mammal

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A zoo is celebrating the birth of a giant anteater pup, which zoologists say is "considered the most threatened mammal in Central America".

From BBC • Apr. 1, 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

By Christmas, the enormous mammal had done serious damage — turning on a gas line under the house —that forced Johnson to live without hot water.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

And a platypus, a mammal that looked like a bizarre cross between, oh, say, an otter and a duck.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly