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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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The largest water mammal is Blue Killer Whale.
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Actually, the blue whale and the killer whale are two different animals, with the blue whale being much the bigger.
the gills of a fish take in oxygen in water while the human lung take in oxygen in the air. I think...
Pig
What is young one of dolphin called?
A baby dolphin is called a calf. The calf is very dependent on its mother. The two will spend many months together sometimes even years before the young calf can take of itself. Dolphin babies are born flukes first and sometimes come out head first. As soon as the baby is born the mother pushes it to the surface for its first breath or air. Baby dolphins dont know how to swim when there born but they learn about a half hour after there born.
How does mammals it sense its surroundings?
Land mammals have ears, noses and eyes to help them sense changes in the surroundings. They also have the sense of touch and taste to help them make more inferences.
How are pigs and skunks different and how are they the same?
Both are mammals, in that they have red blood, have similar bone structure, and give birth to live young. Pigs are a furlessanimal that can weigh over 300 pounds. Skunks are a small furry rodent with scent glands used to ward off enemies. Domestic pigs have no enemies other than man.
What group of mammals has the most members?
There are three main infraclass taxa into which the mammals are divided. These divisions are based on how the young are born. Of the monotremes, the marsupials and the placentals, the placental mammals far outnumber the others.
If you meant orders, then Rodentia is the largest, followed by Chiroptera (bats).
What was the first mammal to live on earth?
all mammals it says in the bible all living things were made on the 6th day
Homologous
add Perhaps to a human's foot.
Pangolins are covered in large, hard, horny scales.
Armadillos.
What kind mammals carry offspring to term inside the body?
Placental mammals, also known as eutherians, carry their offspring to term inside the body. They are different from the marsupials, which give birth to immature young which continue their development in a pouch, and monotremes, which are egg-laying mammals.
Placental mammals include all members of the canine family, felines, equines, bovines and other livestock, camels and many other mammals.
One piece of evidence that indicates ancient mammals are related to each other and to modern whales would be:
- each species had traits that allowed it to survive in a particular time and place in Earth's history.
Are there any Australian mammals that are not marsupials?
There are very few native Australian mammals that are not marsupials.
Australia is home to the world's only monotremes, the platypus and echidna, which are egg-laying mammals.
The well-known Australian native dog, the Dingo, is not a marsupial but it is also not truly native, having arrived with the Aborigines. As well, there are several species of hopping mouse which are native rodents.
Australia has over 80 bat species, and no bat is a marsupial.
Marine mammals, such as dolphins and dugong, are not marsupials.
Apart from those, the only mammals that are not marsupials are all the introduced species, such as rabbits, foxes, cats, dogs, camels, horses and stock animals, etc.
Do male mammals have mammary glands?
Yes they do. They are located in the groin of the whale.
If you take a look at the photo in the following link who will see a beached whale with two small humps above its tail. They are the mammery glands.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/54/184021880_afd63742b0.jpg?v=0
Are mammals born alive or in a egg?
Alive
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Most mammals are born fully formed [infant version of the adults] and do not hatch from eggs.
Most mammals are born alive.
There are two egg-laying mammals. The platypus and the echidna are both egg-laying mammals, or monotremes.They are still classified as mammals because they feed their young on mothers' milk - a characteristic unique to mammals alone.
There are just three known species of egg-laying mammals, or monotremes. They are the platypus and short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) of Australia, and the long-beaked echidna (Zaglosssus bruijni) of Papua New Guinea. The echidna is sometimes called the spiny anteater, and there are several sub-species of the long-beaked echidna: the Western long-beaked echidna, Sir David's long-beaked echidna and the Eastern long-beaked echidna.
Is it possible to kill a bear with bear-hands?
No. Bears are not slow, weak or stupid enough to let a human touch them, let alone attempt to kill them with their bare hands. A bear has more weaponry than a human does, and can deliver a fatal bite or blow before a human has a chance to begin to kill a bear.
What mammal don't have live babies?
The platypus and the two species of echidnas (short-beaked and long-beaked echidnas) lay eggs rather than giving birth to live young.
These animals are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals. They lay soft, leathery eggs that take around 10 days to incubate.
What are the three subclasses of mammals?
Mammals are one of the six basic groups of animals. They have backbones and thus belong to the Chordata. Mammals include the following subgroups:
- Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
- Carnivora (carnivores)
- Cetacea (cetaceans)
- Chiroptera (bats)
- Dermoptera (flying lemurs)
- Hyracoidea (hyraxes)
- Insectivora (insectivores)
- Lagomorpha (rabbits, hares, and pikas)
- Macroscelidea (elephant shrews)
- Marsupialia (marsupials)
- Montremata (monotremes)
- Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)
- Pholidota (pangolins)
- Pinnipedia (seals and sea lions)
- Primates (primates)
- Proboscidae (elephants)
- Rodentia (rodents)
- Scandentia (tree shrews)
- Sirenia (dugong and manatees)
- Tubulidentata (aardvark)
- Xenarthra (anteaters and relatives)
Is the sea horse a mammal fish or mollusk?
what is a barnacle a mammal reptile amphibian fish bird or insect??
i need to know before 8:00 pm A.S.A.P.
Mammals lived on earth for how many years?
Around 70 million years, near the end of the age of the dinosaurs. There are fossils of marsupials 125 million years old, and therapsids (mammal-like reptiles) existed in the Triassic, 200 million years ago.
Do mammals only live in water?
BECAUSE THEY WERE BORN LIKE THAT !
lmfaooo. no I'm kidding.. i don't know how. I'm not a genius here..
but their gills let them that's one (:
Note: No mammal has gills after birth. They have an enhanced lung capacity, like whales, seals, polar bears, etc, that lets them hold their breath longer than other mammals can. They also tend to have a lot of blubber and protective fur, that allows them to survive the frigid temperatures of most aquatic habitats.
Those animals that live in the water 24/7-- meaning that they never venture onto land, the way otters, beavers, etc, can-- are only able to sleep by 'turning off' portions of their brain at a time. A part of them rests, another part remains active and awake so that they don't sink below the surface and drown.
Why are mammals able to live in almost every possible environment on earth?
Mammals can live on almost every environment on earth because they have the ability to maintain a constant body temperature. Babies have a high survival rate because they stay with the parents for protection.
No way Jose. It's an avian which doesn't provide milk to it's young and delivers it's Children via eggs.
