Mammals Flashcards

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1
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Milk producing gland for female mammals

A

Mammary Glands

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2
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Threadlike strands on skin

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Hair

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3
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Generating your own heat

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Endothermic

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4
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Animal that eats insects

A

Insectivores

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5
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Animal that eats other animals

A

Carnivores

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6
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Animal that eats other animals and plants

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Omnivores

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7
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Animals that eat plants

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Ruminant Herbivores

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8
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Narrow edged tooth at the front of the mouth

A

Incisors

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9
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Grinding tooth at the back of the mouth

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Molars

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10
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Sharp tooth in the middle of the mouth

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Canines

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11
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Mammal that lays eggs

A

Monotremes

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12
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Mammal that has a pouch for it’s young

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Marsupials

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Bear live young, and are birthed inside a female in a placenta

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Placental

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14
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Mammals that can fly using a membrane attached to legs and/or arms

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Chiroptera

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15
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Opposable thumbs

A

Primates

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16
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Mammals with a stable pelvic region and being able to support themselves while their body is horizontal

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Xenarthra

17
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Single pair of continuous growing incisors and largest group of mammals

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Rodentia

18
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Alike to rodents, large eared terrestrial mammals

A

Lagmorpha

19
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Big in size, has a trunk for a nose

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Proboscidea

20
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Fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals

A

Sirenia

21
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Odd amount of toes and have hooves

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Perissodactyla

22
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Even amount of toes and have hooves

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Artiodactyla

23
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Fully aquatic mammals with high intelligence

A

Cetacea

24
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Possible ancestors of mammals, they were lizard-like during their time

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Therapsids