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Preferred term

mammals

Definition

[GEMET] 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.

Broader concept

animals

Narrower concepts

bats
carnivores
large herbivores
marine mammals
rabbits
rodents
terrestrial insectivores

Entry terms

mammalia

Scope note

US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20635

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Created 3/31/16, last modified 1/13/23

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