Chapter 16 review

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the largest land animal

African elephant

apes, monkeys

apes no tail monkey yes tail

Three characteristics of all vertebrates

backbone, brain, spinal chord, internal skeleton, exhibit bilateral symmetry

two broad groups of whales

baleen and toothed

what type of symmetry is exhibited b vertebrates?

bilateral

the worlds largest animal

blue whale

warmblooded vs. coldblooded

cold: outer Warm: inner

two egg laying mammals

echida and platypus

five characteristics common to all mammals

four chambered heart, lungs, warmblooded, have hair, mammary glands, viviparous

three common rodents

house mouse, brown rats, capybara

why hibernate?

its hard to find food, so they store energy by sleeping

largest living marsupial

kangaroo

the difference between artiodactyl and perisssodactyl

perri: odd number of toes art: even number of toes

What are the three types of symmetry

radial, asymmetry, bilateral

chewing the cud

regurgitation to chew food a second time

the smallest mammal

shrew

how is the life cycle of a marsupial different?

they bare them alive then they live in a pouch

the purpose of mammary glands

to provide nourishment to the newborn