Mammals are warm-blooded animals that give birth to live young and have hair or fur; they defend themselves from threats by running, hiding, camouflaging, or using defenses like musk, spikes, or hooves; and examples of mammals mentioned include tigers, armadillos, bats, carnivores, hoofed mammals, marine mammals, pouched mammals, primates, rabbits, rodents, moles, gibbons, slow lorises, lynx, squirrels, and skunks.