class Dog:

    # Class Attribute
    species = 'mammal'

    # Initializer / Instance Attributes
    def __init__(self, name, age):
        self.name = name
        self.age = age


# Instantiate the Dog object
philo = Dog("Philo", 5)

##</code><code>##

package Dog;

our $species = 'mammal';

sub __init__ ($class, $name, $age)
{
    my $self = {};
    $self->{name} = $name;
    $self->{age} = $age;
    bless $self, $class;
}

package main;

my $philo = Dog->__init__('Philo', 5);

##</code><code>##

sub __init__ ($class, $name, $age)
{
    my $self = bless {name => $name, age => $age}, $class;
}