Animal Classification:

MAMMAL
CHARACTERISTICS
What is their skin like?

 Mammals have fur or hair that cover their

body.
Mammals

 Usually have 2 or 4 legs

 Minus animals like the dolphin, who only has
fins
Vertebrate or invertebrate?

 Mammals have a backbone which means that

they are vertebrates.
Warm-blooded or Cold-Blooded?

 Mammals are warm blooded.

 This means that their internal temperature

stays the same, no matter what the weather
or their surroundings are.
How do they breathe?

 Mammals breathe from their lungs

How are they born?

The mothers give birth to them naturally.

They drink their mother’s milk.

(Moms produce milk)
Examples of mammals
Fun fact: WE ARE MAMMALS.

 Humans are mammals too!

-We have backbones
 Do you know why?
-We produce milk.

-We are born from our mothers

naturally.

We are warm blooded.

We breathe from our lungs.

We have hair.
Which ones below are
mammals?

And why?