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Mammals Donald Winslow Zoology 12 April 2010
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Characteristics of mammals Synapsid skull, hair, keratin, follicles Glands: sweat, scent, sebaceous, and mammary Teeth diphyodont & usually heterodont Vibrissae, secondary palate, eyelids & external ears 4 limbs, many types of locomotion 4-chambered heart; nonucleated red blood cells Muscular diaphragm, often horns or antlers
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Mammalian teeth Incisors Canines Premolars Molars
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Mammalian red blood corpuscles Non-nucleated Biconcave Erythrocytes
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Mammalian horns True horns Antlers Rhino horns
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Mammalian feeding strategies Insectivores Herbivores Browsers, grazers, gnawers, cellulose, ruminants Carnivores Piscovores Omnivores
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Migration Caribou Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
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