Download Plant-eating Mammals

Mammals
General Characteristics
 _________blooded
 Vertebrates
(Phylum ___________)
 Have ______________
 ____________-chambered heart
 Feed their young ______________
 ___________________
glands produce milk
 Three
_____________ in the middle ear
 Well developed ______________
 Some
of the most intelligent animals on earth.
 _________________
 Mammals
fertilization
grouped by how their young _________________
 Most
_________ and _________ young more than other animals
 _______________ to help breathing
Predator
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Eyes set to ___________ of skull
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Prey
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Increase ________________ vision
______________ eye orbits
Eyes set to ___________ of skull
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Increase field of view or
_______________________ vision
Smaller eye orbits
___________________ – Flesh-eating Mammal
 Molars
___________ and scissor-like teeth for cutting flesh
 Long sharp ________________ for grabbing prey
 Jaw bone very _________________
 Can’t
move mouth _________________________
 Mouth
can open ______________
 Teeth come together ____________________________
 Examples:
___________________ – Plant-eating Mammals
 Molars
_________ and __________ for grinding plants
 Space between ________________ and ______________
 Jaw bone ___________ to move around a lot
 Can
move mouth __________________
 Mouth
___________ open very wide
 Teeth come together _________________________
 Examples:
_________________ – Eats Plants and Animals
 Some
molars _________ for cutting flesh, others ___________
for grinding food
 Long sharp ______________ for grabbing prey
 Jaw bone very stable
 Limited
__________________ movement
 Mouth
can open _________________
 Examples:
___________________ – Insect-eating Mammal
 ______________________
animals
 Eye sockets extremely _______________
 Teeth mostly simple _____________________
 Examples:
____________________; _______ laying mammals
 Examples:
____________________; _____________ mammals
 Examples:
___________________ mammals
 Young _____________ through a placental sac
 Give _______ to a _____ ___________ young.
_________________ mammals are called __________________
 Examples:
____________________; _____- _______ mammals
 Examples:
_____________________; _______ dwelling mammals
 Examples