mammals Flashcards
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the milk-producing gland of women or other female mammals
mammary glands
something that helps you breathe
diaphragm
warm blooded
endothermic
only mammals have
hair
a narrow edged tooth at the front of the mouth, adapted for cutting
incisors
a pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars of a mammal
canines
a grinding tooth at the back of a mammal’s mouth
molars
2 parents = 1 kid (sometimes 2)
sexual reproduction
a flattened circular organ
placenta
how long you’re pregnant for
gestation period
xenarthra
anteaters/armadillos/sloths
an insectivorous animal or plant
insectivores
rats, mice
rodents
lagomorpha
rabbits/hares/pikas
flying squirrels, gliding possums, and colugos
flying mammals
only eat meat
carnivores
elephants
trunk nosed mammals
horses, giraffes
hoofed animals
infraorder of carnivorous
cetaceans
medium-sized marine mammal
manatees and dudongs
2 distinct lineages, strepsirrhines and haplorhines
primates
mammals that lays eggs
monotremes
infraclass of mammals living primarily in Australia and the Americas
marsupials