An Eco-sustainable World

Mammals

MammiferiThis section is dedicated to the Mammals (Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758) who are a class of vertebrates with a cosmopolitan spread characterized by breastfeeding of their offspring.
Within the currently living mammals class, about 5,500 species of very different sizes and shapes are classified.
Mammals have been able to colonize almost all terrestrial environments over the ages. We pass from ice caps to hot deserts.
Despite this remarkable morphological and environmental differentiation mammals have in common to be homeothermic or endothermic, from having viviparity (with the exception of the Monotremes, which are oviparous) and from having parental care which also includes breastfeeding of the offspring.
Mammals, in every environment, being heterotrophic organisms, play an important conjugated function with heterotrophs and their decrease can undermine the delicate balance of ecosystems.

Guido Bissanti


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MammalsSpecies Animal

Rhinolophus mehelyi

Rhinolophus mehelyi Mehely’s horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus mehelyi Matschie, 1901) is a bat belonging to the Rhinolophidae family. Systematic – From

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FishMammalsSpecies Animal

Ziphius cavirostris

Ziphius cavirostris The Cuvier’s beaked whale or goose-beaked whale, ziphius (Ziphius cavirostris G. Cuvier, 1823) is a cetacean belonging to

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FishMammalsSpecies Animal

Mesoplodon europaeus

Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais’s beaked whale or Antillean beaked whale, Gulf Stream beaked whale, European beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais, 1855)

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FishMammalsSpecies Animal

Mesoplodon bidens

Mesoplodon bidens The Sowerby’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens, Sowerby, 1804) is a cetacean belonging to the Ziphiidae family. Systematic –

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FishMammalsSpecies Animal

Physeter macrocephalus

Physeter macrocephalus The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus, Linnaeus, 1758) is a cetacean belonging to the Physeteridae family. Systematic – From

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Galeorhinus galeus

Galeorhinus galeus The school shark or tope, tope shark, snapper shark, soupfin shark (Galeorhinus galeus Linnaeus, 1758) is a shark

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FishMammalsSpecies Animal

Tursiops truncatus

Tursiops truncatus The common bottlenose dolphin or Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus, Montagu, 1821) is a cetacean belonging to the

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FishMammalsSpecies Animal

Steno bredanensis

Steno bredanensis The Rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828) is a cetacean belonging to the Delphinidae family.

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FishMammalsSpecies Animal

Stenella coeruleoalba

Stenella coeruleoalba The striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba, Meyen 1833) is a cetacean belonging to the Delphinidae family. Systematics – From

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