mammal vocab

Question 1

Mammary Glands

Answer 1

lactiferous glands within the breasts. Glandular tissue forms a radius of lobes containing alveoli, each lobe having a system of ducts for the passage of milk from the alveoli to the nipple. The central part of the breast is filled with glandular tissue.

Question 2

Hair

Answer 2

especially, the specialized epidermal structure produced only by mammals, developing from a papilla sunk in the corium. The life cycle of a hair (hair cycle) consists of three phases, called anagen, catagen, and telogen. Called als

Question 3

Endothermic

Answer 3

Denoting a chemical reaction during which heat (enthalpy) is absorbed.

Question 4

Insectivores

Answer 4

any member of the insect-eating mammalian order Insectivora, a group containing shrews, moles and hedgehogs in the British fauna.

Question 5

Carnivores

Answer 5

any animal that eats primarily flesh, particularly mammals of the order Carnivora, which includes cats, dogs, bears, and others. adj., adj carniv´orous.

Question 6

Omnivores

Answer 6

An omnivorous animal

Question 7

Ruminant herbivores

Answer 7

An animal that feeds chiefly on plants.

Question 8

Incisors

Answer 8

. adapted for cutting.

Question 9

Molars

Answer 9

a grinding, abrading, or wearing away

Question 10

Canines

Answer 10

he two sharp teeth located next to the front incisor teeth in mammals that are used to grip and tear.

Question 11

Monotremes

Answer 11

Any of various egg-laying mammals of the order Monotremata of Australia and New Guinea, whose only living members are the platypus and the echidnas.

Question 12

Marsupials

Answer 12

Any of various nonplacental mammals of the infraclass Metatheria, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas, and typically bearing young that suckle and develop after birth in the mother’s pouch. These species were formerly placed in the order Marsupialia.

Question 13

Placental

Answer 13

A membranous vascular organ that develops in female eutherian mammals during pregnancy, lining the uterine wall and partially enveloping the fetus, to which it is attached by the umbilical cord. Following birth, the placenta is expelled.

Question 14

Chiroptera

Answer 14

all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

Question 15

Primates

Answer 15

the order comprising the primates.

Question 16

Xenarthra

Answer 16

armadillos; American anteaters; sloths

Question 17

Rodentia

Answer 17

small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis
order Rodentia

Question 18

Lagomorpha

Answer 18

rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata of the order Rodentia

Question 19

Proboscidea

Answer 19

in some classifications included in the genus Martynia and hence the two taxonomic names for some of the unicorn plants
genus Proboscidea

Question 20

Sirenia

Answer 20

an animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller’s sea cow

Question 21

Perissodactyla

Answer 21

nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms
order Perissodactyla

Question 22

Artiodactyla

Answer 22

n order of hooved mammals of the subclass Eutheria (including pigs and peccaries and hippopotami and members of the suborder Ruminantia) having an even number of functional toes

Question 23

Cetacea

Answer 23

a marine mammal of the order Cetacea ; a whale, dolphin, or porpoise.

Question 24

Therapsids

Answer 24

an extinct reptile of a Permian and Triassic order, the members of which are related to the ancestors of mammals.