1. Animal Types
Mammals

2. Did You Know??? A grizzly bear can run as fast as a horse
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3. Mammals are the only animals that make milk
Mammary Gland –where milk is produced

4. Milk

5. Only mammals have a Diaphragm
Breathing Air
Only mammals have a Diaphragm
Diaphragm - a muscle located behind the rib cage that draws air into the lungs

6. Diaphragm

7. Endothermic – makes its own body heat
This allows mammals to stay warm in very cold environments

8. Hair Hair helps keep them warm
Mammals are the only animals that have hair, and ALL mammals have hair
Thick coats of hair are called FUR

9. Teeth Birds don’t have teeth
Fish, Reptiles and Amphibians with teeth all have the same teeth
Mammals have different kinds of teeth

11. Mammals brains are much larger than other animals
These large brains allow mammals to think, learn and respond better

12. Birth All mammals give birth to live babies Mammals don’t lay eggs
*except 2 …
Platypus
Echidna

13. Egg Laying Mammals
Platypus
Echidna

14. Primates

16. A Baboon at the Philadelphia Zoo

17. Anteaters/ Armidillos/ Sloths
These animals have special connectors between their vertebrates that make them different from other mammals

18. -Mammals that live in the ocean.
Whales / Dolphins
-Mammals that live in the ocean.
-Cetaceans

19. Manatees
-use front flippers to swim through the water

20. Rodents make up 1/3 of all mammal species.

21. Marsupials
carry their young in pouches after birth.

22. Hoofed Mammals A

23. The Black Rhino at the Philadelphia Zoo is a hoofed Mammal

24. The Giraffe at the Philadelphia Zoo is also a hoofed mammal

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