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Question by dwhite (58)
What is the scientific classification for a shark?
Answer by Dani8 (8)
A shark, though born live, is a fish and not a mammal as it breathes through its gills just like any other fish.
Answer by Marie (778)
A shark is not a mammal, it belongs to the chondrichthyes class, and not mammalia. Unlike mammals, they do not nurse their young.
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