Animals: MammalsPhilip Whitfield Contains articles that provide general information about over two hundred families of vertebrate animals, with descriptions of representative species within each family; discussing size, breeding patterns, feeding habits, adaptations and behaviors, common and scientific names, and conservation status. |
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Mammals | 14 |
Echidnas Platypus | 18 |
Opossums Shrew Opossums Colocolo | 20 |
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adapted agile Angola animals areas Asia Australia HABITAT BAT FAMILY birds BOVIDS breeding season burrow CAPYBARA claws climb climber color crustaceans deer dense diet dolphins echolocation eggs family groups female gives birth female produces fish forest SIZE Body Frogs fruit gerbils gestation period glands grassland gregarious ground HABITAT Forest HABITAT Open HABITAT Rain forest hair herds hibernate hind HONEY POSSUM horns hunting hyena insects invertebrates kangaroos known leaves legs lemurs live lizards LR:cd RANGE LR:nt RANGE Madagascar main food male and female mammals marmosets marsupials mate mice moles monkeys months mother nest nocturnal nocturnal animal numbers opossum Order pairs plant material pouch predators prey rabbit RANGE Africa rats rocks rodents roost savanna scrub single young snout solitary South America species squirrels Subfamily suckled Sumatra Tail teeth territory tree shrews troops usually vegetation vertebrates whales Wingspan winter World monkeys young is born