Though touching a young mammal may not always lead to abandonment by the mother, it can.
From the post-gazette.com
Drowning at birth or being clubbed to death are not the best of outcomes for a young mammal.
From the newscientist.com
First, the young mammal, which would have looked like a cross between a lemur and a small monkey, is astonishingly complete.
From the time.com
Female platypuses produce milk for their young like a mammal, but also lay eggs like a bird.
From the stltoday.com
A newborn or baby is the very young offspring of a human or other mammal.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Young apple trees are also prone to mammal pests like mice and deer, which feed on the soft bark of the trees, especially in winter.
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This latter finding is one of the earliest developmental behaviours observed in a mammal and prepares the immature young for the journey to its mother's pouch.
From the sciencedaily.com
It's much less likely that a mammal or bird could photosynthesise, as their developing young are sealed off from the outside world.
From the newscientist.com
Whereas alpha males typically sire up to half of offspring in other mammal groups, older bull elephants father only about a fifth of a herd's young.