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Mammalia - Mammals

Typical Mammals

Cool Mammals

 Basic Features:

Mammals are a Class in the Subphylum Vertebrata of the Phylum Chordata, so they have all of the characteristics of both of these groups in addition to the following:
  • Waterproof skin covered in hair or fur
  • Endothermic, warm blooded
  • Give birth to live young
  • The young are supplied with milk from mammary glands by the mother (from which the group gets their name)
  • Heterodont dentition, different types of teeth


Kingdom - Animalia
Phylum - Chordata
Subphylum - Vertebrata
Class - Mammalia

The group includes:

What do mammals eat?

What eats mammals?

 

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