Science - Chapter 7.5 - One-of-a-Kind Mammals

I have straws for teeth.

Aardvark

List differences between the manatee and dugong.

Answers should include several of the following: 1. While manatees live in both marine and freshwater habitats on the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean, dugongs live only in marine habitats on the coasts of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. 2. While manatees have a rounded tail, dugongs have a tail that is notched or forked. 3. While manatees do not have incisors, dugongs have incisors that grow into visible tusks. 4. While manatees can regrow molars as needed, dugongs' molars do not regrow. 5. While manatees have six neck vertebrae, dugongs have seven.

I am the fastest growing mammal.

Blue whale

We travel in packs.

Canines

I am the largest rodent.

Capybara

I am the largest land animal.

Elephant

I live in a earth.

Fax

I am a flying fruit-eater.

Flying fox

I am the longest-gliding mammal.

Flying lemur

I am the only animal born with "horns".

Giraffe

The Bible calls me a coney.

Hyrax

Why is the pangolin sometimes called the "scaly anteater"?

It has overlapping plates made from fused bundles of hair ("scales") and laps up ants with its ten-inch tongue.

I am the largest hopping animal.

Kangaroo

I am the smallest mammal.

Kitti's hog-nosed bat.

I am the pickiest herbivore.

Koala

If I get too cold, I can bathe in a hot spring.

Macaque

I have a bill like a duck.

Platypus

I can use my vertebrae for protection.

Potto

I can latterly die of fright.

Shrew

I am an odd gorilla.

Silverback

I am the slowest mammal.

Sloth

I have hooves and a "trunk."

Tapir

How are flying lemurs and flying squirrels different?

unlike a flying squirrel's gliding membrane, the gliding membrane of a flying lemur is found in between the lemur's toes to increase the total surface area. Also, a flying lemur's incisors do not grow continuously as a flying squirrel's do.