Biology
Placental mammals Characteristics and examples
Characteristics of placental mammals
The following are the list of characteristics of placental mammals.
- Gestation period
In placental mammals, the young one completes its development inside the body of its mother.
- Placenta
Inside the body of the mother young one (embryo) is fed through an organ called the placenta.
- Feeding after birth
After birth, the young one is fed on mother’s milk secreted from the mammary glands.
- Subgroups
There are following subgroups of placental mammals.
- Insect-eating mammals: hedgehog and mole.
- Edentate mammals: pangolin, sloth, and armadillo.
- Rodent mammals: mouse, rabbit, squirrel.
- Flying mammals: Bat
- Hoofed mammals: cow, goat, zebra, buffalo, etc.
- Trunked mammals: elephant
- Carnivorous mammals: lion, seal, lion, cat, dog, walrus, etc.
- Fish like mammals: dolphin and whale.
- Most intelligent mammals: human (the most intelligent mammal) monkey, chimpanzee
See also: Characteristic of mammals