Exploring life's mysteries in biology? Birds, distinct from mammals, have their own scientific order (Aves). Discover more on their unique features.
Life is diverse. Taxonomy classifies living things based on traits and relationships. Birds and mammals fall under this systematic grouping.
Two major kingdoms were animal and plant. Now, fungi and microscopic kingdoms exist, making a total of five or six in biology.
Birds and mammals, typical animals: multicellular, eukaryotic, feed on organics, breathe oxygen, move, reproduce sexually, grow from blastula.
Vertebrates, warm-blooded, insulated, high metabolism, similar hearts, advanced senses, parental care, intelligence.
Birds and mammals share similarities, but notable differences exist, extending beyond initial observations.
Mammals, birds diverged 315 million years ago. Mammals in Synapsid clade, birds in Sauropsida. Birds closer to dinosaurs than mammals.
Mammals nurse young via mammary glands; most give live birth. Birds lay eggs with hard shells, lacking mammalian lactation. Reproductive differences abound.