Could a dragon be classified as a mammal?

Adrienne Mayer, in her book The First Fossil Hunters, makes a strong case that stories about dragons in ancient India were probably inspired by the fossilized skulls of large extinct animals, most notably the ancestors of giraffes- Giraffokeryx and Sivatherium (pictures below). read more

Dragons, being mythological, come in a huge variety (and so do mammals), so perhaps some versions could be considered mammalian. Let’s start by examining what a dragon would need to be classified as a mammal. read more

Dragons are often classified as a reptile, making it officially an animal regardless of being mythological or a creature than actually existed. To put it another way; if the Komodo Dragon, Goanna and the extincted Megalania were all notified as animals; it leaves no room for doubt that their ancestral mythical dragon is also an animal =D. read more