Concept information

Preferred term

mammal  

Definition

  • Any animal of the Mammalia, a large class of warm-blooded vertebrates having mammary glands in the female, a thoracic diaphragm, and a four-chambered heart. The class includes the whales, carnivores, rodents, bats, primates, etc.

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URI

http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/4982

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