mammales Flashcards
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mammery glands
the milk-producing gland of women or other female mammals.
Diaphragm
the diaphragm (DIE ah fram) is a shallow, dome-shaped cup with a flexible rim. It is made of silicone. You insert it into the vagina. When it is in place, it covers the cervix.
Endothermic
accompanied by or requiring the absorption of hea
hair
any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of humans, mammals, and some other animals.
incisor
a narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth, adapted for cutting. In humans there are four incisors in each jaw.
Canines
the teeth
molars
a grinding tooth at the back of a mammal’s mouth.
sexual reprouduction
the production of new living organisms by combining genetic information from two individuals of different types (sexes). In most higher organisms, one sex (male) produces a small motile gamete that travels to fuse with a larger stationary gamete produced by the other (female).
Placenta
a flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant eutherian mammals, nourishing and maintaining the fetus through the umbilical cord.
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Gestation period
For mammals the gestation period is the time in which a fetus develops, beginning with fertilization and ending at birth. The duration of this period varies between species.
Anteaters / Armadillos / Sloths
antyeaters:Anteater is a common name for the four extant mammal species of the suborder Vermilingua commonly known for eating ants and termites. The individual species have other names in English and other languages. Wikipedia Armadillos:Armadillos are New World placental mammals with a leathery armour shell. Chlamyphoridae and Dasypodidae are the only surviving families in the order Cingulata, part of the superorder Xenarthra, along with the anteaters and sloths. SLoths;Sloths are medium-sized mammals belonging to the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae, classified into six species. They are part of the order Pilosa and are therefore related to anteaters, which sport a similar set of specialized claws.
Insectivores
An insectivore is 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.
rodent
Rodents 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.
Rabbits / Hares / Pikas
Rabbit:Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world. Hares:Hares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus. Hares are classified into the same family as rabbits and are of similar size, form, and diet as rabbits. Pikas:A pika is a small mammal, with short limbs, very round body, rounded ears, and no external tail. The name “pika” is used for any member of the Ochotonidae, a family within the order of lagomorphs, which also includes the Leporidae.
Carnivores
an animal that feeds on flesh.
ZOOLOGY
Flying Mammals
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.
Trunk-Nosed Mammals
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Hoofed Mammals
Ungulates are any members of a diverse clade of primarily large mammals that includes odd-toed ungulates such as horses and rhinoceroses, and even-toed ungulates such as cattle, pigs, giraffes, camels, deer, and hippopotamuses.
Cetaceans
Cetacea, are a widely distributed and diverse infraorder of carnivorous, aquatic, mammals, unable to survive on land. The group encompasses whales and marine and riverine dolphins, divided into 12 families and eighty-eight species.
Manatees and Dugongs
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Primates
A primate is a mammal of the order Primates. In taxonomy, primates include two distinct lineages, strepsirrhines and haplorhines.
Monotremes
Monotremes are mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young like marsupials and placental mammals.
Marsupials
Marsupials are 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.