Mammal Vocabulary Flashcards
Mammary glands
Milk producing glan
Diaphragm
a sheet of muscle
Endothermic
internal generation of heat
Hair
fur
Incisors
a narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth, adapted for cutting. In humans there are four incisors in each jaw.
Canines (the teeth)
a pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars of a mammal, often greatly enlarged in carnivores.
Molars
back teeth
Sexual Reproduction
the reproduction of two different things or animals with the same gyns
Placenta
a flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant eutherian mammals
Gestation period
For mammals the gestation period is the time in which a fetus develops, beginning with fertilization and ending at birth.
Anteaters / Armadillos / Sloths (together as one group)
The superorder Xenarthra is a group of placental mammals, extant today only in the Americas and represented by anteaters, tree sloths, and armadillos.
Insectivores
An insectivore is a carnivorous plant or animal that eats insects.
Rodents
characterized by a single pair of unremittingly growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.
Rabbits / Hares / Pikas (together as one group)
The lagomorphs are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two living families
Flying Mammals
mammals that can soar not fly
Carnivores
meat eaters
Trunk-Nosed Mammals
have a long nose
Hoofed Mammals
have hoofs like a horse
Cetaceans
they can survive on land and in water
Manatees and Dugongs
they are sea cows
Primates
they are like monkeys and chimps
Monotremes
mammals that lay eggs instead of live birth
Marsupials
they carry their babies in a pouch
