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Wikipedia: Mammal

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The English Wikipedia article on mammals, consulted for its lead-section statement that all modern mammals give birth to live young except the five monotreme species.

Facts
Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammal
Source Type
reference
Reliability Tier
2
Sources
Wikipedia: Mammal
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Claims Backed By This Source (63 claims)

This source backs 63 claims across the atlas. As facts: 34 well-attested. Plus 29 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Groups, 56 claims: 28 well-attested, 28 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Subcategories, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.

Well-attested

34

Groups

Bat Families (Chiroptera)Canid GeneraCarnivoran Families (Cats, Dogs, Bears, Mustelids)Cetacean Families (Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises)Cetacean GeneraElephant And Relative FamiliesEupleridae (Malagasy Carnivoran) GeneraEven And Odd-Toed Ungulate GeneraEven-Toed Ungulate Families (Artiodactyla)Felid GeneraHerpestid (Mongoose) GeneraHyaenid GeneraInsectivore And Shrew FamiliesMarsupial FamiliesMustelid GeneraOdd-Toed Ungulate Families (Perissodactyla)Other Mammal FamiliesOther Mammal GeneraPinniped Families (Seals, Sea Lions)Pinniped GeneraPrimate FamiliesPrimate GeneraProcyonid, Mephitid And Red Panda GeneraRodent And Lagomorph FamiliesRodent And Lagomorph GeneraUrsid GeneraViverrid GeneraXenarthran Families (Sloths, Anteaters, Armadillos)

Sources

Wikipedia: Mammal

Subcategories

Mammals

General References

29

Groups

Bat Families (Chiroptera)Canid GeneraCarnivoran Families (Cats, Dogs, Bears, Mustelids)Cetacean Families (Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises)Cetacean GeneraElephant And Relative FamiliesEupleridae (Malagasy Carnivoran) GeneraEven And Odd-Toed Ungulate GeneraEven-Toed Ungulate Families (Artiodactyla)Felid GeneraHerpestid (Mongoose) GeneraHyaenid GeneraInsectivore And Shrew FamiliesMarsupial FamiliesMustelid GeneraOdd-Toed Ungulate Families (Perissodactyla)Other Mammal FamiliesOther Mammal GeneraPinniped Families (Seals, Sea Lions)Pinniped GeneraPrimate FamiliesPrimate GeneraProcyonid, Mephitid And Red Panda GeneraRodent And Lagomorph FamiliesRodent And Lagomorph GeneraUrsid GeneraViverrid GeneraXenarthran Families (Sloths, Anteaters, Armadillos)

Subcategories

Mammals
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