mammal

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The region hosts the world's second-largest population of dugongs -- herbivorous marine mammals known as "sea cows" that are listed as vulnerable -- with an estimated 5,000 to 7,500 individuals.

From Barron's

There are two kinds of sweat glands in mammals: apocrine and eccrine.

From The Wall Street Journal

Originally known as shrews, the small African mammals are more closely related to elephants, manatees and aardvarks and were officially renamed as sengi in 1998.

From BBC

The European hedgehog is one of Europe's most familiar wild mammals, yet its numbers have been falling sharply.

From Science Daily

Red foxes are one of the most prevalent carnivorous mammals globally and are found in Europe, Asia and North America as well as in parts of Africa.

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