terrestrial mammal
Ground-dwelling warm-blooded creature
A terrestrial mammal is a mammal that lives primarily on land rather than in water or air.
The term distinguishes ground-dwelling species like dogs, elephants, and humans from aquatic mammals like whales and dolphins or flying mammals like bats: Most terrestrial mammals have four limbs adapted for walking or running.
- animal kingdomEukaryotic heterotroph classification
- wild animalUndomesticated creature
- animalMulticellular motile organism
- landEarth's solid surface
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
creature · furry · four-legged · warm-blooded · habitat · burrow · den · predator · prey · food chain · big cat · pack animal · grazing · hooves · paws · wilderness · forest · savanna
habitat medium
terrestrial mammalaquatic mammal
Warm-blooded ocean creature
marine mammal · whale · dolphin · bat · cetacean
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