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the milk-producing gland of women or other female mammals.

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Mammary glands

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a dome-shaped, muscular partition separating the thorax from the abdomen in mammals. It plays a major role in breathing, as its contraction increases the volume of the thorax and so inflates the lungs.

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Diaphragm

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of a reaction or process accompanied by or requiring the absorption of heat.

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Endothermic

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of a reaction or process) accompanied by or requiring the absorption of heat.

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Hair

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a narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth, adapted for cutting. In humans there are four incisors in each jaw.

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Incisors

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The domestic dog is a member of genus Canis that forms part of the wolf-like canids, and is the most widely abundant carnivore.

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Canines

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a grinding tooth at the back of a mammal’s mouth

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Molars

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a flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant eutherian mammals, nourishing and maintaining the fetus through the umbilical cord.

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Placenta

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The average length of human gestation is 280 days, or 40 weeks, from the first day of the woman’s last menstrual period. The medical term for the due date is estimated date of confinement (EDC). However, only about four per cent of women actually give birth on their EDC.

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Gestation period

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The superorder Xenarthra is a group of placental mammals, extant today only in the Americas and represented by anteaters, tree sloths, and armadillos.

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Anteaters / Armadillos / Sloths

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an insectivorous animal or plant.

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Insectivores

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Rodents are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.

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Rodents

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rabbits hares pikas

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they are lagomorpha rabbit

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Flying Mammals

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The bat is a flying mammal. Situated, extending, or functioning in the air: a flying deck. a. Swiftly moving; fleet: played the difficult passage with flying fingers.

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Carnivores

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an animal that feeds on flesh

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Trunk-Nosed Mammals

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Transcript of Trunk-Nosed Mammals, Hoofed Mammals, and Cetaceans. Trunk-Nosed Mammals, Hoofed Mammals, and Cetaceans. … There is only 1 mammal in the world that has a trunk, and that animal is….the elephant! The Trunk. Elephants’ trunks are a combination of both a nose and an upper lip.

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Hoofed Mammals

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placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot. artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal, even-toed ungulate. placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot. dinoceras, uintathere. a variety of dinocerate.

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Cetaceans

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a marine mammal of the order Cetacea ; a whale, dolphin, or porpoise.

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Manatees and Dugongs

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Its tail is paddle-shaped, and is the clearest visible difference between manatees and dugongs; a dugong tail is fluked, similar in shape to a that of a whale. Females have two teats, one under each flipper, a characteristic that was used to make early links between the manatee and elephants

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Primates

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the chief bishop or archbishop of a province

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Monotremes

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a primitive mammal that lays large yolky eggs and has a common opening for the urogenital and digestive systems. Monotremes are now restricted to Australia and New Guinea, and comprise the platypus and the echidnas.

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Marsupials

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a mammal of an order whose members are born incompletely developed and are typically carried and suckled in a pouch on the mother’s belly. Marsupials are found mainly in Australia and New Guinea, although three families, including the opossums, live in America.