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Mammals are in the class Mammalia. They are a group of vertebrate animals. They have fur or hair and very precise temperature regulation. Quick Facts Mammalia Temporal range: 225–0 mya (Kemp) or 167–0 mya (Rowe), Scientific classification ... With the exception of the monotremes, all mammals bear live young. Unlike other vertebrates, they ...
Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals (including breastfed human infants) before they are able to digest solid food. [1] Immune factors and immune-modulating components in milk contribute to milk immunity.
Near threatened (NT): 345 species. Least concern (LC): 3,306 species. Data deficient (DD): 872 species. Mammalian species (IUCN, 2020-1) 5850 extant species have been evaluated. 4978 of those are fully assessed [a] 3651 are not threatened at present [b] 1244 to 2116 are threatened [c] 81 to 83 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
Pinniped. Pinnipeds (pronounced / ˈpɪnɪˌpɛdz / ), commonly known as seals, [a] are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin -footed, semiaquatic, mostly marine mammals. They comprise the extant families Odobenidae (whose only living member is the walrus ), Otariidae (the eared seals: sea lions and fur seals ), and ...
Aquatic mammal. An Amazon river dolphin ( Inia geoffrensis ), a member of the infraorder Cetacea of the order Cetartiodactyla. Aquatic and semiaquatic mammals are a diverse group of mammals that dwell partly or entirely in bodies of water. They include the various marine mammals who dwell in oceans, as well as various freshwater species, such ...
Mammal Species of the World. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference is a standard reference work in mammalogy giving descriptions and bibliographic data for the known species of mammals. It is now in its third edition, published in late 2005, which was edited by Don E. Wilson and DeeAnn M. Reeder.
M. List of mammoth specimens. List of marine mammal species. List of marsupials described in the 2000s. List of monotremes and marsupials.
