16.2 16.3 Flashcards
Designed for digging holes and eating ants and termites
Ardvark
The largest living land animals
Elephants
Special elephant tooth
Tusks
Aquatic dugongs and manatees are called this because they graze like cows
Sea cows
Sea cow with forked tales
Dugongs
Larger than the dugong
Manatee
Has a long sticky and is spiny
Echidna
Mammal that Lays eggs and lives in the water
Platypus
Means little Armourd one
Armadillo
Spend most of their time hanging in the trees with their long curved claws
Sloths
Has long claws and long forelimbs and consumes thousands of ants
Anteater
Active during the day time
Diurnal
Active during the night
Nocturnal
Scaley anteater
Pangolin
Pouched animals
Marsupials
The pouch on marsupials
Marsupium
The largest marsupial
Kangaroo
Marsupial that likes to play dead
Opossum