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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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Strongest mammal on Earth?

The tiger.Why?It is only hunted by HUMANS, prays on polar bears ,lions ,elephants.

The tiger strong paws to knock over it pray in one go. Its teeth are sharper than lions teeth.But, sadly this magnificent creature is endangered, hunted down for it stripy orange and black fur.

What is the only mammal other than a bat which flies?

Yes. Bats are the only mammals capable of free flight, able to launch into flight from a still position.

There are other types of gliding mammals, such as flying lemurs (colugos), sugar gliders and numerous other varieties of glider, marsupials commonly found in Australia, and flying squirrels. These animals can glide using membranes which extend from their wrists to their elbows. Unlike bats, these animals must launch from a high point in order to glide to a lower point, covering up to 50 metres of ground. This is useful for jumping large distances between trees.

Do squirrels mate for life?

No. Possums are not monogamous. They do not mate for life.

What are mammals?

Mammals are a class of animals belonging to the Phylum Chordata and Subphylum Vertebrata. They are defined by certain characteristics which all mammals share, including: glands that produce milk, hair, three bones in the middle ear, and a neocortex in the brain.

Most mammals are born live, but there are exceptions. Monotremes, including the echidna and the platypus, lay eggs. Most other mammals give birth to live young mature enough to live outside the womb (called placental mammals). Some are born under developed and live for a while in a special pouch until mature enough to enter the world (called marsupials).

There may be some confusion about mammals which do not appear to have hair, such as porpoises. ALL mammals do have hair, at least at some point in their lives. For some it is just a few whiskers or ear hair which may even fall out by the time the animal reaches maturity. A mammal is a animal that is warmblooded vertebrate ( which means a animal with a backbone) It must have at least a little bit of fur (hair) on its body. Also a mammal's baby must be born alive and must drink it's mother's milk.
The official definition for the word mammal is "a warm-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that is distinguished by the possession of hair or fur, the secretion of milk by females for the nourishment of the young, and the birth of live young."

Mammals are warm blooded. They also have hair or fur. They all almost give live birth but a couple of them lay eggs.


A mammal is a warm blooded animal who does not lay eggs and gives milk to their young
A mammal is a warm-blooded animal that are different from reptiles and birds in several ways. Mammals have hair, mammary glands, middle ear bones, and a neocortex (a region of the brain).
what kind of mammals? mammals likw this

Mammals (formally Mammalia) are a class of vertebrate animals whose name is derived from their distinctive feature, mammary glands, with which they feed their young. They are also characterized by the possession of sweat glands, hair, three middle ear bones used in hearing, and a neocortex region in the brain. Except for the three species of monotremes (which lay eggs), all mammals give birth to live young. Most mammals also possess specialized teeth, and the largest group of mammals, the placentals, use a placenta during gestation. The mammalian brain regulates endothermic and circulatory systems, including a four-chambered heart. There are approximately 5,400 species of mammals, ranging in size from the 30-40-millimetre (1.2-1.6 in) Bumblebee Bat to the 33-metre (110 ft) Blue Whale, distributed in about 1,200 genera, 153 families, and 29 orders,[1] though this varies by classification scheme. The mammals are divided into two subclasses, the prototheria, which includes the egg-laying monotremes, and the theria, which includes the live-bearing marsupials and placentals. Most mammals, including the six largest orders, belong to the placental group. The three largest orders, in descending order, are Rodentia (mice, rats, and other small, gnawing mammals), Chiroptera (bats), and Soricomorpha (shrews, moles and solenodons). The next three largest orders include the Carnivora (dogs, cats, weasels, bears, seals, and their relatives), the Cetartiodactyla (including the even-toed hoofed mammals and the whales) and the Primates to which the human species belongs. The relative size of these latter three orders differs according to the classification scheme and definitions used by various authors. Phylogenetically, Mammalia is defined as all descendants of the most recent common ancestor of monotremes (e.g., echidnas and platypuses) and therian mammals (marsupials and placentals).[2] This means that some extinct groups of "mammals" are not members of the crown group Mammalia, even though most of them have all the characteristics that traditionally would have classified them as mammals.[3] These "mammals" are now usually placed in the unranked clade Mammaliaformes. The mammalian line of descent diverged from the reptile line at the end of the Carboniferous period. The majority of reptiles would evolve into modern-day reptiles and birds, while the synapsid branch led to mammals. The first true mammals appeared in the Jurassic period. Modern mammalian orders appeared in the Palaeocene and Eocene epochs of the Palaeogene period.
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A mammal is an animal that carries a baby in its pouch

Are all kangaroos herbivores?

There are over 65 species of kangaroos, and they are herbivores or omnivores because this suits me best in their habitat.

Australia is characterised by vast tracts of bushland, and the animals most commonly known as kangaroos are herbivores, siting this habitats, as they primarily eat grass and other vegetation. Besides grass, they eat young shoots and tender leaves of native shrubs. Kangaroos are grazing animals, and they will regurgitate their food to chew like cattle chew their cud. These kangaroos include the larger red and grey kangaroos, as well as wallaroos, wallabies, quokkas, potoroos and bettongs/rat-kangaroos. Bettongs also eat fungi and tubers, because these are found in their habitat. Smaller varieties of kangaroos such as the musky-rat kangaroo are omnivores, eating fruits, seeds, fungi insect larvae and small invertebrates such as grasshoppers and beetles, as these foods are abundant on the rainforest floor where this particular species of kangaroo lives.


Tree kangaroos, which live in rainforests of far North Queensland as well as the island of New Guinea, eat leaves, and sometimes fruit. Some varieties of tree kangaroo are omnivores, eating insects and other invertebrates. The Goodfellow's tree kangaroo has been known to eat eggs and small birds as well. These foods are abundant in their habitat.




How do mammals offspring are produced?

Reproduction is animals having offspring. In mammals, this involves sexual reproduction, wherein a male fertilizes the egg of a female, which harbors the new young mammals as embryos. In most mammals, the young are born after much development as placental fetuses, and then are nursed. In marsupials, the young are born at a lower level of development, and continue to grow while nursing in a pouch. In monotremes, or egg-laying mammals, the embryo develops outside the female in an egg, then is nursed after hatching.

What is the common prey for the okapi?

prey like the zebras but in a group against on lion mostly predator

What are the classes of mammals?

Examples of animals in the mammalia class include placental mammals, such as cats, dogs, rabbits, gerbils, guinea pigs, horses, hippopotamuses, giraffes, dolphins, whales etc. The mammals class also includes the marsupials, which means kangaroos, koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils, quolls, quokkas, etc. It also includes the two monotremes, or egg-laying animals, which are the platypus and the echidna.

All members of the Mammalia class feed their young on mothers' milk. They are the only animals in the animal kingdom to do so.

How big do fainting goats get?

No.Domestic animals are not classified as under any level of endangerment. The fainting goat is just a breed of domestic goat.

How long can mammals live without food and water?

Wolves can go for days on end without food but without water maybe a week or 5 days maybe 6 or more..

What of these is NOT a characteristic of all mammals?

playing any new technology is not the characteristic of the animals and having a shopping

What do most mammals cover their bodies with?

All mammals are covered in either hair/fur.

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Mammals would be covered with hair. Mammals are warm blooded and grow hair on their bodies. Other non-mammal species might grow fur, feathers, or another type of body covering but its not the same as hair.

What characteristics do birds and mammals have in common?

Birds and mammals both have the following:

  • a backbone and internal skeleton, as they are vertebrates
  • they are warm-blooded
  • they breathe using lungs (not gills)

Can seals be aggressive to humans?

As with most wild animals seals do not like being approached by what they perceive as a threat, particularly when they have young. The male or bull seal will charge if a threat comes too close. In New Zealand a male Elephant seal went on a rampage, attacking nearby parked cars.

How do you know if a mammal is a vertebrate?

joint from the spinal column of a vertebrate

Pictures of mammals that do not suckle their young?

All mammals suckle their young. That is one of the defining characteristics that makes them mammals. Even egg-laying mammals (monotremes which include the platypus and echidna) suckle their young.

What are the 11 different types of mammals?

Classification of Mammals under 9 main categories: 1.Egg laying mammals(eg.Duck-billed Platypus,Australian Spiny Ant-Eater) 2.Marsupials(eg.wallaby,kangaroo etc.) 3.Insect-eating mammals(Insectivora) eg.Rats 4.Chiropetra(eg. bats) 5.Hooved Animals(eg.cow,zebra(2 hooves); rhinos(3 hooves)) 6.Aquatic Mammals(eg. whales,dolphins an porpoises) 7.Carnivora(eg.Tigers,Lions,Wolves etc) 8.Proboscidea(eg.Indian or African Elephant & extinct mammoths/mastodons) 9.Primates(eg. Homo Sapiens)

What mammal has a litter of four and all are of the same sex?

Four young are born in a burrow in March. All four young, always of the same sex, are identical quadruplets and developed from the same egg. They even share a single placenta while in the womb. Armadillos are the only mammals in which multiple young form from a single egg with any regularity.

What mammals don't live on land?

elephants, giraffes, horses... etc (marsupials, ungulates, monkeys)
whales, otters and seals/sea lions are pretty much the only mammals that go into the water or stay in the water

How would you recognize a mammal?

Well, if it is a frog, newt or salamander, you know straight away that its an amphibian. But, if you need to know some key features of an amphibian, here is three:

The Class Amphibia has either gills or lungs.

They breathe through their skin.

They live near water.

Hope this was useful!

What do mammals feed on?

There are over 5,000 species of placental mammals. Their diets vary. They can be carnivores, herbivores, insectivores, or omnivores. There is variation in diet within each of these groups (carnivores, etc.) as well.

Largest water mammal is what?

The largest water mammal is Blue Killer Whale.

Additional answer

Actually, the blue whale and the killer whale are two different animals, with the blue whale being much the bigger.