This document provides information about mammals. It states that mammals are vertebrates that give birth to live young, have hair or fur, nurse their babies with milk, have visible ears and four legs, and have warm blood. It notes that bats are the only mammals that can fly. The document separates mammals into several categories: placental mammals, monotremes, and marsupials. It provides examples for each category such as kangaroos and koalas for marsupials.

4. 1 TOED HOOF
2 TOED HOOF 4 TOED HOOF
3 TOED HOOF

5. THEY ARE VERTEBRATE.
THEY GIVE BIRTH TO LIVE
YOUNG (VIVIPAROUS).
• THEY’VE GOT HAIR OR FUR.
• THEY NURSE THEIR BABIES WITH
MILK.
• THEY’VE GOT VISIBLE EARS (MOST).
• THEY HAVE GOT 4 LEGS, EXCEPT
THE ONES WHICH LIVE IN WATER.
• BATS ARE THE ONLY MAMMALS
WHICH CAN FLY.
THEY’VE GOT
WARM BLOOD.
MOST OF THEM LIVE
ON LAND, BUT SOME
LIVE IN WATER
(WHALE, DOLPHIN…).
THEY BREATHE
THROUGH LUNGS.

7. MAMMALS
PLACENTAL
(They give birth to live young)
Most mammals are
placental. Examples: lion,
giraffe, monkey, panther,…
Human beings.
There are only 2 oviparous
mammals:
- Platypus
- Echidna
MONOTREMES
(They lay eggs, that is, they are
oviparous). They live in Australia.
MARSUPIALS
(They give birth but the baby is
not formed. They crawl and put
themselves into their mum’s
pouch and grow there).
They live in Australia.
Examples:
- Koala
- Kangaroo
- Wombat

8. MARINE MAMMALS
LAND MAMMALS
BAT (IT’S THE ONLY MAMMAL
WHICH CAN FLY)

9. PLATYPUS
It is covered with spines and having a
long snout and claws for hunting ants
and termites. It is also called Spiny
Anteater (ANT + EATER = ANTEATER).
The animal is a mix of more familiar
species: the duck (bill and webbed
feet), beaver (tail, body and fur).
Males are also poisonous
(venomous).
ECHIDNA

10. They give birth to very small creatures but the babies are not formed. When
the baby animals are born, they crawl and put themselves into their mum’s pouch,
where they lick their niples and drink milk. Then, they start to grow and, when
they are big enough, they leave the pouch. They come from Australia too.
WALLABY
KANGAROO

11. MARSUPIAL
MOUSE
SUGAR
GLIDER
NUMBAT
KOALA
WOMBAT