Mammal Vocabulary Flashcards
(23 cards)
Xenarthra
hint: group
Anteaters / Armadillos / Sloths (together as one group)
next to the very front teeth, used for tearing food
Canines (the teeth)
An organism that eats animals
Carnivores
underwater mammal
Cetaceans
A dome-shaped muscle that is attached to the lower ribs and that functions as the main muscle in respiration
Diaphragm
an organisms ability to warm its self
Endothermic
not like a bird flaps their digits that are spread out, they are very long, and are covered
Flying Mammals
In mammals, the length of time between fertilization and birth
Gestation period
strands that are threadlike and growing out of an mammals skin
Hair
There 2 groups of hoofed mammals: cloven-hoofed mammals, and odd-toed mammals
Hoofed Mammals
very front teeth used for cutting food
Incisors
animal or plant that is carnivorous, they eat insects
Insectivores
In a female mammal, a gland that secretes milk
Mammary glands
Sirenia
group
Manatees and Dugongs
An animal that carries and neuters its young in a pouch
Marsupials
very back teeth, used for grinding food
Molars
an mammal that lays large eggs
Monotremes
The structure that attaches a developing fetus to the uterus and the end that enables the exchange of nutrients, wastes, and gases between the mother and the fetus
Placenta
A type of mammal characterized by opposable thumbs and binocular vision
Primates
Lagomorpha
Hint: Group bunnys
Rabbits / Hares / Pikas (together as one group)
Mammal that gnawing, they have large incisors that are strong
Rodents
Reproduction in which the sex cells from two parents unite to produce offspring that share traits from both parents
Sexual Reproduction (careful when you look this one up)
elephant, large mammal
Trunk-Nosed Mammals
