Groups of Placental Mammals Flashcards
1
Q
What is the largest group of mammals?
A
rodents
2
Q
insect-eating mammals
A
- burrows
- eats insects
- pygmy shrew, mole
- pests
- order insectivora
3
Q
flying mammals
A
- order chrioptera
- true flying (bat)
- sonar hearing
- fruit-eating bats
- insect-eating bats
4
Q
flesh-eating mammal
A
- order carnivore
- live in water and on land
- canine teeth
5
Q
toothless mammals
A
- no teeth or small teeth
- long, sticky tongues
- armadillo
- order xenarthra
6
Q
hooved mammals (ungulate)
A
- even-numbered toes on hove (order artiodactyla)
- odd-numbered toes on hove (order perissodactyla)
7
Q
gnawing mammals
A
- most abundant
- rodents
- order rodentia
- pests
- disease carriers
- 4 incisors (large front teeth)
8
Q
rodent like mammals
A
- gnawing teeth
- nocturnal
- hares have longer ear and legs (then a rabbit)
- burrow
- order lagoporpha
9
Q
water dwelling mammals
A
- ocean
- lungs
- blue whales (largest mammal)
- order cetaceans
10
Q
primates
A
- most developed
- highly intelligent
- opposable thumbs
- make tools
- have eyes that face forward
