Mammalia; mammals (as a taxonomic class)
Scientific term for the class Mammalia in biological taxonomy. In everyday contexts, 哺乳類 (ほにゅうるい) is more common.
See also: 哺乳類 (ほにゅうるい)
Mammalia is a class of vertebrates.
We learned the characteristics of Mammalia in biology class.
Compound of 哺乳 (ほにゅう, 'suckling, nursing') and 綱 (こう, 'class' in biological taxonomy). The term follows the standard pattern for naming taxonomic classes in Japanese.