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Because it has a backbone, it feeds its young milk, it has teeth of different types, it has hair, it is warm blooded, and it breathes air. These things are characteristics of all mammals.

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because they don't lay eggs and they have fur.

And also because a squirrel is a warm-blooded animal.

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They are warm blooded and have hair. They also give birth to live young.

They also have mammary glands.

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Because it has vertebrae in its back.

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