Mammals Flashcards
The milk-producing gland of women or other female mammals.
Mammary glands
A combination of two letters that make one sound.
Diagraph
Dependent on or capable of the internal generation of heat.
Endothermic
Any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of humans, mammals, and some other animals.
Hair
A narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth, adapted for cutting. In humans there are four incisors in each jaw.
Incisors
A pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars of a mammal, often greatly enlarged in carnivores.
Canines
A grinding tooth at the back of a mammal’s mouth.
Molars
A flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant eutherian mammals, nourishing and maintaining the fetus through the umbilical cord.
Plancenta
Fetal development period from the time of conception until birth.
Gestation period
They have a long sticky tongue and small or no teeth, an Amradillo
Anteaters/Armadillos/ Sloths
Long pointed noses and simple teeth, a Star-nosed mole
Insectivors
Sensitive whiskers and one set of incisors on upper jaw, a Porcupine.
Rodents
Sharp gnawing teeth and two sets of incisors in their upper jaw, a Pika
Rabbits/ Hares/ Pikas
Sleep during night and eat insects, nectar, or fruit, a bat.
Flying mammals
Large canine teeth and molar teeth, a coyote.
Carnivors
