Mammalia

Translingual

Etymology

Latin mamma (“breast", "udder”)

Wikipedia

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Mammalia

1. A taxonomic class within the subphylum Vertebrata—the mammals.

Translations

taxonomic class - mammals

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哺乳綱 (cmn), 哺乳纲 (cmn) (bǔrǔgāng)

• Finnish: nisäkkäät (fi)

Related terms

• Protheria / Prototheria - egg-laying mammals
• Theria - live-bearing mammals (include Metatheria and Eutheria)
• Metatheria - mammals that have a pouch
• Eutheria - mammals that have a placenta
• Volaticotheria - Mesozoic gliding mammals
• note: Wikispecies shows alternative hierarchies under Mammalia