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
