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mammalsMammalia (lat.); Säugetiere (ger.)

  • Animals of the vertebrate class Mammalia, the members of which are characterized by having mammary glands that secrete milk to feed the young. (OED)
    animal
    1758

    Mammalia hæc & nulla alia mammata Animalia, ex structura, visceribus, organis homini proxima, pleraque Quadrupedia, nobiscum Continentem inhabitant, tanquam inter hostes atrocissimos, dum pauca Pinnata intra Pelagum se subducunt.

    Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema naturae, 10th ed.: 14.

    1775

    Die Säugthiere

    Schreber, J.C.D. (1775). Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen, Erster Theil. Der Mensch. Der Affe. Der Maki. Die Fledermaus.