{"id":717,"count":2,"description":"Every mammal, from a tiny shrew to the enormous blue whale, shares a few defining traits: mothers feed their young on milk, and all mammals have hair or fur at some point in their lives. Mammals are warm-blooded, keeping a steady body temperature whether they live in icy Arctic seas or hot deserts. That flexibility has helped them spread into nearly every habitat, with bats taking to the air, whales and dolphins to the oceans, and moles burrowing underground. Most give birth to live young, though the platypus and echidnas lay eggs.\n\nThis section brings together wild and familiar mammals alike. Learn about night flyers in our <a href=\"\/mammals\/bats\/\">bats<\/a> section, follow wild canids from <a href=\"\/mammals\/wolves\/\">wolves<\/a> to the clever <a href=\"\/mammals\/fox\/\">fox<\/a>, or explore the lives of big cats like <a href=\"\/mammals\/tigers\/\">tigers<\/a> and lions. Pet owners will find guides on cats, dogs, <a href=\"\/mammals\/farm-animals\/rabbit\/\">rabbits<\/a> and <a href=\"\/mammals\/rodents\/\">rodents<\/a>, while <a href=\"\/mammals\/farm-animals\/\">farm animals<\/a>, bears, hippos and <a href=\"\/mammals\/squirrels\/\">squirrels<\/a> round out a collection full of facts on diet, behavior, habitat and family life.","link":"https:\/\/www.learnaboutnature.com\/mammals\/","name":"Mammals","slug":"mammals","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnaboutnature.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnaboutnature.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnaboutnature.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnaboutnature.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}