Classification of Mammal

1. MammalsMammals
Prepared by:
Mueriel F. Sevilla
CTP
Batch 8

2. Mammal is from the Greek word mamma
which means breast.
Mammary gland is a gland which produces
milk for their young.
Placenta is a nutritive connection between the
embryo and the mother’s uterine wall.
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3. Gnawing is to bite, chew on, or erode with
the teeth.
Hoofed foot is a horny sheath covering the
toes or lower part of the foot of a mammal

4. Three classifications of the mammals
Monotremes are animals that lay eggs, example of it
are platypus and anteater.
Marsupials are mammals that development of their
babies complete in a pouch so meaning they are
animals with pouch.
Placenta mammal, mammal that carries their babies
in their womb. Examples of these are whale human
monkeys and bats.

5. The Eleven Orders of Placental mammal
Order Characteristics Examples
Insectevora Insect-eating Mole
Chiroptera Flying Bat
Rodentia Gnawing Rat
Lagomarpha Rodent-like Rabbit
Edentala Toothless Armadillo
Cetacea Aquatic Whale
Sirenia Aquatic Dugong
Proboscidea Trunk-nosed Elephant
Carnivora Flesh-eating Dog
Ungulata Hoofed foot Giraffe
Primates Large brain relative to
the body size
Human

6. •Insectevora-An order of mammals which feed
principally upon insects.
•Chiroptera-mammals that do fly.
•Rodentia-characterized by two continuously
growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws this
must be kept short by gnawing.

7. •Lagomorpha-it is rodent like mammals but has
four incisors teeth on the upper jaw.
•Edentala- mammals that do not have front teeth.
•Catacea- mammals that do live in the water or
aquatic.

8. •Sirenia- herbivores mammals that also live in the
water or aquatic.
•Proboscidea- mammals that have a long,
muscular trunk.
•Carnivora- flesh eating mammals with fangs for
tearing flesh.

9. •Ungulata- mammals that have hoofed foot.
•Primates- mammals with brain size relative to
body size.

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