mammals Flashcards
(22 cards)
Mammary glands
produces milk to feed young offspring
Diaphragm
respiration muscle
Endothermic
warm blooded
Hair
insulator
Incisors
front teeth
Canines
pointed teeth
Molars
back teeth
Placenta
a flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant eutherian mammals, nourishing and maintaining the fetus through the umbilical cord.
Gestation period
pregnancy period
Armadillo
medium sized hairy mammals, anteater
Insectivores
animal that eats insects, anteater
Rodents
a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws, rat
Rabbits
in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, bugs bunny
Flying Mammals
mammals that can fly, flying squirrel
Carnivore
animals that eat meat, T-Rex
Trunk-Nosed Mammals
mammals with trunks, elephant
Hoofed Mammals
mammals with hooves, horse
Cetaceans
are a widely distributed and diverse clade of aquatic mammals, dolphin
Manatees and Dugongs
medium sized ocean animals, sting ray
Primates
include two distinct lineages, strepsirrhines and haplorhines, human
Monotremes
basal mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young, marsupial
Marsupials
most of the young are carried in a pouch, kangaroo