Mammals evolved from egg laying reptiles about 195 million years ago, some still display links with their past. There are about 4400 species of mammal.
Features of mammals include:
- warm blooded
- hair or fur on part or all of the body
- most give birth to live young
- feed milk to their young
- care for their helpless offspring
Non-primate mammals at Wellington Zoo
- agouti
- barbary sheep
- bat
- blackbuck
- cheetah
- giraffe
- guinea pig
- kangaroo
- lion
- meerkat
- otter
- peccary
- red panda
- sitatunga
- sun bear
- tiger
- wallaby
- zebra
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