What are mammals? what are the examples of mammals?

Mammals are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia  and characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or hair, and three middle ear bones. These characteristics distinguish them from reptiles and birds, from which they diverged in the Carboniferous, over 300 million years ago.

aardvarks.

bats.

elephants.

hamsters.

humans.

rabbits.

rhinoceroses.

whales.

Explanation:

a warm-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that is distinguished by the possession of hair or fur, the secretion of milk by females for the nourishment of the young, and (typically) the birth of live young. ( A animal with hair)

examples: dog, cat, platypus, wombat, kangaroo, tiger, lion, koala, squirrel, horse, giraffe, deer, etc...

Explanation: if the animal has fur/hair its a mammal

answer; a male inherits only one allele of the x-linked gene controlling hair color;