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MAMMALS. By: Anna Grace Watkins. Pictures of mammals:. Pictures of mammals:. Mammal Characteristics :. Mammals are endotherms. Mammals can live almost anywhere due to them being endothermic. All have hair made out of keratin. Mammals pant and use their sweat glands to cool off
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MAMMALS By: Anna Grace Watkins
MammalCharacteristics: • Mammals are endotherms. • Mammals can live almost anywhere due to them being endothermic. • All have hair made out of keratin. • Mammals pant and use their sweat glands to cool off • Mammals are warm-blooded. • They have a diaphragm which allows them to breathe. • They also have sweat glands which means they can produce milk to nurse their young. • Mammals have hair made of keratin.
Mammal characteristics: • Mammals have sweat glands. • They have a four-chambered heart. • Mammals are very intelligent and can learn very easily. • Mammals are vertebrates. • They use lungs to breathe. • There are approximately 5,400 species. • 1,200 genera • 153 families • 29 orders