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Warm Blooded Vertebrates Phylum Chordata Class Mammalia

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2 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  

3 1. Monotremes -only mammals that lay eggs.
ex) echidnas and duck billed platypus.  

4 Monotremes

5 Monotremes

6 Monotremes

7 2. Marsupials - give birth to live young, but they develop in the mom's pouch. ex) opossum, kangaroo, koala  

8 Marsupials

9 Marsupial

10 Marsupials

11 Marsupials

12 Marsupials

13 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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15 3. Toothless Mammals - have long sticky tongues to catch insects.
ex) anteater, armadillos.  

16 Toothless Mammals

17 Toothless

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21 Toothless

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24 4. Insect Eaters ex) moles, shrews, and hedgehogs.
- small with long pointed noses to dig into soil for insects. ex) moles, shrews, and hedgehogs.  

25 Insect Eaters

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28 Insect Eaters

29 5. Rodents - have sharp front teeth called incisors that never stop growing. ex) squirrels, mice, rats, porcupines, beavers.  

30 Rodents

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32 Rodents

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34 Rodents

35 Rodents

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37 6. Lagomorphs ex) rabbits, hares, pikas.
- also have gnawing teeth, but also have short tails and long ears. ex) rabbits, hares, pikas.

38 Lagomorphs

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41 Lagomorphs

42 7. Flying Mammals only ones that fly, are nocturnal and locate prey by echolocation. Ex) bats  

43 Flying Mammals

44 Vampire Bat

45 8. Carnivores have large canines for eating meat.
ex) lions, bears, wolves, raccoons, seals, walruses, etc.  

46 Carnivores

47 Hyena

48 Carnivore

49 Carnivore

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51 Carnivore

52 Carnivore

53 Carnivore

54 9. Hoofed Mammals have hoofs and are fast runners and plant eaters.
Horses, zebras, pigs, cows, etc.

55 Odd Toed Hoofed Mammals

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57 Even Toed Hoofed Mammals

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61 Even Toed Hoofed Mammals

62 10. Trunk Nosed Mammals - ex) elephants.

63 Trunk Nosed Mammals

64 11. Cetaceans ex) whales, dolphins, porpoises.
- water dwelling mammals. ex) whales, dolphins, porpoises.  

65 Cetaceans

66 12. Sirenia - small group of water mammals ex) manatees, dugongs  

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69 13. Primates large brain, opposable thumbs ex) monkeys, apes, humans

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