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Warm Blooded Vertebrates Phylum Chordata Class Mammalia
Characteristics: - Mammary glands - fur or hair - specialized teeth - large brains - internal fertilization with mothers caring for the young. - endothermic
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1. Monotremes -only mammals that lay eggs.
ex) echidnas and duck billed platypus.
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Monotremes
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Monotremes
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Monotremes
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2. Marsupials - give birth to live young, but they develop in the mom's pouch. ex) opossum, kangaroo, koala
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Marsupials
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Marsupial
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Marsupials
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Marsupials
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Marsupials
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Placental Mammals All the rest of the mammals are placental mammals. The placenta supplies food and blood from the mom to the growing embryo.
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3. Toothless Mammals - have long sticky tongues to catch insects.
ex) anteater, armadillos.
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Toothless Mammals
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Toothless
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Toothless
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4. Insect Eaters ex) moles, shrews, and hedgehogs.
- small with long pointed noses to dig into soil for insects. ex) moles, shrews, and hedgehogs.
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Insect Eaters
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Insect Eaters
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5. Rodents - have sharp front teeth called incisors that never stop growing. ex) squirrels, mice, rats, porcupines, beavers.
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Rodents
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Rodents
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Rodents
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Rodents
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6. Lagomorphs ex) rabbits, hares, pikas.
- also have gnawing teeth, but also have short tails and long ears. ex) rabbits, hares, pikas.
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Lagomorphs
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Lagomorphs
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7. Flying Mammals only ones that fly, are nocturnal and locate prey by echolocation. Ex) bats
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Flying Mammals
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Vampire Bat
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8. Carnivores have large canines for eating meat.
ex) lions, bears, wolves, raccoons, seals, walruses, etc.
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Carnivores
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Hyena
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Carnivore
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Carnivore
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Carnivore
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Carnivore
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Carnivore
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9. Hoofed Mammals have hoofs and are fast runners and plant eaters.
Horses, zebras, pigs, cows, etc.
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Odd Toed Hoofed Mammals
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Even Toed Hoofed Mammals
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Even Toed Hoofed Mammals
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10. Trunk Nosed Mammals - ex) elephants.
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Trunk Nosed Mammals
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11. Cetaceans ex) whales, dolphins, porpoises.
- water dwelling mammals. ex) whales, dolphins, porpoises.
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Cetaceans
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12. Sirenia - small group of water mammals ex) manatees, dugongs
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13. Primates large brain, opposable thumbs ex) monkeys, apes, humans
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Primates
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