Mammals Flashcards
Mammary glands
the milk-producing gland of women or other female mammals
Diaphragm
a dome-shaped, muscular partition separating the thorax from the abdomen in mammals.
Endothermic
dependent on or capable of the internal generation of heat.
Hair
to keep the animal which means that it is a mammal
Incisors
a narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth, adapted for cutting. In humans there are four incisors in each jaw.
Canines
a pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars of a mammal, often greatly enlarged in carnivores.
Molars
a grinding tooth at the back of a mammal’s mouth.
Sexual Reproduction
two parents
Placenta
a flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant eutherian mammals, nourishing and maintaining the fetus through the umbilical cord.
Gestation period
For mammals the gestation period is the time in which a fetus develops, beginning with fertilization and ending at birth.
Anteaters Armadillos Sloths
The superorder Xenarthra is a group of placental mammals, extant today only in the Americas and represented by anteaters, tree sloths, and armadillos.
Insectivores
is a carnivorous plant or animal that eats insects
Rodents
Rodents are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of unremittingly growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.
Rabbits Hares Pikas
The lagomorphs are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two living families: the Leporidae and the Ochotonidae.
Flying Mammals
By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums, and colugos, can only glide for short distances.
