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One of the Mammalia. Age of mammals. See under Age, n., 8.

The highest class of Vertebrata. The young are nourished for a time by milk, or an analogous fluid, secreted by the mammary glands of the mother.

Of or pertaining to the Mammalia or mammals.

Containing mammalian remains; -- said of certain strata.

Of or pertaining to mammalogy.

One versed in mammalogy.

The science which relates to mammals or the Mammalia. See Mammalia.

An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It burrows in the ground, and feeds entirely on ants, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue.

A small insectivorous mammal (Solenodon paradoxus), allied to the moles, found only in Hayti.

of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals.

A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the urinary vesicle.

A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the Tertiary formation of the United States.

A thin membrane surrounding the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles.

ryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals.

the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon.

A small lemuroid mammal (Arctocebus Calabarensis) of Africa. It has only a rudimentary tail.

A group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc.

A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadæ, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadruma…

Mammals which have no placenta.

An East Indian insectivorous mammal of the genus Tupaia.