By Nicole Saum

Mammals By Nicole Saum

Mammals 

• Mammalia 

• One of 6 classes 

• 5400 species 

• Warm blooded with mammary glands

Mammal Categorizing • Herbivores (plant) 

• Carnivores (meat) 

• Omnivores (plant and meat) 

• Insectivores (insects)

Mammal Characteristics • • Warm-blooded 

• Born alive 

• Hair or fur 

Typical mammal skin, source: http://labspace.open.ac.uk/mod/resource/view.php? id=347786

Mammal Characteristics • Vertebrae • Lungs breathe air • Mammary glands 

Source: http://www.earthlife.net/mammals/skeleton.html

Mammal Teeth • • • • •

Molars- shearing Premolars- grinding Incisors- cutting Canines- tearing

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Source: http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/132753

Mammal Location 

• Whole world • Land • Exceptions –Bats –Whales and dolphins

Interesting Facts • • Largest- Blue Whale 

• Smallest - Hog Nosed Bat 

• Tallest- Giraffe 

• Fastest- Cheetah