Placental Mammal

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A Placental Mammal is an mammalia that uses a placenta for birthing.



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2022

  • (Wikipedia, 2022) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placentalia Retrieved:2022-11-2.
    • Placental mammals (infraclass Placentalia ) are one of the three extant subdivisions of the class of animals Mammalia; the other two are Monotremata and Marsupialia. Placentalia contains the vast majority of extant mammals. Placentals are partly distinguished from other mammals in that the fetus is carried in the uterus of its mother to a relatively late stage of development. The name is something of a misnomer considering that marsupials also nourish their fetuses via a placenta, though for a relatively briefer period, giving birth to less developed young who are then kept for a period in the mother's pouch.