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mammals (characteristics (hair made above keratin, has mammary gland that…
mammals
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are carnivores, omnivores , herbivores, insectivores
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has cerebral cortex: responsible for memory, activities
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Marsupials
Pouched mammals with very short gestation periods are marsupials.
after birth, offspring crawl into a pouch made of skin and hair and continue development while being nourished by milk from the mother’s mammary glands
ex: coala .
Placental mammals
-they have a placenta that nourishes their developing embryos.
-Give birth to young that do not need further development within a pouch
-reproduce internally in the uterus that have growing embryo with placenta
Monotremes
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Reptilian bone structure in the shoulder area.
lower body temperature than most mammals.
Unique mix of chromosomes similar to both mammals and reptiles.
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