Characteristics of mammals
Mammals exhibit this type of symmetry
What is bilateral symmetry?
Largest of all animals
What is a blue whale?
This term describes mammals that lay eggs
What is oviparous?
Shrews, moles, hedgehogs
What are insectivores?
animals with four limbs
What are tetrapods?
What are endoskeletons?
Largest living marsupial
What is a kangaroo?
Animals that chew the cud
What are ruminants?
the gnawing mammals that include mice and squirrels
What are rodents?
head extensions that is solid and shed annually
What are antlers?
Mammals have these glands to produce milk
What are the mammary glands?
Also known as a sea cow
What is a manatee?
Animals that are attached to something, but can move their environment toward them
What is sessile?
Mammals with five fingers and toes and nails instead of claws
What are primates?
What is endangered?
Some mammals can enter a state where their body temperature, respiration and heartbeat decrease
What is hibernation?
Largest land-dwelling carnivore
What is a bear?
Animals that are active at night
What is nocturnal?
Rabbits, hares, and pikas
What are lagamorphs?
This structure between the embryo and mother provides nourishment for the developing animal
What is the placenta?
What is homeothermic?
The largest rodent
What is a capybara?
Animals with hooves
What are ungulates?
hoofed mammals with odd number of toes
What are perissodactyls?
The period of time from fertilization to birth
What is gestation period?