Mammals (Mammalia)


Description:
Mammals (from Latin mamma "breast") are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (/məˈmeɪliə/), and characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or hair, and three middle ear bones. <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Mammal_Diversity_2011.png" width="500"> From [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammal) under [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) license.

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Parent taxon Vertebrates (Vertebrata)
Lower taxa N/A
Related species Human (Homo sapiens), Rat (Rattus norvegicus), Cattle (Bos taurus), Crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis), Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), Red fox (Vulpes vulpes), House mouse (Mus musculus), European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), European mink (Mustela lutreola), Domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus), Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus)