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