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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What is the feminine for Foal?

Whos who ...

Mare - a female horse or pony over four years of age

Filly - a female horse or pony under four years of age

Stallion - a male horse or pony over four years of age

Colt - a male horse or pony under four years of age

Gelding - a castrated male horse

Which animal young ones start walking immediately after birth?

Most young ones of hoofed animals like horses,ass,donkey,zebra,cows.Some feline family among large cats give birth to young ones that start walking after a moment.

What are the meat eating mammals?

All carnivorous and all omnivorous mammals eat meat. Cats, dogs, bears, ferrets, orcas etc.

What are differences between mammals and humans?

not all mammals have five fingers and pose able thumbs and our hands are not harry

What are derived characters of mammals?

The shared derived characters of mammals are:

1. They have hair which is made of keratin and purpose is to proved insulation and minimize heat loss.

2. there is a lactation system due development of mammary gland.

What mammals have claws?

Every predator apart from snake, crocodile, and fish

What is endemic mammal means?

This is used often when referring to endangered species. Endemic meaning: special, native, unique, or distinct to and also prevalent or peculiar to a specific area, locality or region. While of course mammals, are animals, warm blooded, furred, and usually nurse young with milk. This is a simplified definition, but it is only a complicated term by the way it is used. Usually it is used when discussing the populations of a specific area. You would be referencing the mammals that are unique or distinctive to say, Africa not other animals that might have been moved to, or transported to Africa. So when someone uses this term they are referring to mammals that belong, or are unique to a specific area.

Was NOT one of the changes in development and specialization that primitive mammals underwent?

Mammals have gone through many stages of development since primitive times. There is one thing that primitive mammals and the mammals of today are not able to do without the help of in vitro, and that is to live in an external environment like those environments of reptile eggs.

What do mammals do?

By definition, mammals have hair and nurse their young with milk. Some, like cetaceans, only have hair on a very small portion of their bodies or only for a portion of their lives. Some mammals have live births (placental mammals), some are born into a pouch for maturation (marsupials), and some are even hatched from eggs (monotremes).
it can feed young on milk

Do jack rabbits hatch from an egg or are they born live?

Jack rabbits are mammals are born alive just as you are. Except the mother has several at a time.

Why the body of a mammal cools down after death?

Bcoz warm temp of mammel's body is regulated by blood flow which stops after death so the body bcome cold.

Is an Arctic wolf a mammal?

Yes, an arctic wolf is a mammal.
yes

Is a flamingo a mammal or a fish oh a bird?

They are birds because they do not have fur or hair.

What mammals have an exoskeleton?

An arthropod is an animal that has an exoskeleton.

Specifically, an arthropod is recognizable by its external skeleton, jointed legs and segmented body. Examples include crustaceans and insects. The larger-sized external skeleton of mollusks tends to be called a shell.

Is a jerboa a mammal?

Yes, Jerboas are mammals they are in the rodent family.

An ocean mammal with flippers?

The answer is Seals, Penguins and Sea lions. :)

Are bats mammal or bird why?

A bat is a mammal and does not lay eggs but gives birth to its young ones. A bat is covered with skin and hair, not feathers. The wings of a bat are actually folds of skin stretched over elongated fingers, homologous to humans/other mammalian limbs.

Why is a mammal the most complex of the vertebrates?

Mammals are considered as most complex of all the vertebrates. The reason is very simple! Man belongs to this category. Man is supposed to be most evolved of all. (Supposed to be. For that man has done most of the damage to the earth.) Man has got the most intelligent brain. Most of the mammals are more or less intelligent. Human brain is the most complex of all the organs.

How big is a sea dragon?

sizes vary. A mature Dragon Fish may only be seven feet, A fanged sea-serpent twenty to thirty feet, a true sea serpent forty to fifty feet, Levanthian is said to be big enough to swallow ships whole, the Midgard Serpent was said to encircle the world, nibbling on its own tail.

What small mammal has a tail twice as long as its body?

The giraffe has the longest tail of the land animals in the world. It is eight feet long. The blue whale has the longest tail of all the marine animals.

How many species of flying mammals are there?

The only mammal capable of true, natural flight, is the bat.

'Flying' Squirrels are gliders rather than being capable of true flight. It's more accurate to say they prolong the process of falling.

Lastly, the other main mammal species that flies, is we humans, in our aircraft.

What are the similarities and differences between marsupials monotremes and placentals?

Marsupials, monotremes and placental mammals are all mammals. They share the following characteristics: * vertebrates * warm-blooded * have fur, skin or hair * breathe through lungs (not gills) * the young feed on mother's milk The major differences, however, include: * monotremes are the only mammals which lay eggs * marsupial young are born undeveloped and continue most of their growth and development whilst they are in the mother's pouch, attached firmly to the teat for several months, where they receive all their nutrients.

Are octupus mammals?

An octopus is classified as a "mollusc", not a mammal.

What is the most common mammal in the US?

Bat species account for 20% of all mammals.

The mouse is the most common mammal in the United States.

Humans of course! Humans are probably the most common mammal in the world.