mammals Flashcards
mammary glands
produce milk
hair
used for protection
used for warmth
endothermic
makes own heat
insectivores
animals that eat insects
shrews/moles
carnivores
animals eat other animals
omnivores
animals eat both plants and animals
ruminant herbivores
have more than one stomach
cattle/goats/sheep
incisors
narrow edge tooth in front of mouth/used for cutting
molars
grinding tooth at back of mammals mouth
canines
pointed tooth between incisors and premolars of a mammal
monotremes
egg laying mammals
marsupials
carry young in a pouch
placental
exchange of nutrients and waste between mother and fetus
chiroptera
forelimbs make webbed wings
bats
primates
advanced development of binocular vision
humans/apes
xenarthra
group of placental mammals
anteaters/sloths/armadillos
rodentia
characterized by a single pair of unremittingly growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws
largest order of mammals
rodents
lagomorpha
rabbits/hares
proboscidea
elephants
sirenia
aquatic herbivores
manatee
perissodactyla
hoofed animals
horses/rhinos/zebra
artiodactyla
cloven hoofed mammals
camels/pigs/deer/giraffes
cetacea
aquatic mammals
dolphins/whales
therapsids
mammal-like reptiles
includes mammals and their ancestors
