• Question: Are there any mammals that don't have a backbone?

    Asked by gecko678 to Suzanne on 28 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Suzanne Harvey

      Suzanne Harvey answered on 28 Jun 2013:


      Every mammal has a backbone, but not everything that has a backbone is a mammal – fish are a good example of this. Including non-mammalian animals with a backbone, they still only make up about 4% of all species!

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