mamma ls JOEY and Ben Key characteristics of

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Key characteristics of mammals • All mammals are warm blooded • All mammals have lungs • All mammals have three middle ear bones. • they have hair to keep them warm and protect

Mammal exceptions • Most all mammals have baby's born living but some mammals have eggs like platypuses.

Close relatives • some mammals are closely related according to evolution, like monkeys and humans.

Classification Grizzly bear • • Kingdom- Animalia Phylum- chordate Class- Mammalia Order- carnivoridae Family- ursidae Genus- ursus Species- horriblis moose • • Kingdom- Animalia Phylum- chordate Class- Mammalia Order- arctiodacyla Family- cervadea Genus- alces Species- alces

classification giraffe kangaroo • • • • Kingdom- animalia Phylum- chordata Class- mammalia Order- artiodactyla Family- giraffidae Genus- giraffa Speciescamelopardalis Kingdom- animalia Phylum- chordata Class- mammalia order- diprotodontia Family- macroprdidae Genus- macropus Species- macropus rufus

classification caribou • Kingdom- animalia • Phylum- chordata • Class- mammalia • Order- artiodactyla • Family- cervidae • Genus- rangifer • Species- tarandus

Fun mammal facts • A giraffes tongue Is 20 inches long • A mole can dig up to 300 feet per night • Beavers can old their breath up to 15 minutes.