Animals - Vertebrates - Mammals and More
An animal with a notochord or backbone and an endoskeleton
vertebrate
Largest living land animal
Elephant
Largest animal of all
blue whale
Head structures that are made of solid bone and are shed every year
antlers
This structure, formed from tissues of both the young and the mother, nourishes a developing mammal embryo
placenta
Mammals are characterized by this type of symmetry
bilateral symmetry
Often called a sea cow
manatee
Mostly arboreal mammals that have five fingers and toes and have nails instead of claws
primates
Includes cattle, sheep, goats, and antelope
bovids
The entire period of growth from fertilization to birth
gestation
Mammals that are attached to a single location but can move the environment toward themselves for the purpose of trapping food
sessile
Venemous, egg-laying mammal with a duck-like bill and webbed feet
AND
an odd-toed hoofed mammal that resembles a pig with a long snout or short trunk
platypus
tapir
Includes shrews, moles, and hedgehogs
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Includes dogs, cats, weasels, and seals
insectivores
carnivores
Largest land-dwelling carnivore
AND
Largest rodent
bear
capybara
Animals that regulate their temperature by internal mechanisms and maintain a stable body temperature regardless of their environment
AND
Organisms that feed primarily on animals
homeothermic
carnivores
Most vertebrates are these because they have four appendages
AND
A species that still exists on Earth today but is in danger of completely dying out
tetrapods
endangered
Slowest land mammal
AND
Raise their young in special abdominal pouches
sloth
marsupials
The blue whale is classified as this type of whale
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An ant-eating mammal that is covered with protective plates made of fused hair bundles
baleen whale
pangolin
odd-toed hoofed mammals, such as rhinoceroses, horses, and tapirs
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even-toed ungulates, such as cattle, sheep, and deer
perissodactyls
artiodactyls
Because they lay eggs, the echidna and platypus are this type of mammal
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A primate from Madagascar that has a long, bushy tail
oviparous mammals
lemur
Name three characteristics of mammals
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Name the three main groups into which mammals are divided based on how they reproduce
four-chambered heart hair
mammary gland warm-blooded
breathe with lungs //////////////
marsupials monotremes
placental mammals
Animals that are active during the day
AND
Largest living marsupial
diurnal
kangaroo
Primates without tails
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gnawing mammals like mice, beavers, and squirrels which have two pairs of sharp, chisel-like incisors
apes
rodents
Animals with hooves
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Animals that chew the cud
ungulates
ruminants
Includes rabbits, hares, and pikas
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Mammals feed their young milk produced by these
lagomorphs
mammary glands