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14 Cards in this Set
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Monotremata
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Egg layers
Platypus, spiny anteater |
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Marsupiacia
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Pouched animals
Kangaroos, wombats, possums |
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Insectivora
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Insect Eaters, live underground mostly
Shrews, moles, hedgehogs |
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Chiroptera
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Second to fifth digits elongated into wings
Bats |
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Carnivora
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Teeth adapted for eating meat
Red panda, leopard, wolf, tiger |
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Rodentia
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2 upper, 2 lower incisors
Teeth grow continually Beaver, naked mole rat, chinchilla, kangaroo mouse, kangaroo rat |
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Lagomorpha
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4 upper incisors, 2 large and 2 small
Rabbits, hares, pikas |
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Edentata
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Toothless, or have teeth without enamel
Anteaters, sloths, armadillos |
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Cetacea
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Anterior limbs into flippers, posterior limbs absent
Whales, dolphins, porpoises |
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Proboscidea
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Have trunk, incisors into tusks
Elephant (Asian and African) |
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Sirenia
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Blunt muzzle covered with coarse vibrissae
Manatees, dugongs |
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Perissodactyla
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Odd toed hooves
Horses, zebras, tapirs, rhinos |
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Artiodactyla
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Even toed hooves
Swine, cattle, deer, sheep, bison, camels, gazelle |
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Primates
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Five digits, nails instead of claws, large cerebrum
Lemurs, monkeys, apes, people |
