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Those hairy, milk-producing, warm-blooded animals that you have seen all of your life are mammals.

Mammals are one of the 6 main classes of animals.
Animal classes are groups of animals that scientists consider to be alike in some important ways
Mammals are the animal class that people belong to.
There are only about 4,000 kinds of mammals
This sounds like a lot, but when you consider there are 21,000 kinds of fish and a whopping 800,000 kinds of
insects you'll realize mammals are a pretty small class

Kitt's Hog-nosed bat is the smallest mammal in the world

Mammals are categorized according to their diets, e.g., herbivores (plant eaters) such as cows, pandas, horses, etc; carnivores (meat eaters) such as tigers, lions, dogs, whales and dolphins; omnivores (eating plants and meat) such as human being, some bears; and insectivores (eat insects) such as anteaters, aardvarks and pangolins. Blue Whale is the largest mammal, while giraffe is the tallest mammal on the earth. Kitti's Hog-nosed bat is the smallest mammal in the world.

The Life of Mammals is the story of 4,000 species that have outlived the dinosaurs and conquered the farthest places on earth.

The Life of Mammals, Vol. 1-4 (2007)

As good as Planet Earth and Blue Planet

I've watched this series three times over the last couple years. I can say that after seeing tens of thousands of movies and documentaries over my entire lifetime that this is hands down the greatest series I've ever seen.
It will change your life and make you look at the world differently. You will never look at a non-human the same way again.
The photography is perfect. It never gets boring. It's like seeing an alien world that you live on. You will see things that you would never see if you spent a lifetime searching.

The Life of Mammals, Vol. 1-4

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In ten parts, the award-winning David Attenborough (2002 Emmy winner for The Blue Planet: Seas of Life; The Life of Birds) introduces us to the most diverse group of animals ever to live on Earth, from the smallest - the two-inch pygmy shrew, to the largest - the blue whale; from the slowest - the sloth, to the swiftest - the cheetah; from the least attractive - the naked mole rat, to the most irresistible - a human baby.

Interesting Mammal Facts

Black bears born in winter dens weigh about 1/2 pound each

Opossums can live up to 5-7 years in the wild

All the mammals are the vertebrate animals. The number of cervical vertebrae is 7 in all mammals, except in sea cow. There are 8 vertebrae in sea cow. Sinus venosus is modified into the superior and inferior venecava in mammals.

Mammals have a highly efficient circulatory system. The four-chambered heart is one of the exceptional characters of the mammals. Mammals breathe air, even the aquatic mammals. Their lungs are large and play an important role in the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide.

Here is a spectacular and informative guide to the natural world of mammals

Mammal (DK Eyewitness Books) [Hardcover]

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The Life of Mammals, Vol. 1-4 (2007)

About Mammals: A Guide For Children

About Mammals: A Guide For Children [Paperback]

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The first few weeks of life the cubs depend on three things for survival. Their den is for protection and the den also provides a means of conservation of the mother's heat and slows her metabolism to reserve her milk supply. Their mother's warmth sense the cubs are born with little insulation. The female has crevices that the cubs can get the warmth. Of course, their mother's rich milk has the consistency of cream. The milk has a taste of cod liver and smells of seals or fish. The milk of a polar bear is richer then whale milk and has more protein then seal milk.