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

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

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Purgatorius, a small mammal about the size of a shrew, appears in the fossil record shortly after the dinosaurs went extinct around 65.9 million years ago.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 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

Did the Ancient Hainish postulate that continuous sexual capacity and organized social aggression, neither of which are attributes of any mammal but man, are cause and effect?

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin