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Mammalia
(English) A tetrapod class with four-limbed ancestry. Homoiothermic. Hair covers the skin of most mammals. Milk produced from mammary glands to nourish the young. Possession of a diaphragm. Middle ear develops three ossicles. Viviparous. Internal fertilization.

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