mammals Flashcards

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Mammary glands

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the milk-producing gland of women

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Diaphragm

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a dome-shaped cup

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Endothermic

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dependent on or capable of the internal generation of heat.

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Hair

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warmth for animals

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Incisors

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a narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth

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Canines

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sharp teeth

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Molars

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teeth that grind there food

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Placenta

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a flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant eutherian mammals,

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Gestation period

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The average length of human gestation is 280 days, or 40 weeks

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Anteaters / Armadillos / Sloths

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they are aardvarks

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Insectivores

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animal or plant

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Rodents

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Rodents are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws

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Rabbits / Hares / Pikas

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they are lagomorpha, Rabbit

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Flying Mammals

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they fly, bat

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Carnivores

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they eat meat, coyote

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Trunk-Nosed Mammals

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elephant

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Hoofed Mammals

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they have hooves on their feet, horses

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Cetaceans

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aquatic animals, whale

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Manatees and Dugongs

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live in water, manatee

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Primates

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a mammal kinda like a human, gorilla

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Monotremes

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basal animals that lay eggs

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Marsupials

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Marsupials are any members of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia. All extant marsupials are endemic to Australasia and the Americas