Mammals

Question 1

Mammary Glands

Answer 1

Any of the milk-producing glands in female mammals, consisting of lobes containing clusters of alveoli with a system of ducts to convey the milk to an external nipple or tea

Question 2

Hair

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is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis, or skin.

Question 3

Endothermic

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relating to an organism that generates heat to maintain its body temperature

Question 4

Insectivores

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type of carnivore that primarily or exclusively eats insects and other similar invertebrates

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Carnivores

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a staple diet consisting mainly or exclusively of animal tissue through predation or scavenging.,

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Omnivores

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lack distinctive specializations in acquiring and processing food, plants and animals

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Ruminant Herbivores

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cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds

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Incisors

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sharp flattened chisel-shaped tooth in mammals that is adapted for biting food and in rodents for gnawing

Question 9

Molars

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a grinding tooth at the back of a mammal’s mouth

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Canines

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sharp conical tooth in mammals that is large and highly developed in carnivores for tearing meat

Question 11

Marsupials

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Having a pouch for carrying the immature young

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Placental

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The placenta is a flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant mammals that nourishes and maintains the fetus through the umbilical cord

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Chiroptera

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Any of various mammals of the order Chiroptera, having forelimbs modified as wings; a bat.

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Primates

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characterized by nails on the hands and feet, a short snout, and a large brain

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Xenarthra

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suborder or other division of Edentata comprising the American anteaters, armadillos, sloths, and usually the extinct ground sloths

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Rodentia

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something gnawing, or something related to a small mammal with constantly growing incisor teeth used for gnawing

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Lagomorphia

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are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two living families, the Leporidae (hares and rabbits) and the Ochotonidae (pikas)

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Proboscidea

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characterized by a flexible trunk formed of the nostrils and upper lip, large tusks, a massive body, and columnar legs, comprising the elephant and the now-extinct mammoth and mastodon

Question 19

Sirenia

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commonly referred to as sea cows or sirenians, are an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and coastal marine waters

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Perissodactyla

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an order of nonruminant ungulate mammals (as the horse, the tapir, or the rhinoceros) that usually have an odd number of toes, molar teeth with transverse ridges on the grinding surface, and posterior premolars resembling true molars

Question 21

Artiodactyla

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having an even number of toes, either two or four, on each foot. Artiodactyls include camels, pigs, hippopotamuses, and the ruminants, such as cattle, deer, sheep, and antelopes

Question 22

Therapsids

Answer 22

Many of the traits today seen as unique to mammals had their origin within early therapsids, including having their four limbs extend vertically beneath the body, as opposed to the sprawling posture of other reptiles