All about Mammals!

I’m a Mammal. I am a horse!!

Mammals have hair or fur. Mammals are warm blooded such as a bat.- A bat looks like a bird but it is a mammal

because it has hair. * They breath through lungs.Mammals give birth to live young.

Main characterisitcs of 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!

Here are some of the ways that mammals are alike!

*Info!

Dolphins and Whales are NOT fish because they are not cold-blooded but fish are cold-blooded.

Dolphins and Whales ARE mammals because they are warm blooded.

To find more about fish go to “all about fish” powerpoint.

Water Mammals

A bat is a flying mammal. It is the only mammal who CAN fly. A bat gives birth to live young, has hair and

is warm-blooded.

Flying mammals

They are mammals who lay eggs.They are the platypus and echidna.

They are the ONLY mammals who lay eggs. Their reproducing is different(they lay eggs).

Mammals who lay eggs.

Examples of mammals.

Bunny

Dog

Cat

cow