### Question
What does native mammal mean?


### Answer
**Native mammal** has the following meaning in *16 U.S.C. § 2402*:

> any member, at any stage of its life cycle, of any species of the class Mammalia, other than any species regulated by the International Whaling Commission, which is designated as a native species by the Director under section 2405(b)(1) of this title, and includes any part of such member

#### Citation:
  - *16 U.S.C. § 2402*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 44-ANTARCTIC CONSERVATION**

