Kiwis of New Zealand, are classified as birds, but considered as honorary mammals by scientists, because many of their body characteristics are more mammalian than avian.
Mammalian features
Kiwi belong to not one, but several species. They all have mammal-like characteristics:
Nostrils at the tip of the beak. Probing up to 10 centimetres into the soil, they can sniff out the worms, cicadas, wētā and fruit that they eat. Kiwi are one of the few birds with a powerful sense of smell.
Cat-like whiskers at the base of the beak, which help the kiwi navigate at night.
Notable ear openings, allowing good hearing.
Feathers that are more like shaggy hair: they lack the barbs of most feathers.
Tough, leathery skin.
Heavy bones filled with marrow. Most birds’ bones are hollow and light for flight.
Strong, heavy legs that allow them to run as fast as a person and to fight ferociously.
Two functioning ovaries in females – birds normally have only one.
38ºC blood temperature – two degrees lower than most birds.
the kiwi is not classified as a part bird/part mamal. what you are asking about is the duck billed platypus, not the kiwi. it is from new zeland just like the kiwi. it has a bill like a ducks. hair lake a mamal. nurses its young like a mamal. lays eggs like a bird. and is warm blooded like a mamal. the kiwi is totally bird not a single characteristic that is like a mamal.
most large flightless birds have marrow in their bones. emus do, ostridges do, elephant birds did, rhea does.
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Kiwis of New Zealand, are classified as birds, but considered as honorary mammals by scientists, because many of their body characteristics are more mammalian than avian.
Mammalian features
Kiwi belong to not one, but several species. They all have mammal-like characteristics:
Nostrils at the tip of the beak. Probing up to 10 centimetres into the soil, they can sniff out the worms, cicadas, wētā and fruit that they eat. Kiwi are one of the few birds with a powerful sense of smell.
Cat-like whiskers at the base of the beak, which help the kiwi navigate at night.
Notable ear openings, allowing good hearing.
Feathers that are more like shaggy hair: they lack the barbs of most feathers.
Tough, leathery skin.
Heavy bones filled with marrow. Most birds’ bones are hollow and light for flight.
Strong, heavy legs that allow them to run as fast as a person and to fight ferociously.
Two functioning ovaries in females – birds normally have only one.
38ºC blood temperature – two degrees lower than most birds.
http://www.teara.govt.nz/TheBush/NativeBirdsAndBat...
The kiwi is a bird, correct. It is flightless and has very small unnoticeable stubs for wings.
Nostrils based at the end of the Kiwi's long bill are used for seeking prey while probing undergroiund in the dirt around the New Zealand bush.
No, the Kiwi isn't related to a mammal - its just that the nostrils at the tip of the beak make this bird stand out as a mamillian characteristic.
the kiwi is not classified as a part bird/part mamal. what you are asking about is the duck billed platypus, not the kiwi. it is from new zeland just like the kiwi. it has a bill like a ducks. hair lake a mamal. nurses its young like a mamal. lays eggs like a bird. and is warm blooded like a mamal. the kiwi is totally bird not a single characteristic that is like a mamal.
most large flightless birds have marrow in their bones. emus do, ostridges do, elephant birds did, rhea does.
a kiwi can be a bird or a fruit...