Mammal

Of vertebrate and Mammalia.   May also be referred to as mammalian.

Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk.

This concept's ID is @1~9486

Fetal Membrane

  • chorion 1 facts

    The outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds...

  • amnion 0 facts

    Thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles,...

  • allantois 0 facts

    The vascular fetal membrane that lies below the chorion and develops from the hindgut...

Also contains

  • placental 28 facts

    Mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials.

  • female mammal 2 facts

    Animals that nourish their young with milk.

  • coat 2 facts

    Growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal.

  • fossorial mammal 2 facts

    A burrowing mammal having limbs adapted for digging.

  • metatherian 1 facts

    Primitive pouched mammals found mainly in Australia and the Americas.

  • tusker 1 facts

    Any mammal with prominent tusks (especially an elephant or wild boar).

  • hair 1 facts

    Any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal...

  • prototherian 1 facts

    Primitive oviparous mammals found only in Australia and Tasmania and New Guinea.

  • Amniota 1 facts

    Higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) possessing an amnion during developmen...

  • biauriculate heart 0 facts

    A heart (as of mammals and birds and reptiles) having two auricles.