How many mammal families are there?
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The living world
Mammals include animals such as the
whale, the kangaroo, and you and me!
We all have fur, we are warm blooded,
and we feed new babies with our milk.
Feeding babies
All female mammals produce
milk from their bodies that
they feed to their babies; this
feeding is called suckling.
The milk is rich
and helps
the babies
to grow.
The skeleton
Mammals may
look very different,
but stripped back
to the bone we all
have the basic bony
skeleton. Scientists
call us vertebrates
– animals with
a backbone.
Mammal babies
Most mammal females give birth
to live babies, rather than laying
eggs. The baby grows inside
the mother’s
body until
it is born.
Within the
mammal group
there are many
different families.
This baby
gorilla is a
member of the
primate family.
Gorilla
skeleton
The world of mammals
Baby
gorilla
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Marsupials
132-133
Water
mammals
