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mammal
Warm-blooded vertebrate animals that have hair or fur and nurse their young with milk. The class Mammalia in biological classification.
人間は哺乳類です。
Humans are mammals.
鯨は魚ではなく哺乳類です。
Whales are mammals, not fish.
哺乳類は子供に乳を与えます。
Mammals nurse their young with milk.
哺乳類 is a scientific classification term.
哺乳 means "nursing/lactation" and 類 means "class/category."
Related animal classification terms:
- 爬虫類 (reptiles)
- 両生類 (amphibians)
- 鳥類 (birds)
- 魚類 (fish)
Examples of mammals:
- 犬、猫、熊、象、イルカ、鯨