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Notes on Family Mammalia and subgroups placental, marsupial, & monotreme with pictures
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MammalsPPT. by, Robin D. Seamon
•Vertebrates: Phylum Chordata Class Mammalia 19 Orders
•Warm-blooded
•Have fur or hair
•Live births
•Feed their babies milk
•~5,400 species
3 KINDS of MAMMALS:
1.Placental Mammal: mammals that have a placenta (umbilical cord from mother to unborn baby) 4 largest Orders below:
a)Order Rodentia (rats, mice, small gnawing animals) NG Rat video
b)Order Chiroptera (bats) LINK; NG Bat video (play fishing bat)
c)Order Carnivora (dogs, cats, bears… meat-eaters) NG Video (search wolves & grizzlies) (watch lions)
d)Order Cetartiodactyla (deer, sheep, goats… whales) LINK; NG Whale video
2. Marsupial: Mammals that birth very small babies that live outside body in mother’s pouch until adolescence NG wallaby video
3. Monotreme: rare kind of mammal that lays eggs (duck-billed platypus, echidna) LINK
COOL FACTS:
•Smallest mammal: Kitli’s hognose bat- 1.14 inches long; 0.06 oz
•Largest mammal: Blue Whale- 190 tons LINK
•Tallest mammal: Giraffe- 20 ft. tall
•Fastest animal on land: Cheetah- 96 mph
•Thickest skin: rhinoceros- 2 inches thick!
Order Marsupialia (pouched animals)
Marsupials
Order Monotremata (egg-laying mammals)
Monotremes
Flying LemursElephant Shrews Hyracoidae
InsectivoresTree Shrews
Order Dermoptera (colugos or flying lemurs)
Order Insectivora
Order Hyracoidae
Order Primates
Monkeys & Apes
Order Carnivora
Carnivores
Odd-toed Ungulates Elephants
Order Perissodactyla (odd-toed hoofed animals)
Order Artiodactyla (even-toed hoofed animals)
Even-toed Ungulates
Order Proboscidea
Order Rodentia (gnawing animals)
Order Lagomorpha
Rodents
Rabbits, Pikas, & Hares
AardvarkBats
Order Edentata (toothless mammals)
Sloths, Armadillos, & Anteaters
Order Tubulidentata Order Chiroptera
Order Pholidata
Pangolins
Seals, Sea Lions, & Walruses
Order Pinnipedia
Order Cetacea
Whales, Dolphins, & Porpoises
Order Sirenia (dugongs and manatees)
Sea Cows
ANSWERS:
Animal SKULLS & PRINTS LINK
The Wild Classroom LINK & VIDEO
RESOURCES:
Pictures: •chatt.hdsb.ca/~duncand/FOV1-000E9526/ (slide 1)
•http://www.the-parenting-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/free-virtual-worlds-for-kids-2.jpg
•http://www.stanford.edu/~jay/koalas/koala%20mums.jpg
•http://www.learnanimals.com/platypus/platypus-pictures.php
•http://www.deakin.edu.au/research/stories/images/platypus-babies.jpg
•Mammals Poster: http://www.nature-watch.com/mammals-poster-p-978.html?cPath=142_153&utm_term=Mammals+Poster&utm_source=Google+Base&utm_medium=Shopping+Portal&utm_campaign=Nature-Watch
