Dichotomous Key/Mammalia

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Dichotomous Key: Mammalia
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
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Parent key: Vertebrata
Subphyla
Actinistia - Actinopterygii - Amphibia - Aves - Chondrichthyes - Dipnoi - Mammalia - Petromyzontidae - Reptilia
Key: Mammalia
Subclasses
Marsupialia - Monotremata - Placentalia

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Egg: A zygote, resulting from fertilization of the ovum


Birth: The process by which a fetus is expelled from the body of its mother


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Marsupium: A pouch in which an animals' young are reared through infancy


Uterus: An organ that accepts a fertilized ovum and nourishes it until birth


Placenta: An organ that moves nourishment and waste between a fetus and its mother