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Humans have 46 chromosomes. To be more specific, they have 22 somatic (body) chromosomes from each parent, and one sex chromosome from each parent. Added together, humans have 46 chromosomes (or 23 pairs). However different animals have different numbers of chromosmes. But under normal circumstances, each has 1 copy from each parent, and 1 copy of a sex chromosome from each parent. For instance, mice have 40 chromosomes, a horse has 64, a cat and dog both have 38, and some species of elephants have 56. It depends on the animal because each animal has a different number of chromosomes.

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