Editing Mammal (section)

===In human culture===
[[File:Lascaux painting.jpg|thumb|[[Upper Paleolithic]] [[cave painting]] of a variety of large mammals, [[Lascaux]], {{circa|17,300}} years old]]

Non-human mammals play a wide variety of roles in human culture. They are the most popular of [[pet]]s, with tens of millions of dogs, cats and other animals including [[rabbit]]s and mice kept by families around the world.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Murthy R, Bearman G, Brown S, Bryant K, Chinn R, Hewlett A, George BG, Goldstein EJ, Holzmann-Pazgal G, Rupp ME, Wiemken T, Weese JS, Weber DJ | display-authors = 6 | title = Animals in healthcare facilities: recommendations to minimize potential risks | journal = Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | volume = 36 | issue = 5 | pages = 495–516 | date = May 2015 | pmid = 25998315 | doi = 10.1017/ice.2015.15 |doi-access=free | s2cid = 541760 | url = https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/7086725BAB2AAA4C1949DA5B90F06F3B/S0899823X1500015Xa.pdf/div-class-title-animals-in-healthcare-facilities-recommendations-to-minimize-potential-risks-div.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103092334/https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/7086725BAB2AAA4C1949DA5B90F06F3B/S0899823X1500015Xa.pdf/div-class-title-animals-in-healthcare-facilities-recommendations-to-minimize-potential-risks-div.pdf |archive-date=3 November 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=The Humane Society of the United States |title=U.S. Pet Ownership Statistics |url=https://www.humanesociety.org/issues/pet_overpopulation/facts/pet_ownership_statistics.html |access-date=27 April 2012 |archive-date=7 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407193941/http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/pet_overpopulation/facts/pet_ownership_statistics.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=USDA |title=U.S. Rabbit Industry profile |url=https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/emergingissues/downloads/RabbitReport1.pdf |access-date=10 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807115557/http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/emergingissues/downloads/RabbitReport1.pdf |archive-date=7 August 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Mammals such as [[mammoth]]s, horses and deer are among the earliest subjects of art, being found in [[Upper Paleolithic]] [[cave painting]]s such as at [[Lascaux]].<ref>{{Cite news |vauthors=McKie R |title=Prehistoric cave art in the Dordogne |url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2013/may/26/prehistoric-cave-art-dordogne |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=9 November 2016 |date=26 May 2013 |archive-date=31 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210531050457/https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2013/may/26/prehistoric-cave-art-dordogne |url-status=live }}</ref> Major artists such as [[Albrecht Dürer]]<!--rhino-->, [[George Stubbs]]<!--horses--> and [[Edwin Landseer]]<!--red deer--> are known for their portraits of mammals.<ref name="Jones">{{cite news |vauthors=Jones J |title=The top 10 animal portraits in art |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2014/jun/27/top-10-animal-portraits-in-art |access-date=24 June 2016 |agency=[[The Guardian]] |date=27 June 2014 |archive-date=18 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518105922/http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2014/jun/27/top-10-animal-portraits-in-art |url-status=live }}</ref> Many species of mammals have been [[hunting|hunted]] for sport and for food; deer and [[wild boar]] are especially popular as [[game (hunting)|game animals]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Deer Hunting in the United States: An Analysis of Hunter Demographics and Behavior Addendum to the 2001 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation Report 2001-6 | url=https://digitalmedia.fws.gov/cdm/ref/collection/document/id/292 | publisher=Fishery and Wildlife Service (US) | access-date=24 June 2016 | archive-date=13 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813200949/http://digitalmedia.fws.gov/cdm/ref/collection/document/id/292 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | vauthors = Shelton L | work = The Natchez Democrat | title=Recreational Hog Hunting Popularity Soaring | url=https://www.grandviewoutdoors.com/big-game-hunting/recreational-hog-hunting-popularity-soaring/ | publisher=Grand View Outdoors | access-date=24 June 2016 | date=5 April 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212193350/https://www.grandviewoutdoors.com/big-game-hunting/recreational-hog-hunting-popularity-soaring/ | archive-date=12 December 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Nguyen J, Wheatley R | title=Hunting For Food: Guide to Harvesting, Field Dressing and Cooking Wild Game | url={{Google books|plainurl=yes|id=3XN6CgAAQBAJ|page=6}} | year=2015 | publisher=F+W Media | isbn=978-1-4403-3856-4 | pages=6–77}} Chapters on hunting deer, wild hog (boar), rabbit, and squirrel.</ref> Mammals such as [[horse racing|horses]] and [[greyhound racing|dogs]] are widely raced for sport, often combined with [[gambling|betting on the outcome]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Horse racing | encyclopedia = The Encyclopædia Britannica |url= https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/272329/horse-racing |access-date=6 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221033444/https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/272329/horse-racing |archive-date= 21 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Genders R |title=Encyclopaedia of Greyhound Racing |year=1981 |publisher=Pelham Books |isbn=978-0-7207-1106-6|oclc=9324926}}</ref> There is a tension between the role of animals as companions to humans, and their existence as individuals with [[animal rights|rights of their own]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Role of Animals in Human Society | vauthors = Plous S |date=1993 |doi=10.1111/j.1540-4560.1993.tb00906.x |journal=Journal of Social Issues |volume=49 |issue=1 |pages=1–9}}</ref> Mammals further play a wide variety of roles in literature,<ref>{{Cite news|vauthors=Fowler KJ|title=Top 10 books about intelligent animals<!--all 10 are mammals...-->|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/mar/26/top-10-books-intelligent-animals-watership-down-animal-farm|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=9 November 2016|date=26 March 2014|archive-date=28 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528154902/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/mar/26/top-10-books-intelligent-animals-watership-down-animal-farm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Gamble N, Yates S |title=Exploring Children's Literature |year=2008 |publisher=Sage |isbn=978-1-4129-3013-0 |edition=2nd |location=Los Angeles |oclc=71285210}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Books for Adults|url=https://www.sealsitters.org/marine_mammals/reading.html|website=Seal Sitters|access-date=9 November 2016|archive-date=11 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711034305/http://www.sealsitters.org/marine_mammals/reading.html|url-status=live}}</ref> film,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Paterson J |title=Animals in Film and Media |journal=Oxford Bibliographies |year=2013 |doi=10.1093/obo/9780199791286-0044}}</ref> mythology, and religion.<ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Johns C |date=2011 |title=Cattle: History, Myth, Art |publisher=The British Museum Press |isbn=978-0-7141-5084-0 |location=London |oclc=665137673}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Hayagrīva: The Mantrayānic Aspect of Horse-cult in China and Japan |publisher=Brill Archive |page=9 | vauthors = van Gulik RH }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| vauthors = Grainger R |title=Lion Depiction across Ancient and Modern Religions |url=https://lionalert.org/page/Lion_Depiction_Across_Ancient_and_Modern_Religions |publisher=ALERT |access-date=6 November 2016 |date=24 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923134807/https://lionalert.org/page/Lion_Depiction_Across_Ancient_and_Modern_Religions |archive-date=23 September 2016 }}</ref>