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Mammals SEE ALSO

▸ ▸ Animal families
p.21

Mammals are animals that have body hair and feed ▸ ▸ Animal groups
their babies on milk made by the females. They are p.22
warm-blooded, which means their bodies stay the ▸ ▸ Food chains p.107

same temperature. There are many ▸ ▸ Habitats p.126
different groups of mammals. ▸ ▸ Vertebrates
p.266
A mother
elephant is pregnant
Mammal babies for nearly two Gemsbok’s
horns grow
Mammals give birth to live babies. years before its longer each
Parents feed and care for their young baby is ready year.
until they can look after themselves. to be born.

Cheetahs have
sharp hearing to Each hoof
help them catch has a hard
animals to eat. covering.

Gemsbok
Plant-eaters
Animals that eat plants are called
herbivores. They have special teeth
for cutting and chewing leaves.

Fur or hair on
the body keeps
mammals warm.
Cheetah
Meat-eaters
Meat-eating animals
are called carnivores.
They hunt other
animals for food.

Asian elephants

Pouched mammals
Some animals, called marsupials, Dolphins
look after their babies in a Not all mammals live
special pouch. The baby on land. Dolphins are
stays in the pouch, mammals that live in
water. They come up to
drinking milk until it is the surface to breathe
big enough to leave. through a blowhole at
The pouch is the top of their head.
a warm place
for the baby.
Red kangaroo
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