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mammal
📅 Updated:2026-09-20
🕒 Created:2010-06-23
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Description
"Mammals":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammal][sup](Mammalia)[/sup] are a extant class of warm-blooded "vertebrate":[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertebrate] animals characterized by the presence of fur/hair on skin, a neocortex and mammary glands (nipples, teats, udders) for feeding their young with milk.
The taxonomic class of mammals descend from a species group of prehistoric synapsid known as cynodontia 179 million years ago.
The taxonomic class of mammals descend from a species group of prehistoric synapsid known as cynodontia 179 million years ago.
Contemporary mammal species groups:
- "Mammal taxonomy tree map":[https://www.science.org/cms/10.1126/science.abl8189/asset/52b21607-627e-41eb-94db-c276e1067cb2/assets/images/large/science.abl8189-f1.jpg]
- Afrosoricid -> golden mole, otter shrew, tenrec, etc.
- Ailurid -> red panda
- Antelope -> duiker, waterbuck, wildebeest, etc.
- Antilocaprid -> pronghorn
- Bovine -> bison, cattle, yak, etc.
- Camelid -> alpaca, camel, llama, etc.
- Canine -> dog, fox, wolf, etc.
- Caprine -> goat, ibex, sheep, etc.
- Cervid -> elk, moose, reindeer, etc.
- Cetacean -> dolphin, porpoise, whale, etc.
- Chiroptera -> bat
- Dermoptera -> colugo
- Equine -> donkey, horse, zebra, etc.
- Eulipotyphlan -> hedgehog, mole, shrew, etc.
- Euplerid -> fanaloka, fossa, vontsira, etc.
- Feline -> cat, cheetah, lynx, etc.
- Giraffid -> giraffe, okapi
- Herpestid -> mongoose
- Hippopotamid -> common hippopotamus, pygmy hippopotamus
- Hyaenid -> hyena, aardwolf
- Hyracoid -> hyrax
- Lagomorph -> rabbit, hare, pika, etc.
- Macroscelid -> sengi
- Marsupial -> kangaroo, koala, opossum, etc.
- Mephitid -> skunk, stink badger.
- Monotreme -> echidna, platypus
- Moschid -> musk deer
- Mustelid -> ferret, otter, weasel, etc.
- Orycteropodid -> aardvark
- Pantherine -> clouded leopard, lion, tiger
- Pinniped -> sea lion, seal, walrus, etc.
- Pholidota -> pangolin
- Primate -> ape, lemur, monkey, etc. (human excluded for the purpose of tagging)
- Proboscidean -> elephant
- Procyonid -> kinkajou, raccoon, ring-tailed cat, etc.
- Rhinocerotid -> rhinoceros
- Rodent -> beaver, rat, squirrel, etc.
- Scandentia -> treeshrew
- Sirenian -> dugong, manatee
- Suine -> babirusa, pig, warthog, etc.
- Tapirid -> tapir
- Tragulid -> chevrotain
- Ursine -> giant panda, polar bear, sloth bear etc.
- Viverrid -> civet, genet, linsang, etc.
- Xenarthran -> anteater, armadillo, sloth, etc.
Major animal classes (or phylums):
- "taxonomic tree of life":[https://evogeneao.s3.amazonaws.com/images/tree_of_life/tree-of-life_2000.png]
- amphibian
- annelid
- aquatic (informal)
- arthropod
- avian (informal)
- bird
- cnidarian
- echinoderm
- fish
- mammal
- mollusk
- platyhelminthes (flatworm)
- porifera (sea sponge)
- reptile
- scalie (informal)
See also:
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- non-mammal_balls
- non-mammal_breasts
- non-mammal_ears
- non-mammal_foreskin
- non-mammal_hair
- non-mammal_lactation
- non-mammal_navel
- non-mammal_nipples
- non-mammal_vulva
- non-mammal_sheath
- non-mammal_teats
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