Warm-blooded vertebrates defined by mammary glands that produce milk to feed their young, hair or fur, and (in nearly every living species) giving birth to live young rather than laying eggs. Mammalia ranges in size from bumblebee-sized bats to the blue whale, the largest animal ever known to have lived.
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Mammals can be found on all continents, in all oceans, and on many oceanic islands of the world.
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Mammals can be found on all continents, in all oceans, and on many oceanic islands of the world.
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Source Animal Diversity Web: MammaliaGeographic Range: "Mammals can be found on all continents, in all o"Quote, Geographic Range: "Mammals can be found on all continents, in all o"
Mammals can be found on all continents, in all oceans, and on many oceanic islands of the world.
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Source Animal Diversity Web: MammaliaGeographic Range: "Mammals can be found on all continents, in all o"Quote, Geographic Range: "Mammals can be found on all continents, in all o"
Mammals can be found on all continents, in all oceans, and on many oceanic islands of the world.
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Source Animal Diversity Web: MammaliaGeographic Range: "Mammals can be found on all continents, in all o"Quote, Geographic Range: "Mammals can be found on all continents, in all o"
Mammals can be found on all continents, in all oceans, and on many oceanic islands of the world.
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Source Animal Diversity Web: MammaliaGeographic Range: "Mammals can be found on all continents, in all o"Quote, Geographic Range: "Mammals can be found on all continents, in all o"
Mammals can be found on all continents, in all oceans, and on many oceanic islands of the world.
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Source Animal Diversity Web: MammaliaGeographic Range: "Mammals can be found on all continents, in all o"Quote, Geographic Range: "Mammals can be found on all continents, in all o"
Mammals can be found on all continents, in all oceans, and on many oceanic islands of the world.
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1. Mammalia (Wikipedia)
2. Catalogue of Life
Wikidata: Mammalia
Mammal (Wikipedia)
In Group: Vertebrate Classes, LeadQuote, In Group: Vertebrate Classes, Lead
A mammal (from Latin mamma 'breast') is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia ().
Choloepus (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus), LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus), Lead
Choloepus is a genus of xenarthran mammals from Central and South America within the monotypic family Choloepodidae, consisting of two-toed sloths, sometimes also called two-fingered sloths.
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