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mammary gland

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milk producing gland

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endothermic

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dependent on or capable of the internal generation of heat

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insectivore

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an insectivorous animal or plant

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herbivore

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an animal that feeds on plants

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carnivore

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an animal that feeds on meat

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omnivore

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an animal that eats both meat and plants

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ruminant

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even-toed ungulate mammal that chews the cud regurgitated from its rumen

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incisors

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narrow edged tooth at the front of the mouth

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canine teeth

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long pointed teeth at the front of the mouth

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molars

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grinding tooth at the back of the mammals mouth

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internal fertilization

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takes place inside the female after insemination through copulation

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gestation period

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the time in which a fetus develops

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placenta

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flattered circular organ in the uterus of pregnant eutherian mammals

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monotremes

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primitive mammal that lays large yolky eggs

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marsupials

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mammal of an order whose members are born incompletely developed

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chiroptera

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an order of mammals that comprises the bats

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primates

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any of various omnivorous mammals of the order primates

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xenarthra

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group of placental mammals extant today in the Americas

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rodentia

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the order compromising the rodents

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lagomorpha

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members of the taxonomic order

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carnivora

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order of mammallia including the lion tiger wolf bear

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proboscidea

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order of the large mammals comprising the elephants

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sirenia

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order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals

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perissodactyla

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division of ungulate mammals

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artiodactyla

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order of mammals that comprises the even toed ungulates

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cetacea

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includes the marine mammals

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therapsids

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extinct reptile of a permian order the members of which are related to the ancestors of mammals

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