Mammals Flashcards
(23 cards)
The milk producing gland in female mammals
Mammary Gland
A muscle that helps in breathing.
Diaphragm
Warm-Blooded, or Producing your own body heat.
Endothermic
Threadlike structures, made of keratin that grows in the skin of mammals.
Hair
A narrow edged tooth in the front of the mouth used for cutting food.
Incisors
A pointed tooth between the incisors and molars of a mammal. They are usually bigger in carnivores they are used for holding prey.
Canines
A tooth used for grinding up food in the back of a mammals mouth.
Molars
Reproduction with two parents
Sexual reproduction
An organ that nourishes the baby inside of a mammal while it is pregnant.
Placenta
The time between when a baby is developing until it is born.
Gestation Period
A group of animals with strange joints.
Xenarthra - Sloths, Armadillos, Anteaters
An animal that specializes in eating insects
Insectivore
A group of mammals categorized by Big incisors . Small bodies, and short limbs.
Rodents
A group of animals that are related to rodents, incisors that are always growing. They are Strictly Herbivores.
They have enamel on the front and back of their teeth.
Lagomorpha Rabbits, Hares, and Pikas
A group of mammals such as bats, and flying squirrels that are able to fly or glide.
Flying mammals
An animal that eats meat or other animals
Carnivore
A group of animals that includes Elephants, Where the animals have long noses that can grab things.
Trunk Nosed Mammals
A group of animals that have one toe, like horses, Zebras, and wildebeest.
Hoofed Mammals
Large Sea creatures, such as whales, dolphins, and porpoises
Cetaceans
Large undersea Bottom Feeders. Mammals.
Manatees and Dugongs
A group of mammals that includes monkeys, apes, and lemurs.
Primates
Mammals that lay eggs
Monotremes
A group of animals that carry their young in a pouch.
Marsupials
