Mammals Flashcards
(23 cards)
What is an organ in female mammals that produces milk to feed young offspring?
Mammary Glands
What is a hidden but essential organ for the mammal and human?
Diaphragm
What is another word for warm blooded?
Endothermic
What is fur called on a mammal?
Hair
What are the anterior teeth on a mammal?
Incisors
What kind of teeth belong to a true herbivore?
Canines (the teeth
)
What are premolars are folded into a wide range of complex shapes?
Molars
What is the union of sperm and egg cells on a mammal?
Sexual Reproduction
What group has nearly 4000 described species?
Placenta
What period does smaller species normally have a shorter gestation period than larger animals?
Gestation period
What group does the Anteaters, Armadillos, Sloths belong to?
Xenarthra
What group does birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians?
Insectivorous
What are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws?
Rodent
What group does Rabbits, Hares, Pikas belong to?
Lagomorpha
What group does a bat belong to?
Flying mammals
strong canines, sharp molars, and adapted for eating flesh?
Carnivorous mammals
what group does the elephant belong to?
Trunk-nosed mammals
what group does the bison and the caribou belong to?
Hoofed mammals
what group does the dolphin,whales, and porpoises belong to?
Cetaceans
What mammals belong to the group Sirenia?
Manatees and Dugongs
Strepsirrhines and Haplorhines belong to what?
Primates
What group does the playtapus belong to ?
Monotremes
What group does the Kangaroo belong to?
Marsupials
