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mammals

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  1. A class of vertebrates characterized by the production of milk by the females and in most cases, by a hairy body covering. Most mammals give live birth to their young. Human beings are mammals.


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"Mammals in the north and the south are very different from each other, which is different than other mass extinctions where it seems to be much more uniform."

From Science Daily • Oct. 26, 2025

Mammals change the game by giving birth to live young and feeding them fatty, sugary milk as they get on their feet.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2024

Mammals aren’t the only animals that nurse their young.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 6, 2024

The Small Mammals Conservation and Research Foundation, which she founded, therefore focuses on preventing forest fires wherever pangolins are found in Nepal.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2023

Mammals, also, may easily be involved in the cycle, directly or indirectly.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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