LIFE SCIENCE 10-7 What are mammals?

Pg 2
OBJ: Describe the characteristics of mammals.

III. Kinds of Mammals - there are over __________ species of mammals.

- the are sometimes __________ to how they give
__________ to their young.
MONOTREME = mammals that lay __________.
- only __________ kinds of animals in this group:
- duck-bill __________ / two types of spiny
anteater
- the young develop in an __________ surrounded
MARSUPIALS by a hard __________.
= mammal whose young develops in __________.
- the young are __________ at a very early stage
and then __________ to a pouch, or pocket, on
the belly of the mother.
PLACENTA
- kangaroos / __________ / opossums
= structure through which materials are __________
between the __________ and developing __________.
- this is the __________ group of mammals.