Test 2 Flashcards
(33 cards)
Female mammals are provided with special milk-producing glands called
mammary glands
all animals with backbones
vertebrates
the kind of place in which an animal prefers to live
habitat
mammals which eat flesh
carnivores
mammals which feed mostly on insects
insectivores
mammals which eat plants
herbivores
animals whose bodies are designed to maintain a fairly constant body temperature, regardless of the outside temperature
warm-blooded
mammals that make up the largest group
rodent
a cougar is a ?
feline
a fox is a ?
canine
a chimpanzee is a ?
primate
a squirrel is a ?
rodent
a wombat is a ?
marsupial
mammals whose babies finish developing in a special pouch outside the mother’s body
marsupial
the only mammal that can fly
bat
a family group of lions
pride
fastest land animal on earth
cheetah
giant pandas eat
bamboo
animals that live together in groups of the same kind
social animals
instead of fur, whales and dolphins havfe a layer of this for warmth
blubber
animals that eat other animals that have already died
scavengers
made of solid bone
antlers
a mammal that lays eggs
echidna
a mammal that chews the cud
ruminant