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 mammal - Definition 

Mammal (20033 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = Mammals}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = '''Mammalia'''}}
41: ...ry systems, including a four-chambered [[heart]]. Mammals encompass more than 5,000 [[genus|genera]], dist...
43: ...monotreme]]s (e.g., [[echidna]]s) and [[therian]] mammals ([[placental]]s and [[marsupial]]s).
46: ...thus it is not a distinguishing characteristic of mammals. [[Bird]]s are also endothermic.

Prehistoric mammal (236 bytes)
1: ...nct in the last [[ice age]]. Popular prehistoric mammals include the [[Mammoth]]s, [[Mastodont]], and ''[...

Mammal-like reptiles (249 bytes)
1: ...Therapsida]], and the [[Cynodont]]s were the most mammal-like of the Therapsids.

Drill (mammal) (1552 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Mammal]]ia}}

Mara (mammal) (1513 bytes)
10: <tr><td>{{Classis}}:</td><td>[[Mammal]]ia</td></tr>

Mammal classification (50786 bytes)
1: ...roup. Competing ideas about the relationships of mammal orders do persist and are currently in developmen...
3: ...ted here. Simpson laid out a [[systematics]] of [[mammal]] origins and relationships that was universally ...
5: ...he closest thing to an official classification of mammals.
9: ...following taxonomy of extant and recently extinct mammals is taken from [[#References|Vaughan et al. (2000...
183: In 1997, the mammals were comprehensively revised by Malcolm C. McKen...

Marine mammal (1454 bytes)
1: ...ean for its food. There are five groups of marine mammals:
5: ...ra'', infrafamily ''[[Pinnipedia]]'': the [[seal (mammal)|seal]], [[sea lion]], and [[walrus]]
9: ... and down but only little sideways motion. Marine mammals therefore typically swim by moving their spine u...
11: ...fat instead. Since the different groups of marine mammals originate from different ancestors, this is a ca...
13: ...r these reasons, scientists regard it as a marine mammal.

Echidna (mammal) (6317 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Mammal]]ia}}

Sea mammal (298 bytes)
1: "'''Sea mammal'''" may refer to any [[mammal]] that lives in water, usually [[ocean]]. Specifi...

North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (2405 bytes)
1: ...on conservation, management and study of [[marine mammal]]s in the [[North Atlantic]]."
3: ...onal management of [[cetacean]]s and other marine mammals by the [[International Whaling Commission]]. NA...
9: ...n Research, Conservation and Management of Marine Mammals in the North Atlantic'''. The Agreement came int...
11: ...ss, which make proposals for management of marine mammals stocks within the region, and from the scientifi...

Golden Marmoset (283 bytes)
1: ...ppink">[[conservation status]]: Endangered</font> mammal.
3: *[[Class]]: [[Mammal]]ia

Etruscan Pygmy Shrew (1249 bytes)
9: <tr><td>{{Classis}}:</td><td>[[Mammal]]ia</td></tr>
18: ...mass, weighting only 2 grams. The lightest known mammal by skull size is the [[Bumblebee Bat]].
21: *[http://www.americazoo.com/goto/index/mammals/48.htm Savi's pygmy shrew, Etruscan shrew]

Mandrillus (970 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Mammal]]ia}}
13: ''[[Drill (mammal)|Mandrillus leucophaeus]]''
15: ... [[Mandrill]] and its close relative the [[Drill (mammal)|Drill]].

Cynodont (1671 bytes)
21: ...ynodontia]], which also contains the members of [[Mammal]]ia.
23: ...were distant relatives, but the cynodont was more mammal-like.
32: [[Category:Prehistoric mammals]]

Eutheria (1117 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = Placental mammals}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Mammal]]ia}}
12: ...ersally to describe a placental mammal; placental mammals are rarely, if ever, referred to as ''eutheres''...
14: ''See also:'' [[Mammal]] for classification.
16: [[Category:Mammals]]

Dolphin (disambiguation) (1136 bytes)
3: ...se of the word dolphin is to describe the aquatic mammal. See [[dolphin]].
4: ...'Coryphaena hippurus,'' which is unrelated to the mammal.
6: ...e, ''[[mahi-mahi]],'' to avoid confusion with the mammal, especially since the fish is commonly eaten. In ...

Antelope (disambiguation) (643 bytes)
1: An '''[[antelope]]''' is an herbivorous African mammal.
3: ...popularly applied to a herbivorous North American mammal more properly known as the [[pronghorn]].

Morganucodon (734 bytes)
1: ...isives are not placed in the Preamaxillaria (like mammals), but the Maxillaria (like some specialized [[Th...

Therapsida (1963 bytes)
17: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(...[[mammal]]s)<br/>
19: ...te]]s), however the [[taxon]] also includes the [[mammal]]s, which are descended from the [[cynodont]] the...
24: # The extremely mammal-like family, [[Tritylodontidae]], survived into t...
25: # An extremely mammal-like family, [[Tritheledontidae]], are unknown be...
26: ...''Morganucodon'' and similar animals, were [[stem-mammals]].

Panda (677 bytes)
3: ...Panda]]''' is a large black-and-white bear-like [[mammal]] native to [[China]].
4: * The '''[[Red Panda]]''' is a [[mammal]] which may be related to the [[raccoon]] or [[be...

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