are frequently called a clutch, while young birds are often called a brood. Animals from the same litter are referred to as littermates.

Litter size (typical count)

In most female mammals, the average litter size is about half the number of mammae. Presumably, this enables females to successfully nurse litters even if some mammae fail to produce milk. Breeding female naked mole-rats, however, can bear and successfully

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