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- Over 5,000 species
- Warm blooded
- Vertebrates
- Mammary glands in females which produce milk
- 3 middle ear bones
- Hair or fur

Examples of mammals include bats, whales, dolphins, kangaroos, dogs and tigers. 		             
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