Mammals are warm-blooded vertebrate animals that have hair, breathe air, and feed their newborns with milk. Mammals can be herbivores, carnivores, or omnivores, depending on their diet.

What Is A Mammal

Some characteristics of mammals are:

  • They are warm-blooded.
  • They have fur or hair.
  • They have four limbs (on land).
  • They have four types of teeth: incisors, canines, premolars, and molars.
  • They have lungs and need air to breathe.
  • They have sweat glands.
  • They have mammary glands.