Kingdoms and Mammals
What kingdom do Mammals belong to?
The animal kingdom
What is a Monotreme?
An egg laying mammal
What is an insectivore?
An insect eating mammal
What is a chiropteran?
A flying mammal, or a bat
What is an edentate?
A slow mammal with little or no teeth
All mammals have ___ or ___ on their bodies
hair or fur
What is a marsupial?
A marsupial is a pouched mammal
Insectivores have long ___ and small ___
Snouts and eyes
What are the two kinds of chiropterans?
Fruit bats and insect-eating bats
What is a lagomorph?
A bunny-shaped mammal
How do female mammals feed their babies?
They make milk
Monotremes have no ____
Teeth
Where do insectivores live?
Everywhere but Australia and Antarctica
How do bats roost?
They roost in colonies while hanging upside down
Edentates have long sharp ____.
Claws
What are the five kingdoms?
Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
What is the purpose of a Marsupial's pouch?
To protect a baby while it is still developing
Why does a shrew need to eat frequently?
They are so small that they lose heat quickly and can freeze unless they eat every two hours.
What is echolocation?
Using sound to map where objects are
What is the difference between a rabbit and a hare?
Rabbits are smaller, especially in their legs and ears. Hares are bigger and faster.
What are the attributes of mammals for
1) Body temperature
2) having a backbone or not
3) how they reproduce
Mammals are
1) warm blooded
2) vertebrates
3) that are live born
List as many species of monotremes and marsupials as possible, in two columns.
Platypi, short beaked echidna, long beaked echidna
Koalas, kangaroos, opossums, wallabies, wombats
List as many species of insectivore as possible
shrews, hedgehogs, moles, tenrecs, solendons, moonrats, desmans
How can you tell the difference between a bird and a bat from far away?
Bats must flap constantly, while birds frequently glide.
List as many species of Edentate and Lagomorph as possible, in two columns
Anteater, Pangolin, Sloth, Armadillo
Rabbit, Hare, Pika