Section 16.2- The Mammalian Orders I

Question 1

one order that contains only one species, the aardvark

Answer 1

Tubulidentata

Question 2

the largest mammal order that contains over 2000 species

Answer 2

Rodentia

Question 3

the aardvark is custom-designed for two things:

Answer 3

1. digging holes
2. eating ants and termites

Question 4

aardvark teeth have no

Answer 4

roots or enamel

Question 5

the largest living land animals

Answer 5

Elephants

Question 6

the three species of elephants

Answer 6

African bush
African forest
Asian elephant

Question 7

elephants’ enlarged incisor teeth that are mad of ivory

Answer 7

tusks

Question 8

the only living families of the order Sirenia

graze

Answer 8

dugongs
manatees

Question 9

Sirenia that have forked tails and reach 10 feet long and weigh 400 pounds

Answer 9

dugong

Question 10

Sirenia that live in the coastal water of FLorida, Caribbean sea etc

Answer 10

manatee

Question 11

the only oviparous mammals in existence

Answer 11

monotremata (echidna, platypus)

Question 12

spiny anteater that has short spines that cover its body

lives alone

Answer 12

echidna

Question 13

designed to live in both land and water

Answer 13

platypus

Question 14

mammal order that means strange joints because the lower vertebrae of its members possess extra joints that are not found in any other group of mammals

Answer 14

Xenartha

Question 15

from order Xenartha

means little-armored one

Answer 15

armadillo

Question 16

Xenarthan that spend the majority of their lives hanging upside down with their long, curved claws hooked around tree branches

Answer 16

sloths

Question 17

a three-toed sloth that is the slowest mammal on earth

Answer 17

ai

Question 18

the largest anteater is the

Answer 18

giant anteater or ant bear

Question 19

giant anteaters are _______________ in uninhabited areas and ___________ in densely populated areas

Answer 19

diurnal

nocturnal

Question 20

Xenarthan scaly anteater that has a protective hide but makes it different from others that are similar because of its skin composition

Answer 20

pangolin

Question 21

name for pouched mammals which are identified by an abdominal pouch (marsupium) in which young are raised

Answer 21

marsupials

Question 22

the largest living marsupials

Answer 22

kangaroos

Question 23

the only marsupial outside Australia and the surrounding islands

Answer 23

oppossum

Question 24

the animal with the most confining diet

Answer 24

koala

Question 25

a squirrel-sized marsupial that inhabits the eucalyptus forests and sandy deserts of southern and western Australia

Answer 25

numbat

Question 26

God’s provision for ant-eating mammals and for many reptiles, amphibians, and birds

Answer 26

ants
termites