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How many species of mammals are there

4500

Class mammalia gets its name from the glands that produce what

Milk

The golden age of mammals was

50 to 30 million years ago

Most mammals are color blind only what can distinguish colors

Primates reptiles and birds

Fastest land animal on Earth belongs to what order

Carnivora

Mammals are classified as endothermic because they

Produce their body heat internally

What type of mammal lays eggs and produces milk from the abdomen

Echidna

How much do birds outnumber other vertebrates except fish

8600 species

Which order includes mammals with trunks

Proboscidea

What is the unique trait that birds have and other mammals don't

Feathers

Mammals are the only animals to have a

diaphragm

When studying the evolution of birds it's obvious that birds come from

Reptiles

Flightless birds evolved on

Islands

More than what percent of birds are monogamous for mating

90%

What is the significance of finding the fossil archaeopteryx

It is the bird of evolution putting together the link between birds and reptiles

What mammal has the longest migration

humpback whale

Mammals have highly developed brains especially the what

Cerebrium

Did what is highly folded outer layer

Cerebral cortex

The what is responsible for balance and movement

Cerebellum

Numerous group of mammals on Earth

rodentia

There two types of carnivores

dogs and cats

There's little fossil records of birds because of

The bones are Hollow and Light

Mammals have a what chambered heart

Four-chambered heart

Because of high metabolic rate mammals must eat nearly how many times more food than reptiles

Twice as much

The blank filters the blood and other waste

Kidney

What is not a marsupial

Echidna

List four main characteristics of mammals

Hair mammary glands endothermic and layer of fat

List five things of the entire bird Anatomy around flight and it's perfection

Wings


light hollow bones


efficient respiratory system


eat high energy food


finely-tuned nervous system and acute senses

The origin of flight was the result of a complex adaptive pressure the three main reasons being

Air stocked with insects offered escaped with insects migration

List and describe four main types of bird wings

Elliptic Wings are in forested habitats


High speed wings for long migrations


Soaring wings for aerodynamic efficiency


High-lift to carry heavy loads