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Nervous system

All mammalian brains possess a neocortex, a brain region unique to mammals. Placental
mammals have a corpus callosum, unlike monotremes and marsupials. The size and number of
cortical areas (Brodmann's areas) is least in monotremes (about 8-10) and most in placentals (up
to 50).

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