mammals Flashcards
1
Q
mammary glands
A
produce milk
2
Q
hair
A
used for protection
used for warmth
3
Q
endothermic
A
makes own heat
4
Q
insectivores
A
animals that eat insects
shrews/moles
5
Q
carnivores
A
animals eat other animals
6
Q
omnivores
A
animals eat both plants and animals
7
Q
ruminant herbivores
A
have more than one stomach
cattle/goats/sheep
8
Q
incisors
A
narrow edge tooth in front of mouth/used for cutting
9
Q
molars
A
grinding tooth at back of mammals mouth
10
Q
canines
A
pointed tooth between incisors and premolars of a mammal
11
Q
monotremes
A
egg laying mammals
12
Q
marsupials
A
carry young in a pouch
13
Q
placental
A
exchange of nutrients and waste between mother and fetus
14
Q
chiroptera
A
forelimbs make webbed wings
bats
15
Q
primates
A
advanced development of binocular vision
humans/apes
