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), Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus), Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), Forest-steppe marmot (Marmota kastschenkoi), Red fox (Vulpes vulpes), Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), Long-tailed ground squirrel (Urocitellus undulatus), Bobak marmot (Marmota bobak), Golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus), European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), European mink (Mustela lutreola), Domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus), Siberian chipmunk (Eutamias sibiricus), House mouse (Mus musculus), Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)