| The Life of Mammals | |
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| Genre | Nature documentary |
| Presented by | David Attenborough |
| Composers | Dan Jones Ben Salisbury |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Mike Salisbury |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Production companies | BBC Natural History Unit Discovery Channel |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 20 November 2002 – 5 February 2003 |
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The Life of Mammals is a nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the United Kingdom from 20 November 2002.
It is a documentary on the study of the evolution and habits of the various mammal species. It was the fourth of Attenborough's specialised surveys following his major trilogy that began with Life on Earth. Each of the ten episodes looks at one (or several closely related) mammal groups and discusses the different facets of their day-to-day existence and their evolutionary origins. All the programs are of 50 minutes duration except the last, which extends to 59 minutes.
The series was produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in conjunction with the Discovery Channel. The executive producer was Mike Salisbury and the music was composed by Dan Jones and Ben Salisbury. It was later shown on the Discovery Channel.
Part of David Attenborough's Life series, it was preceded by The Life of Birds (1998) and followed by Life in the Undergrowth (2005). However, in between the former and this series, David Attenborough presented State of the Planet (2000) and narrated The Blue Planet (2001).