Mammals

Mammals

Any of various warm-blooded vertebrate animals of the class Mammalia, characterized by a covering of hair on the skin and, in the female, milk-producing mammary glands for nourishing the young.

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vicuna

Animals; Mammals

Soft-fleeced Andean ruminant. The wool is popular due to its warmth. Its warming properties come from the tiny scales that are on the hollow air-filled fibres.

aurochs

Animals; Mammals

Extinct wild ox or bison. Domestication of the aurochs began in the southern Caucasus and northern Mesopotamia from about the 6th millennium BC, while genetic evidence suggests that aurochs were ...

uintathere

Animals; Mammals

Extinct Pleistocene hoofed herbivore. Uintatheres were the largest land animals of their time.

uakari

Animals; Mammals

Short-tailed, long-haired monkey. Its body is covered with long, loose hair but its head is bald.

tsessebe

Animals; Mammals

Central African antelope with lyre-shaped horns. Tesessebe are found primarily in Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa.

titi

Animals; Mammals

Small South American arboreal monkey. Depending on species, titis have a head and body length of 23–46 centimetres (9.1–18 in), and a tail, which is longer than the head and body, of 26–56 ...