mammals Flashcards

1
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Mammary glands

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produces milk to feed young offspring

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2
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Diaphragm

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respiration muscle

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3
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Endothermic

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warm blooded

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4
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Hair

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insulator

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5
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Incisors

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front teeth

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6
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Canines

A

pointed teeth

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7
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Molars

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back teeth

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8
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Placenta

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a flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant eutherian mammals, nourishing and maintaining the fetus through the umbilical cord.

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9
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Gestation period

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pregnancy period

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10
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Armadillo

A

medium sized hairy mammals, anteater

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11
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Insectivores

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animal that eats insects, anteater

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12
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Rodents

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a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws, rat

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13
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Rabbits

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in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, bugs bunny

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14
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Flying Mammals

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mammals that can fly, flying squirrel

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15
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Carnivore

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animals that eat meat, T-Rex

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16
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Trunk-Nosed Mammals

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mammals with trunks, elephant

17
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Hoofed Mammals

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mammals with hooves, horse

18
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Cetaceans

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are a widely distributed and diverse clade of aquatic mammals, dolphin

19
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Manatees and Dugongs

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medium sized ocean animals, sting ray

20
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Primates

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include two distinct lineages, strepsirrhines and haplorhines, human

21
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Monotremes

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basal mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young, marsupial

22
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Marsupials

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most of the young are carried in a pouch, kangaroo