...no, humans are not ANIMALS. We are Mammals.
Animals are anything, living that isn't plant-life or human.
Thus birds, which lay eggs and thus are not MAMMALS, are also Animals.
And Reptiles as well.
They, are actually the Animals I was talking about... Like when people say dinosaurs have more in common with birds than reptiles.

We may be mammals, since we reproduce in that manor, but that does not make up Animals.
Animals don't have the ability to reason like we do... If they did, they'd be running the world, don't you think?