Mammal Characteristics
1. Write the name of an animal that belongs to this group.
2. Read the observations.
3. Put a checkmark by the characteristic that is wrong.
4. Write the characteristic you checked so it is correct.
| Monotremes Animal ______________________ Teeth NEVER External fertilization NEVER Nurses young SOMETIMES Quills SOMETIMES Correction |
Marsupials Animal ______________________ Pouched SOMETIMES Hairy ALWAYS Bony plates NEVER Internal fertilization ALWAYS Correction |
| Flying Mammals Animal ______________________ Hairy ALWAYS Warm blooded ALWAYS Lays eggs SOMETIMES Pouched NEVER Correction |
Toothless Mammals Animal ______________________ Bony plates ALWAYS Clawed toes NEVER Lungs ALWAYS Water-dwelling NEVER Correction |
| Rodentlike Animal ______________________ Jaw moves side to side ALWAYS Have grinding & gnawing teeth ALWAYS Lays eggs NEVER Pouched SOMETIMES Correction |
Flesh-eating Animal ______________________ Nurses young ALWAYS Internal development ALWAYS Toothless SOMETIMES Hairy ALWAYS Correction |
| Gnawing Animal _______________________ Four-chambered heart ALWAYS Jaw moves front to back ALWAYS Four chisel-like teeth SOMETIMES Backbone ALWAYS Correction |
Hoofed Animal ______________________ Hoofs SOMETIMES Four-chambered heart ALWAYS Lays eggs NEVER Warm blooded ALWAYS Correction |
| Insect-eating Animal ______________________ Backbone ALWAYS Hoofs NEVER Pouched SOMETIMES Four-chambered heart ALWAYS Correction |
Primates Animal ______________________ Have eyes that face forward ALWAYS 5 fingers and 5 toes SOMETIMES Large brain ALWAYS Hairy ALWAYS Correction |
| Trunk-nosed Animal ______________________ Pouched NEVER Trunks SOMETIMES Nurses young ALWAYS Internal fertilization ALWAYS Correction |
Water-dwelling Animal _____________________ Water-dwelling ALWAYS Carnivorous ALWAYS Lays eggs NEVER Nurses young ALWAYS Correction |