A mammal (from Latin mamma 'breast') is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia (/məˈmeɪli.ə/). Mammals are characterized by the presence of milk-producing...

Marine mammals are mammals that rely on marine (saltwater) ecosystems for their existence. They include animals such as cetaceans (whales, dolphins and...

Mammalia is a class of animal within the phylum Chordata. Mammal classification has been through several iterations since Carl Linnaeus initially defined...

regular basis in uninseminated sexually reproductive-age females of certain mammal species. Although there is some disagreement in definitions between sources...

Small mammals or micromammals are a subdivision of mammals based on their body mass and size. Different values have been used as the upper limit. The International...

A state mammal is the official mammal of a U.S. state as designated by a state's legislature. The first column of the table is for those denoted as the...

Placental mammals (infraclass Placentalia /plæsənˈteɪliə/) are one of the three extant subdivisions of the class Mammalia, the other two being Monotremata...

Venomous mammals are animals of the class Mammalia that produce venom, which they use to kill or disable prey, to defend themselves from predators or...

Mammal Review is a zoology journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of The Mammal Society. Covering all areas of mammalian biology, ecology, physiology...

inter-sexual competition. Unlike more social species bears, being solitary mammals, have wide-ranging habitats to locate potential mates. Due to the asynchrony...