mammal

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The juvenile whale, affectionately dubbed "Willapa Willy" by locals, was first spotted last Wednesday in the north fork of the river, about 145 miles southwest of Seattle, the marine mammal research group said.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

The marine mammal, which is stuck on a sandbank, was first spotted in Lübeck Bay on Monday.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Small rodents such as rats and mice are known to produce laryngeal whistles, but horses are the first large mammal identified using this method.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

It’s not exactly a chicken and dinosaur-egg question, but which came first, the mammal or the giant lizard?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

There is no mammal species that the first settled peoples of that area had more opportunity to domesticate than gazelles.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond