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Animal Diversity Web - http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu
Click on "Mammals"
1. What three characteristics do mammals have that no other animals has?
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2. Mammal hair is made of: ______
3. Name four functions of mammal hair:
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4. What is diphyodonty? ______
5. The Class Mammalia contains ______orders and about ______species.
6. Note that Animal Diversity Web divides mammals in the three subclasses. What are the subclasses and what kind of animal goes into each?
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Marsupials
7. American Maruspials belong to what order? ______
8. What is the largest order of marsupials? ______
9. Bandicoots belong to what order? ______
10. How are wombats and koalas alike? ______
11. Which order of marsupial includes the cuscus? ______
12. What do Koalas eat? ______
13. What are the tails of kangaroos used for? ______
14. Kangaroo mothers are often taking care of three offspring in various stages of development. How does the mother take care of three babies with only one pouch? ______
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Placentals
15. Animals in the Order Insectivora eat ______
16. Which sense is used the least in insectivores ______
17. Find under Insectivora, the species name of the star-nosed mole? ______
Why is it called "star-nosed"? ______
18. What is a distinguishing feature of the elephant shrew? ______
19. Go to the order Chiroptera and find the family that false vampire bats are in. What is a noseleave? ______What is a tragus? ______
20. What is the smallest primate? ______
21. What is the difference between new world monkeys and old world monkeys? ______
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22. Write the classification system for a Chimpanzee:
Kingdom ______
Phylum ______
Subphylum ______
Class ______
Order ______
Family ______
Genus ______
Species ______
23. The eastern cottontail rabbit is in the Order ______and the Family ______
24. How does a pika differ from other Lagomorphs? ______
25. How many different families are listed under the Order Rodentia? ______
26. Under Order Rodentia, find the Family Hystricidae. What animals are in this group: ______
27. Cetaceans are divided into two suborders: Mysticeti which are ______and the Odontoceti ______.
28. What do baleen whales feed on: ______
29. Name three animals in the order Delphinidae: ______
30. What is the common name for the following cetaceans' scientific name. (They are all in the Family Delphinidae)
Sousa teuszii ______
Cephalorhynchus eutropia ______
Lagenorhynchus acutus ______
Orcinus orca ______
Lagenorhynchus obscurus ______
31. Under order Carnivora, the Family Felidae (for cats) is divided into 3 subfamilies. List the subfamilies and the animals found in each.
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32. What family do you find polar bears in? ______What genus? ______
33. What do Sirenians eat? ______
34. Artiodactyls contain about ______species divided into ______families
35. With the Order Artiodactyla, give an example of a member of each of the following families:
Camelidae ______
Giraffidae ______
Hippopotamidae ______
Cervidae ______
Bovidae ______