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MAMMALS

MAMMALS. ENDOTHERMIC2 PAIRS OF APPENDAGES5 000 SPECIESGROUPINGS BASED ON HOW YOUNG DEVELOPS FROM BIRTH. 5 CHARACTERISTICS. HAIR / FURVIVIPAROUS give birth to live youngMAMMARY GLANDS Nurse youngNURTURE YOUNG provide care for youngWELL DEVELOPED BRAIN. THREE MAMMAL GROUPS. 1. MONOTREMATAOviparousLay eggs with hard leathery shellsNative to Australia Duckbilled platypusSpiny anteater.

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MAMMALS

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    1. MAMMALS Mammology Study of mammals

    2. MAMMALS ENDOTHERMIC 2 PAIRS OF APPENDAGES 5 000 SPECIES GROUPINGS BASED ON HOW YOUNG DEVELOPS FROM BIRTH

    3. 5 CHARACTERISTICS HAIR / FUR VIVIPAROUS give birth to live young MAMMARY GLANDS Nurse young NURTURE YOUNG provide care for young WELL DEVELOPED BRAIN

    4. THREE MAMMAL GROUPS 1. MONOTREMATA Oviparous Lay eggs with hard leathery shells Native to Australia Duckbilled platypus Spiny anteater

    5. THREE MAMMAL GROUPS 2. MARSUPIALS Young must crawl to pouch to nurse Native to Australia Kangaroo / koala North America---opposum

    7. THREE MAMMAL GROUPS 3. PLACENTALS Young are nourished within mother’s body Placenta Organ through which nutrients, oxygen, and wastes pass between mother and embryo

    9. PLACENTAL MAMMALS GROUPED BY How and what they eat How they move about Where they live

    10. 12 ORDERS OF PLACENTAL MAMMALS

    11. 1. ORDER RODENTIA RODENTS sharp teeth for gnawing / cutting Must be ground down Rats / mice / squirrel / beaver

    12. 2. ORDER CHIROPTERA FLYING MAMMALS Stretched skin makes wings bats

    13. 3. ORDER CARNIVORA MEAT EATING Specialized teeth for tearing Lion/ wolf/ bears/ tiger

    14. 4. ORDER PROBOSCIDEA Trunk animals Elephants 3 types Indian elephant Asian elephant African elephant

    15. 5. ORDER INSECTIVORA Insect eating mammals Specialized structures for insect gathering Giant anteater / moles /shrews / hedgehog

    16. 6. ORDER ARTIODACTYLA EVEN-TOED MAMMALS Split hooves Deer / cattle / camel / goat / sheep

    17. ANTLERS / HORNS ANTLERS ARE SHED ANNUALLY DEER HORNS DO NOT FALL OFF BIG HORN SHEEP

    18. 7. ORDER PERRISODACTYLA ODD TOED MAMMALS Horses / zebra

    19. 8. ORDER EDENTATA TOOTHLESS NO FRONT TEETH ARMADILLOS / SLOTH / GIANT ANTEATER

    20. 9. ORDER CETACEA Mammals that must stay in water whales / dolphins / porpoises NO GILLS Must surface to breathe viviparous

    21. 10. ORDER SIRENIA Aquatic herbivores plant eaters Manatees endangered due to boat propellers

    22. 11. ORDER LAGOMORPHA Rabbit –like mammals Rabbits / pikas

    24. 12. ORDER PRIMATA OPPOSABLE THUMB PERMITS GRIPPING OBJECTS EYES FACING FORWARD BINOCULAR VISION DEPTH PERCEPTION 200 SPECIES BABBOON / MONKEY / GORILLA /CHIMPANZEES SOCIAL ANIMALS

    25. UNIQUE HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS Verbal communication Capable of tool construction and usage

    26. SPECIALIZED TEETH Designed for the type of food eaten Herbivore plant eater teeth are wide and flat Carnivore meat eater teeth are sharp and pointed

    27. SPECIALIZED TEETH 4 types INCISORS in front Chisel like / CUTS food CANINES pointed / TEARS food

    28. SPECIALIZED TEETH PREMOLARS CRUSHES and GRINDS food MOLARS CRUSHES and GRINDS food

    29. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM Carnivores One stomach / short intestines Herbivore Specialized stomach / long intestines PLANTS TAKE LONGER TO DIGEST THAN MEAT

    30. RUMINANTS CUD CHEWERS Cud - regurgitated plant matter Four stomachs

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