How to Use mammal in a Sentence

mammal

noun

• Human beings, dogs, and cats are all mammals.
• The slowest mammal in the world is the three-toed sloth.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2022
• Enough of the winged mammals emerge each evening to cloud the evening sky.
  — David Ferry, SFChronicle.com, 20 Aug. 2019
• This was the first time the virus made the jump from a mammal to a human.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 29 July 2024
• The large mammal stands out at the zoo but can blend in to native forests.
  — Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
• Asian elephants like Rani are among the largest land mammals in the world.
  — Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
• This may be the first Arctic wolf to be cloned, but it’s not the first mammal.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 28 Sep. 2022
• The mammal, that gets its name from the fin on its back, near its tail, is found in oceans across the world.
  — Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
• The waterfront has emerged as a hot spot for the mammals in 1989.
  — Emma Bowman, NPR, 4 May 2024
• So those are mammals, and then there are three bird groups.
  — Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
• The mammals are likely to be the first thing most people notice about the menu.
  — Pete Wells, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
• The parasites live in some species of birds and mammals.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2023
• Pangolins are now the most trafficked mammal in the world.
  — Michael Adkesson, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
• Now, this glimpse at some of the first mammals’ true colors adds proof.
  — Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 13 Mar. 2025
• Pangolins are believed to be the most trafficked mammal in the world, per the WWF.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 July 2022
• The glands on your dog’s paws and its nose are called eccrine glands, and all mammals have these, too.
  — Bill Gifford, Men's Health, 12 June 2023
• The creature has been Texas’ state mammal for more than two decades, used to the baking heat of the dry, flat state.
  — Oliver Milman, Wired, 20 Nov. 2021
• There’s a new chunky mammal in the spotlight in Alaska this week.
  — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Oct. 2022
• When a large marine mammal like a whale dies, its body drifts to the ocean floor in a process known as whale fall.
  — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 14 July 2023
• There isn't a mammal on the planet that could survive that.
  — Paul Schrodt, Men's Health, 24 Feb. 2023
• The duck-billed, egg-laying mammals haven’t been recorded within the park’s bounds since the 1970s.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2023
• The woman splashed her hand in the water, tapped the boat’s side and blew kisses to the giant mammal.
  — USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2020
• Small mammals, like mice, rabbits, and voles, make up the bulk of their diet.
  — Hampton Bourne, Field & Stream, 22 Nov. 2023
• Insects and small mammals might even take refuge in a log to wait out the firestorm passing above.
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 8 Jan. 2020
• To swim in the shadow of the largest mammal that has ever lived.
  — Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2026
• The mammals thrive across habitats from inland rivers and lochs to rugged coastal environments.
  — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
• That matters because whales and other marine mammals depend on sound the way humans depend on sight.
  — Jacob Wycoff, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
• Little bluestem provides cover and food for ground birds, small mammals, and insects.
  — Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 21 Apr. 2026
• Boats attempted to guide the mammal toward the right path, though some have lost all hope.
  — ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
• But some types of tunneling are caused by a different small mammal called a vole.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026