mammals Flashcards
milk producing gland in mammals
mammary gland
grows on humans heads
hair
warm blooded
endothermic
only eats insects
insectivore
only eats meat
carnivore
Eats meat and plants
omnivore
Eats plants like grass and stuff
ruminant herbivore
teeth used to cut vegetation
incisors
teeth to grind food
molars
teeth to grip prey
canines
mammals that lay eggs
monotremes
mammals with pouches
marsupial
used to give nutrients to a baby in the womb
placenta
mammals that can fly
chiroptera
monkeys, apes and humans
primates
anteaters, armadillos and sloths
xenarthra
mice, rats, etc…
rodentia
hares, rabbits, and pikas
lagomorpha
elephants
proboscidea
MANATEES
sirenia
horses, tapirs, rhinos
Perissodactyla
hooved animals
Artiodactyla
whale, dolphin, porpoise
Cetacea
extinct reptile looking mammals that are ancestors to current day mammals
Therapsids