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Female mammals are provided with special milk-producing glands called

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mammary glands

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all animals with backbones

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vertebrates

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the kind of place in which an animal prefers to live

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habitat

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mammals which eat flesh

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carnivores

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mammals which feed mostly on insects

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insectivores

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mammals which eat plants

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herbivores

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animals whose bodies are designed to maintain a fairly constant body temperature, regardless of the outside temperature

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warm-blooded

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mammals that make up the largest group

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rodent

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a cougar is a ?

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feline

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a fox is a ?

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canine

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a chimpanzee is a ?

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primate

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a squirrel is a ?

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rodent

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a wombat is a ?

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marsupial

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mammals whose babies finish developing in a special pouch outside the mother’s body

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marsupial

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the only mammal that can fly

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bat

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a family group of lions

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pride

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fastest land animal on earth

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cheetah

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giant pandas eat

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bamboo

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animals that live together in groups of the same kind

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social animals

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instead of fur, whales and dolphins havfe a layer of this for warmth

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blubber

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animals that eat other animals that have already died

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scavengers

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made of solid bone

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antlers

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a mammal that lays eggs

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echidna

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a mammal that chews the cud

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ruminant

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a mammal that is active at night

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nocturnal

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skunks and other members of the weasel family produce this strong-smelling substance

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musk

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an animal that no longer exists

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extinct

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an animal whose father and mother are of teh same species

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purebred

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the principle that God designed nature to be able to respond to change

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balance of nature

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an inherited behavior pattern

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instinct

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the largest deer

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moose

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teh padded cushion at the bottom of teh hrose’s foot

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frog

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characteristics of mammals

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warm-blooded
produce milk
hair (or fur)
live birth
four limbs
breathe with lungs
have backbone