Mammals

Mammals
Your task for this section is to research different species of mammals. Research and collate different species of mammals and record these in a word document. Include in your document at least 5 different species of mammals and include characteristics that make each species very different from others that you research.

Save your word document in your personal folder on student drive and we will collate these into our field guide later this semester. Please also include the details of one mammal on the discussion forum on this Wiki page.

Mr Graham - My favorite Australian Mammal is: Kingdom: [|Animalia] Phylum: [|Chordata] Subphylum: [|Vertebrata] Class: [|Mammalia] Order: [|Diprotodontia] Suborder: [|Phalangeriformes] Family: [|Burramyidae] Genus: [|Burramys] Species: **Burramys parvus**

Mammals
http://australianmuseum.net.au/Mammals

Mammals are warm-blooded vertebrates with hair, mammary glands used to suckle young with milk, a diaphragm used in breathing, three bones in the middle ear which connect the eardrum to the inner ear, and a lower jaw made up of a single pair of bones that articulates in a unique way with the skull.





http://www.readyed.com.au/Sites/zoo/mammal.htm

[|**Mammals**] are vertebrates (backboned animals) that feed their young on mother's milk. There are approximately 4,260 species of mammals.


 * When you think of an animal it is likely to be a mammal. People are mammals. Cats and dogs are mammals. So are such farm animals as cattle, goats, hogs, and horses. Mammals also include such fascinating animals as porcupines, gorillas, giraffes, rhinoceroses and kangaroos. Mammals are found to exist all over the world in all different climates. Mammals such as chimpanzees and elephants dwell in tropical regions. Arctic foxes, polar bears and many other mammals make their home near the North Pole. Camels and coyotes live in deserts. Some mammals even live in the sea such as dolphins, seals and whales. One group of mammals, the bats, can fly. || [[image:http://www.readyed.com.au/Sites/zoo/images/j0178730.jpg width="296" height="441"]] ||

Characteristics of a Mammal
These characteristics are common to all mammals:
 * [[image:http://www.readyed.com.au/Sites/zoo/_themes/zoo2/artbul1a.gif width="15" height="15"]] || Mammals nurse their babies. They feed them on the mother's milk. Mammals have to [|**eat**] a lot of food to maintain their high body temperature. ||
 * [[image:http://www.readyed.com.au/Sites/zoo/_themes/zoo2/artbul1a.gif width="15" height="15"]] || Most mammals give their young more protection and training than do other animals. ||
 * [[image:http://www.readyed.com.au/Sites/zoo/_themes/zoo2/artbul1a.gif width="15" height="15"]] || Only mammals have [|**hair**]. All mammals have hair at some time in their life, though in certain whales it is present only before birth. ||
 * [[image:http://www.readyed.com.au/Sites/zoo/_themes/zoo2/artbul1a.gif width="15" height="15"]] || Mammals are [|**warm-blooded**]. Their body temperature remains about the same all the time, even though the temperature of their surroundings may change. Birds are also warm-blooded, but animal groups such as fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians are not. ||
 * [[image:http://www.readyed.com.au/Sites/zoo/_themes/zoo2/artbul1a.gif width="15" height="15"]] || Mammals have a larger, more well-developed brain than do other animals. Some mammals, such as chimpanzees, dolphins, and especially human beings, are highly intelligent. ||
 * [[image:http://www.readyed.com.au/Sites/zoo/_themes/zoo2/artbul1a.gif width="15" height="15"]] || Mammals are able to move around using [|**limbs**]. ||