Mammal vocab Flashcards

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1
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Milk producing gland

A

Mammary glands

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2
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Fine threadlike strands

A

Hair

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3
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Warm blooded

A

Endothermic

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4
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Carnivorous plant or animal that eats insects

A

Insectivores

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5
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Animal that feeds on flesh

A

Carnivores

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6
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Eats both plants and flesh

A

Omnivores

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7
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Process plant food

A

Ruminant herbivors

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8
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narrow edge tooth at the front of the mouth

A

Incisors

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9
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large, flat teeth at the back of the mouth

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Molars

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10
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pointy teeth

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canines

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11
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animals that lay eggs

A

montremes

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12
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animals that’re born and live in a pouch usually

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marsupials

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13
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relating to a placenta

A

placental

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14
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Bat

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Chiroptera

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15
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Monkey

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Primates

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16
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ant eaters, tree sloths, armidillos

A

xenarthra

17
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Rodents

A

rodentia

18
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Rabbits

A

lagomorpha

19
Q

elephants

A

Proboscidea

20
Q

sea cows

A

sirenia

21
Q

odd toed ungulate

A

parissodactlya

22
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even toed ungulate

A

artiodactyla

23
Q

whale

A

cetacea

24
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mammals and their ancestors

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therapsids