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Saturday, 8 November 2014

The scientific name Mammalia coined by Carl Linnaeus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammal

The word "mammal" is modern, from the scientific name Mammalia coined by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, derived from the Latin mamma ("teat, pap"). All female mammals nurse their young with milk, which is secreted from special glands, the mammary glands.

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