Mammals #1

One defining feature of mammals would be its

• skull

• tail

• feet

• eyes

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What is one characteristic that mammals share with birds?

• endothermy

• cold blooded

• feathers

• 3 chambered heart

Most mammals give live birth called

• viviparous

• oviparous

• ovoviparous

Mammals belong to the phylum

• Chordata

• Aves

• Mammalia

• Animalia

What are the only flying mammals?

• bats

• eagles

• flamingos

• quail

Scientists that study and care for animals are called

• zoologists

• icthyologists

• ornithologists

• herpetologists

Animals, like a kangaroo, give live birth to very underdeveloped babies. The babies then complete their development in the mothers pouch are called

• marsupials

• monotremes

• placentals

• reptiles

Hedgehogs are able to protect themselves from predators that might drop them from high places by being able to

• curl up in a ball and bounce

• run really fast

• hide under a log

• land on their feet

The duck-billed platypus and the echidna are the only egg laying mammals in the group

• monotreme

• marsupial

• placental

• therapsid

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The two most defining features of mammals.

• hair/fur, produces milk for their young

• warm-blooded, 4 chambered heart

• cold-blooded, 3 chambered heart

• developed brain, give live birth