mammals Flashcards

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mammary glands

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creates milk

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endothermic

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heat on the inside

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insectivore

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mammal that eats insects

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Herbivore

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eat plants

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carnivore

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eats meats

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omnivore

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eats both plants and animals

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7
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Ruminant

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an even-toed ungulate mammal that chews the cud regurgitated from its rumen. The ruminants comprise the cattle, sheep, antelopes, deer, giraffes, and their relatives.

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incisors

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front teeth

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9
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canine theeth

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sharp pointy teeth used for ripping meats

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molars

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flat teeth in the back of the back of mouth used to crush food

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internal fertilization

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eggs fertilized inside the female after intercourse of some kind has taken place

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gestation period

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is the time in which a fetus develops, beginning with fertilization and ending at birth

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placenta

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a flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant eutherian mammals, nourishing and maintaining the fetus through the umbilical cord.

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monotremes

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a primitive mammal that lays large yolky eggs and has a common opening for the urogenital and digestive systems.

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15
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Marsupials

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a mammal of an order whose members are born incompletely developed and are typically carried and suckled in a pouch on the mother’s belly

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16
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Chiroptera

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bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight.

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Primates

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include two distinct lineages,

18
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xenarthra

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a group of placental mammals, sloths armidillos

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rodentia

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rodents single pair of insissors that grow a lot

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Lagomorpha

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rabbits and hares

21
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carnivora

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weasels polar bears, carnivores exetera

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proboscidea

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elephants

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sirenia

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fully aquatic herbivores ie: manatees

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perissodactyla

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mammal with hooves that have an odd number of toes

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artiodactyla

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even toes like horses

26
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cectacea

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large sea animals

27
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therapsids

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extinct