Mr & Mrs Smith's Life Science
Mammal Information  

Last updated      6/6/2006      4/20/2003     3/17/2003

Three Groups of Mammals

1.  Monotremes (egg-laying)
2.  Marsupials (pouched)
3.  Placental (develop more fully within the female)

Monotremes

Marsupials
Oppossum   The opossum is North America's only marsupial.

Tamir (Scrub) Wallaby   The tammar was the first “kangaroo” type animal seen by Westerners. It was discovered in 1629 by the crew of a Dutch ship stranded near the Wallaby Islands.

Wallaroo   Large, stocky, powerfully-built rock kangaroo.  Wallaroos are distinguished from other kangaroos by their bare, black snout.

Placental Groups

Even Hoofed
Flesh-eating
Flying
Gnawing
Insect Eating
Odd Hoofed
Primates
Rodentlike
Toothless
Trunk Nosed
Water Dwelling
Even-Hoofed

Flesh Eating (Carnivore)
Bears

Bear Fingerprints Worsheet 

Bears in Trouble 

Giant Panda   Giant pandas are black and white bears that live in temperate-zone bamboo forests in central China. Among the best recognized—but rarest—animals in the world, they have come to symbolize endangered species and conservation efforts.

Grizzly Bear Facts   The brown bear (known as the grizzly in the Lower 48 states) is a large predator distinguished from black bears by a distinctive hump on the shoulders, a dished profile to the face, and long claws about the length of a human finger.

Polar Bear Facts

Three Bear Face Off    Students paly a game to familiarize themselves with the similarities and differences between three different kinds of bears.  Black, grizzly, and polar.

What Makes a Bear a Bear?   Comparison of the Florida Panther and the Florida Black Bear.  Comparison of their skulls.  Bear skeleton.  Fact shets on both.  Make a bear skull.  


Wolf
International Wolf Center  The International Wolf Center advances the survival of wolf populations, by teaching about wolves, their relationship to wild lands, and the human role in their future.

Wolf Basics Frequently asked questions about wolves.

 Flying

Gnawing

Insect Eating

Odd Hoofed

Primates

Rodentlike

Toothless

Trunk Nosed

Water Dwelling

Manatee

Manatee   13 feet and 3000 pounds.

Manatee Adaptations   At this website you will discover how long a manatee can stay under water without taking a breath and how much time elapses between breaths when a manatee is resting.

Manatee: Trichechus manatus    Massive, torpedo-shaped, nearly hairless aquatic mammal.

Manatees   Sea Cows, Dugoongs, and Manatee information.

Manatees an Educator's Guide   Manatees are found in shallow, slow-moving rivers, bays, estuaries, and coastal water ecosystems. They can live in fresh, brackish, or salt water. These habitats provide them with sheltered living and breeding areas, a steady, easily obtainable food supply, and warm water - all of which manatees need to survive.

Manatees and Dugoongs   Kids Only Coloring Book

West Indian Manatee   Can you imagine how the skin of a manatee would feel? Why is keeping warm a big problem for these animals? Read this web page to discover the answer to these questions and learn many other interesting facts. This page includes graphics and a map showing where manatees live.

West Indian Manatee    Why do you think manatees are sometimes called sea cows? How do manatees escape from danger? Why does it take so long for the manatee population to increase? Discover what happens to manatees in waters with temperatures less than 60 degrees. Look for answers to these and other questions on this web page.

West Indian Manatee   Sirenian International


Nutrional Content of Milk

Show kids how to make butter in a baby food jar using cream.