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| Animal | Mammal Type | Sleep Pattern | Name of Young | Locomotion | Habitat | Water Source | Special Characteristic |
| Platypus | Monotreme | Nocturnal | Platypus | Swims (Freshwater) |
Underground Burrows |
River | Most poisonous mammal (male have venom) |
| Pacific Gray Whale | Placental | None | Calf | Swims (Ocean) |
Migrates | From Food (krill) | Longest known migration of any mammal |
| Least Shrew | Placental | None | Shrew | Walks | Underground Burrows |
In habitat | Extremely fast metabolism |
| Mexican Free-Tail Bat | Placental | Nocturnal | Pup | Flies | Caves | In habitat | Only flying mammal |
| African Elephant | Placental | Diurnal | Calf | Walks | Land | Water holes | Largest land mammal, Longest gestation |
| Koala | Marsupial | Diurnal | Joey | Sits | Lives in trees | From Food (leaves) |
Predigested food |
| Giraffe | Placental | Diurnal | Calf | Walks | Land | 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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