Mammals

Question 1

Mammary Glands

Answer 1

The milk-producing gland of a woman or other female mammals.

Question 2

Endothermic

Answer 2

Of an animal dependent on or capable of the internal generation of heat.

Question 3

Insectavore

Answer 3

Any of various small mammal, as moles and shrews, that are active mainly at night and that feed principally on insects.

Question 4

Herbivore

Answer 4

An animal that feeds on plants.

Question 5

Carnivore

Answer 5

A carnivorous animal or plant (flesh-eating).

Question 6

Omnivore

Answer 6

A mammal of eating any sort of food, esp. both animal and vegetable food.

Question 7

Ruminant

Answer 7

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.

Question 8

Incisors

Answer 8

Any of the front cutting teeth between the canines.

Question 9

Canine Teeth

Answer 9

Any of the sharp-pointed teeth next to the incisors.

Question 10

Molars

Answer 10

A grinding tooth at the back of a mammal’s mouth.

Question 11

Internal Fertilization

Answer 11

Fertilization which takes place inside the female body.

Question 12

Gestation Period

Answer 12

The period during which an embryo develops.

Question 13

Placenta

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Monotremes

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Marsupials

Answer 15

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.

Question 16

Chiroptera

Answer 16

An order of mammals that comprises the bats.

Question 17

Primates

Answer 17

Any member of the group of animals that includes human beings, apes, and monkeys.

Question 18

Xenarthra

Answer 18

An order of mammals that comprises the edentates.

Question 19

Rodentia

Answer 19

An order of the division Eutheria comprising relatively small gnawing mammals having a single pair of incisors in each jaw that grow from persistent pulps and bear enamel chiefly in front to produce a chisel-shaped edge.

Question 20

Lagomorpha

Answer 20

A mammal of the order Lagomorpha; a hare, rabbit, or pika.

Question 21

Carnivora

Answer 21

An order of mammals that are distinguished by having powerful jaws and teeth adapted for stabbing, tearing, and eating flesh.

Question 22

Proboscidea

Answer 22

An order of large mammals that are distinguished by the possession of a trunk and tusks.

Question 23

Sirenia

Answer 23

An order of large aquatic plant-eating mammals that live chiefly in tropical coastal waters and are distinguished by paddle-like forelimbs and a tail flipper replacing hind limbs.

Question 24

Perissodactyla

Answer 24

An order of mammals that comprises the odd-toed ungulates.

Question 25

Artiodactyla

Answer 25

An order of mammals that comprises the even-toed ungulates.

Question 26

Cetacea

Answer 26

An order of marine mammals that have a streamlined hairless body, no hind limbs, a horizontal tail fin, and a blowhole on top of the head for breathing.

Question 27

Therapsids

Answer 27

An extinct reptile of a Permian and Triassic order, the members of which are related to the ancestors of mammals.