Cats are considered to be mammals as they have all of the characters of a mammal. The word mammal can be used to describe a warm blooded amniote. Among the features that distinguish them from other amniotes, (reptiles and birds) are hair, mammary glands, cervical vertebrae, three middle ear bones, and a neocortex (region of the brain).
The mammalian brain regulates body temperature and the circulatory system that includes a four chambered heart. The basic body type of a mammal is a four legged land born animal, however some mammals are adapted for life at sea, in the air, in trees, or on two legs.
All female mammals nurse their young with milk, which is secreted from specific glands known as the mammary glands. Except for the five species of monotremes which lay eggs, all living mammals give birth to live young.
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