Mammal Stuff
Food that is swallowed, partially digested, then is regurgitated back into the mouth.
Cud
Organ that will filter the blood and create urine
Kidney
Milk producing gland on a mammal
Mammary gland
Mammal with a pouch. Many live in Australia
Marsupial
Teeth with sharp edges to cut food.
Incisors
Proboscidea mammals have this body part.
Trunk
Teeth in back of the mouth, used for grinding
Molars
Aquatic mammal also known as a sea cow.
Manatee
Animals that lay eggs but the young hatch and will feed on milk
Oviparous
Egg laying mammal, duck billed, tail like a beaver.
Platypus
Lining of the uterus where the embryo will implant and grow.
Placenta
Teeth that are longer and pointed. Used to grasp food
Canines
Name 4 mammals that belong to the group: Rodentia
Mice, rats, squirrels, beavers, gophers, porcupines
Period of time from fertilization until birth
Gestation
Fat found just under the skin, helps protect the body and keep it warm
Subcutaneous fat
Hedgehogs, moles, and schrews belong to this mammal group.
Insectivora mammals
Artiodactyla mammals have what kind of foot and name two of them.
Split hoof: Cattle, sheep, goats, giraffes
Mammals in the bat family who can fly and nurse their young
Chiroptera mammal
Cetacea mammals include __, __, and __ that live in water but have to breathe.
Whales, dolphins, porpoises
Young develop within the mother in a uterus then a born alive.
Viviparous
Layer of muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen, lifts the lungs to breathe
Diaphragm
Perissodactyla mammals have what kind of foot?
Hoof like a horse or zebra.
Lagomorpha mammals include ___ and ___.
Rabbits, hares
Sloths, anteaters, armadillos: all don't have teeth so they belong to this mammal group
Edentata mammals
The first stomach of certain mammals that receives food and partly digests it.
Rumen