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Domain- Eukarya Kingdom Animalia Phylum- Chordata Class- Mammalia
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Mammal characteristics Hair Different types of teeth Mammary glands (feed milk to young) Endothermic (maintain constant body temperature) Have lungs must breathe air
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Echidna
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Platypus
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insectivora Eat insects Shrews, moles, hedgehog
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Star nosed mole
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Order - Rodentia Continuously growing teeth High metabolism High reproductive rate Mice, rats, beaver, squirrels, capybara, porcupines, chinchilla, gopher, ground squirrels
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Ground hog
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Marmot
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Capybara
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Order Lagomorpha Pika, rabbits Ever growing teeth Large feet
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Pika
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Bat – order Chiroptera Only true mammal fliers Use echolocation to Find food- Most eat insects Some eat fruit
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Order Artiodactlya Walk on even number of toes Grazers Camels, pigs, cows, deer, elk, antelope, hippos, giraffe, llama, sheep
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Antelope Antelope
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Order Perissodactlya Odd toed grazers Horses, rhinos, tapirs
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Tapir
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Order Xenarthra –Anteater sloths, armadillo
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Order Carnivora Meat eaters or omnivores Dogs, cats, hyena, civets, seals, walrus, skunk, raccoon, bears, weasels
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civet
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Cheetah
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Dingo
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Fox
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Sea Lions
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Sea Otter
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Order Hyracoidea Not a ruminant but a multichambered stomach Warm blooded but not good at regulating temperature so they huddle to help keep warm herbivores
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Hyrax
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Order cetacea Whales and dolphins Live in water but have to breathe air Have nose on top of head – blow hole Two groups toothed whales – beluga, killer whales, dolphins Baleen whales- blue whale, humpbacked whale, bowhead whale
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Beluga whales
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Grey Whale
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Killer whales
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Sirenia Include manatees and dugongs Closest relatives- elephant and hyrax Herbivores Have fingernails on their fins
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Manatee
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Order Primates Lemurs, sifaka, old world monkeys, new world monkeys, great apes, Lorises, Tarsiers, people
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Howler monkey
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Spider monkey
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Family hominidae Orangutan, chimpanzee, gorilla, People Binocular vision Opposable thumbs Large brains Long term parental care of offspring Omnivores or herbivore Male larger than female (sexual dimorphism)
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Ancient humans Australopithecus- extinct 2million yrs ago H. habilis and H. gautengensis 2.4-1.4 mya H. rudolfensis and H. georgicus 1.9- 1.4 mya Neanderthal and Denisovan 400,000- 30,000 ya H. sapiens 250,000 ya to present
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AVERAGE WEIGHTAVERAGE STATURE SPECIESmales females females as % of males males females females as % of males Australopithecus afarensis 92 lbs (42 kg) 64 lbs (29 kg) 64%4 ft 11 in (151 cm) 3 ft 5 in (105 cm) 70% Australopithecus africanus 90 lbs (41 kg) 66 lbs (30 kg) 73%4 ft 6 in (138 cm) 3 ft 9 in (115 cm) 83% Paranthropus robustus 119 lbs (54 kg) 88 lbs (40 kg) 74%3 ft 9 in (114 cm) 3 ft 3 in (99 cm) 87% Paranthropus boisei 108 lbs (49 kg) 75 lbs (34 kg) 69%5 ft 4 in (137 cm) 4 ft 1 in (124 cm) 91% earliest humans (Homo habilis) 114 lbs (52 kg) 70 lbs (32 kg) 61%5 ft 2 in (157 cm) 4 ft 1 in (125 cm) 79% modern humans 1 (Homo sapiens) 144 lbs (65 kg) 119 lbs (54 kg) 83%5 ft 9 in (175 cm) 5 ft 3 in (161 cm) 92%
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