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Mammals

Mammals (from Latin mamma 'breast') are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia, 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

Collage of colour photographs. Clockwise from the upper left: Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), Golden-capped Fruit Bat (Acerodon jubatus), Lion (Panthera leo) and West European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus}
Mammals

General[edit]

Mammalian anatomy[edit]

Mammals by location[edit]

Aardvark[edit]

Order (Ordo): Tubulidentata

Anteaters and sloths[edit]

Order (Ordo): Pilosa

Anteaters[edit]

Sloths[edit]

Armadillos[edit]

Order (Ordo): Cingulata

Bats[edit]

Order (Ordo): Chiroptera

Bears[edit]

Family: Ursidae

Canines[edit]

Family: Canidae

Dogs[edit]

Foxes[edit]

Jackals[edit]

Wolves[edit]

Cetaceans[edit]

Order (Ordo): Cetacea

Porpoises[edit]

Whales[edit]

Colugos[edit]

Order (Ordo): Dermoptera

Felines[edit]

Family: Felidae

Marsupials[edit]

Bandicoots[edit]

Mongooses, Malagasy carnivorans and hyenas[edit]

Superfamily: Herpestidae

Hyenas[edit]

Malagasy carnivorans[edit]

Mongooses[edit]

Monotremes[edit]

Musteloidea[edit]

Superfamily: Musteloidea

Badgers[edit]

Coatis[edit]

Kinkajous[edit]

Martens[edit]

Minks[edit]

Otters[edit]

Raccoons[edit]

Red pandas[edit]

Skunks[edit]

Weasels[edit]

Wolverines[edit]

Pangolins[edit]

Order (Ordo): Pholidota

Primates[edit]

Order (Ordo): Primates

Chimpanzee[edit]

Gorilla[edit]

Lemurs[edit]

Orangutan[edit]

Proboscidea[edit]

Order (Ordo): Proboscidea

Deinotherium[edit]

Elephants[edit]

Mammoths[edit]

Mastodons[edit]


Rodents[edit]

Order (Ordo): Rodentia

Hares and jackrabbits[edit]

Rabbits[edit]

Squirrels[edit]

Beaver[edit]

Seals[edit]

Clade: Pinnipedia

Walruses[edit]

Ungulates, even-toed[edit]

Order (Ordo): Artiodactyla

Ungulates, odd-toed[edit]

Order (Ordo): Perissodactyla

Donkeys and asses[edit]

Horses[edit]

Rhinoceroses[edit]

Other[edit]

Other[edit]

In fiction[edit]