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Mammals… It’s A Fact!

Mammals… It’s A Fact!. Most have hair or fur Vertebrates – backbone Most babies are born alive Have two pairs of limbs Warm-blooded Young feed on mother’s milk They can reproduce. endothermic. Mammal Diversity. Live Birth egg laying Marsupial – pouched Marine flying. Who Am I?.

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Mammals… It’s A Fact!

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  1. Mammals… It’s A Fact! • Most have hair or fur • Vertebrates – backbone • Most babies are born alive • Have two pairs of limbs • Warm-blooded • Young feed on mother’s milk • They can reproduce endothermic

  2. Mammal Diversity • Live Birth • egg laying • Marsupial – pouched • Marine • flying

  3. Who Am I? I am the only mammal that has wings and has achieved true flight… Bat

  4. What Can We Learn From A Skull? • Protects the… • Tells what the animal… • Forward facing eyes, predator… • Side facing eyes, prey… BRAIN EATS BINOCULAR MONOCULAR

  5. It’s Cold Outside! It takes a great deal of energy (FOOD) to generate body heat, which explains why mammals need to eat more than other animals.

  6. You Are What You Eat! • Herbivore • Carnivore • Omnivore Plant Eater Meat Eater Plants & Meat

  7. Is it more of an advantage to be a herbivore, carnivore, or an omnivore in the wild? omnivore

  8. Teeth Tell A Story Most mammals have 2 kinds of teeth • Flat front teeth for nipping • Pointed and sharp, stabbing & grabbing • Back teeth for grinding & chewing incisors canines molars

  9. Did You Know? Marine mammals have limbs modified into… Flippers and Flukes

  10. What Can We Learn From Tracks? • Identification • Speed • Direction • Activity

  11. Who Walked This Way? • Quadruped • Balance • Stability • Speed 4 legs on the ground • Upright Position • Monkey, human, raccoon

  12. Quiz Time! carnivore • Meat eater • Plant eater • Forward facing eyes • The hunter • Ability to maintain body temperature • Having a backbone • Flat front teeth herbivore binocular predator Warm-blooded vertebrate incisors

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