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Diversity of Mammals
Diversity of Mammals
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Biology
7th Grade
04/25/2008

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Placental Mammals
Definition
a mammal that develops inside its mother's body until its body systems can function independently
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Placenta
Definition
a membrane that becomes the link between the developing embryo of the fetusand the mother
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Monotreme
Definition
a maamal that lays eggs
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Marsupial
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a mammal whose young are born alive at an early stage of development, and which usualy continue to develop in a pouch on its mothers body
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Gestation Period
Definition
the length of time between fertilization and the birth of a mammal
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