mammals

Question 1

Mammary Glands

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Hair

Answer 2

any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of humans, mammals, and some other animals.

Question 3

Endothermic

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Insectivores

Answer 4

an insectivorous animal or plant.

Question 5

Carnivores

Answer 5

an animal that feeds on flesh.

Question 6

Omnivores

Answer 6

an animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin.

Question 7

Ruminant herbivores

Answer 7

are mammals that are able to acquire nutrients from plant-based food by fermenting it in a specialized stomach prior to digestion, principally through microbial actions

Question 8

Incisors

Answer 8

a narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth, adapted for cutting. In humans there are four incisors in each jaw.

Question 9

Molars

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Canines

Answer 10

a pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars of a mammal, often greatly enlarged in carnivores.

Question 11

Monotremes

Answer 11

a primitive mammal that lays large yolky eggs and has a common opening for the urogenital and digestive systems. Monotremes are now restricted to Australia and New Guinea, and comprise the platypus and the echidnas.

Question 12

Marsupials

Answer 12

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. Marsupials are found mainly in Australia and New Guinea, although three families, including the opossums, live in America.

Question 13

Placental

Answer 13

a placental mammal.

Question 14

Chiroptera

Answer 14

an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats) Synonyms : order chiroptera.

Question 15

Primates

Answer 15

the chief bishop or archbishop of a province.

Question 16

Xenarthra

Answer 16

a suborder or other division of Edentata comprising the American anteaters, armadillos, sloths, and usually the extinct ground sloths.

Question 17

Rodentia

Answer 17

noun. A gnawing mammal of an order that includes rats, mice, squirrels, hamsters, porcupines, and their relatives, distinguished by strong constantly growing incisors and no canine teeth. They constitute the largest order of mammals.

Question 18

Lagomorpha

Answer 18

The lagomorphs are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two living families: the Leporidae (hares and rabbits) and the Ochotonidae (pikas). The name of the order is derived from the Ancient Greek lagos (λαγώς, “hare”) +morphē (μορφή, “form”).

Question 19

Proboscidea

Answer 19

a mammal of the order Proboscidea, which comprises the elephants and their extinct relatives.

Question 20

Sirenia

Answer 20

a large aquatic plant-eating mammal of the order Sirenia, such as a manatee or dugong.

Question 21

Perissodactyla

Answer 21

an order of nonruminant ungulate mammals (as the horse, the tapir, or the rhinoceros) that usually have an odd number of toes, molar teeth with transverse ridges on the grinding surface, and posterior premolars resembling true molars—compare artiodactyla.

Question 22

Artiodactyla

Answer 22

an order of hoofed mammals (as the sheep, goat, pig, camel, or ox) with an even number of functional toes on each foot—compare perissodactyla.

Question 23

Cetacea

Answer 23

a marine mammal of the order Cetacea ; a whale, dolphin, or porpoise.

Question 24

Therapsids

Answer 24

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