mammal vocabulary

Question 1

Mammary glands

Answer 1

the milk-producing gland of women or other female mammals.

Question 2

Diaphragm

Answer 2

a dome-shaped, muscular partition separating the thorax from the abdomen in mammals. It plays a major role in breathing, as its contraction increases the volume of the thorax and so inflates the lungs.

Question 3

Endothermic

Answer 3

(of an animal) dependent on or capable of the internal generation of heat.

Question 4

Hair

Answer 4

to keep animals warm

Question 5

Incisors

Answer 5

a narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth, adapted for cutting. In humans there are four incisors in each jaw.

Question 6

Canines (the teeth)

Answer 6

a pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars of a mammal, often greatly enlarged in carnivores.

Question 7

Molars

Answer 7

a grinding tooth at the back of a mammal’s mouth.

Question 8

Sexual Reproduction

Answer 8

two parents one offspring

Question 9

Placenta

Answer 9

a flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant euthanasia mammals, nourishing and maintaining the fetus through the umbilical cord

Question 10

Gestation period

Answer 10

the time in which a fetus develops, beginning with fertilization and ending at birth. The duration of this period varies between species.

Question 11

Anteaters / Armadillos / Sloths (together as one group)

Answer 11

a mammal that feeds on ants and termites. It has a long snout and sticky tongue.

Question 12

Insectivores

Answer 12

a carnivorous plant or animal that eats insects. An alternative term is entomophage, which also refers to the human practice of eating insects. The first insectivorous vertebrates were amphibians.

Question 13

Rodents

Answer 13

are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of unremittingly growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws

Question 14

Rabbits / Hares / Pikas (together as one group)

Answer 14

are rodents

Question 15

Flying Mammals

Answer 15

By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums, and colugos, can only glide for short distances. Bats do not flap their entire forelimbs, as birds do, but instead flap their spread-out digits, which are very long and covered with a thin membrane or patagium.

Question 16

Carnivores

Answer 16

an animal that feeds on flesh.

Question 17

Trunk-Nosed Mammals

Answer 17

ex. elephants

Question 18

Hoofed Mammals

Answer 18

placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot. artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal, even-toed ungulate. placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot. dinoceras, uintathere. a variety of dinocerate.

Question 19

Cetaceans

Answer 19

a marine mammal of the order Cetacea ; a whale, dolphin, or porpoise.

Question 20

Manatees and Dugongs

Answer 20

also known as sea cows, are endangered species belonging to the scientific Order Sirenia. All four living species are vulnerable to extinction from habitat loss and other negative impacts related to human population growth and coastal development.

Question 21

Primates

Answer 21

a mammal of the order Primates. In taxonomy, primates include two distinct lineages, strepsirrhines and haplorhines

Question 22

Monotremes

Answer 22

mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young like marsupials and placental mammals

Question 23

Marsupials

Answer 23

an infraclass of mammals living primarily in Australasia and the Americas. A distinctive characteristic, common to many species, is that most of the young are carried in a pouch