| Animal |
Mammal Type |
Sleep Pattern |
Name of Young |
Locomotion |
Habitat |
Eating Style |
Water Source |
Special Characteristic |
| Platypus |
Monotreme |
Nocturnal |
Platypus |
Swims
(Freshwater) |
Underground
Burrows |
Carnivore |
River |
Most poisonous mammal
(male have venom) |
| Pacific Gray Whale |
Placental |
None |
Calf |
Swims
(Ocean) |
Migrates |
Carnivore |
From Food (krill) |
Longest known migration of any mammal |
| Least Shrew |
Placental |
None |
Shrew |
Walks |
Underground
Burrows |
Omnivore |
In habitat |
Extremely fast metabolism |
| Mexican Free-Tail Bat |
Placental |
Nocturnal |
Pup |
Flies |
Caves |
Carnivore |
In habitat |
Only flying mammal |
| African Elephant |
Placental |
Diurnal |
Calf |
Walks |
Land |
Herbivore |
Water holes |
Largest land mammal, Longest gestation |
| Koala |
Marsupial |
Diurnal |
Joey |
Sits |
Lives in trees |
Herbivore |
From Food
(leaves) |
Predigested food |
| Giraffe |
Placental |
Diurnal |
Calf |
Walks |
Land |
Herbivore |
From Food
(leaves) |
Boring childhood |
Adapted from: If My Mom Were A Platypus: Animal Babies and their Mothers, by Dia L. Michels, illustrated by Andrew Barthelmes, Platypus Media, 2001, ISBN: 1-930775-02-4.
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Mammal Biodiversity Table