mammals

Question 1

mammary glands

Answer 1

the milk-producing glands of women or other female mammals.

Question 2

endothermic

Answer 2

capable of internal generation of heat

Question 3

insectivore

Answer 3

animal that only eats insects

Question 4

herbivore

Answer 4

animal that only eats plants

Question 5

carnivore

Answer 5

animal that only eats meat

Question 6

omnivore

Answer 6

animal that eats both meat and plants

Question 7

ruminant

Answer 7

an even toed mammal that chews the cud regurgitated from its rumen.

Question 8

incisors

Answer 8

narrow edged teeth at the front of the mouth

Question 9

canine teeth

Answer 9

long pointy teeth

Question 10

molars

Answer 10

the grinding teeth at the back of the mammals mouth

Question 11

internal fertilization

Answer 11

takes place inside of the female after insemination through copulation.

Question 12

gestation period

Answer 12

the time in which the fetus develops, beginning with fertilization and ending with birth.

Question 13

placenta

Answer 13

the flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant eutherian mammals

Question 14

monotremes

Answer 14

a primitive mammal that lays large yolky eggs

Question 15

marsupials

Answer 15

mammals who are born and raised in the pouch of their mother on their stomach

Question 16

chiroptera

Answer 16

mammals whose forelimbs form of webbed wings

Question 17

primates

Answer 17

they include two lineages, strepsirrhines and haplorhines

Question 18

xenarthra

Answer 18

extant today only in the America’s and represented by anteaters, tree sloths, and armidillos.

Question 19

rodentia

Answer 19

represented by a pair of continuously growing incisors

Question 20

lagomorpha

Answer 20

two living families of Leporidae and Ochotonidae

Question 21

Carnivora

Answer 21

includes of over 280 species of mammals. formally referred to as carnivorans.

Question 22

probascidea

Answer 22

family of trunked mammals

Question 23

sirenia

Answer 23

fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and costal marine waters.

Question 24

perissodactyla

Answer 24

odd toed mammals that have hooves that feature an odd number of toes on the rear feet.

Question 25

aritodactyla

Answer 25

even toed mammals whose weight when its born is shown by its 3rd or 4th feet.

Question 26

cetacea

Answer 26

marine mammals known as whales, dolphins, or porpoises.

Question 27

therapsids

Answer 27

group of synapsids and their ancestors