Mammals

Question 1

mammary glands

Answer 1

milk producing glands of females.

Question 2

diaphragm

Answer 2

it is a muscle that separates the thorax from the abdomen and allow for breathing.

Question 3

endothermic

Answer 3

to be capable of making internal heat.

Question 4

hair

Answer 4

strands that grow from the skin of mammals

Question 5

incisors

Answer 5

a tooth at the front of the mouth that are adapted for cutting.

Question 6

canines

Answer 6

they are in front of the incisors that are often enlarged in mammals.

Question 7

molars

Answer 7

a grinding tooth at the back of the mouth.

Question 8

sexual reproduction

Answer 8

the reproduction between 2 parents.

Question 9

placenta

Answer 9

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

Question 10

gestation period

Answer 10

the process of being carried in the womb between conception and birth

Question 11

anteaters, armidillos, sloths

Answer 11

are part of the group xenarthra

Question 12

insectivores

Answer 12

is a group of organisms that eat insects

Question 13

rodents

Answer 13

are a group of mammals that are characterized by continuous growing inscisors

Question 14

rabbits hares pikas

Answer 14

they are classified as lagomorphs

Question 15

flying mammals

Answer 15

they glide using aerial locomotion

Question 16

carnivores

Answer 16

an animal that feeds on flesh.

Question 17

trunk nosed mammals

Answer 17

There is only one animal in this group, the elephant.

Question 18

hoofed mammals

Answer 18

any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically

Question 19

cetaceans

Answer 19

they are the marine mammals this group consists of dolphins, whales, and porpoises

Question 20

manatees and dugongs

Answer 20

they are marine mammals that look similar but the manatee has a shorter snout.

Question 21

primates

Answer 21

any of various omnivorous mammals of the order Primates, they consist of humans great apes and gibbons

Question 22

monotremes

Answer 22

Monotremes are mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young like marsupials and placental mammals. they consist of platypus and enchiladas

Question 23

marsupials

Answer 23

Marsupials are an infraclass of mammals living primarily in Australasia and the America characteristic, common to most species, is that the young are carried in a pouch Ex kangaroos.