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| characteristics of mammals |
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- mammary glands (milk)
- hair (keratin)
- endothermic
- large brain
- 2 jaw bones in middle ear
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| monotremes, marsupials, eutherians |
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where do monotremes live?
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| main characteristics of monotremes |
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| lay eggs; no nipples; young suck milk from mother's fur |
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| oppossum, kangaroo, koala, bandicoot |
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| Australia, North and South America |
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| characteristics of marsupials |
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| development finishes in pouch, placenta, nipples, higher metabolic rate |
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| characteristics of eutherians |
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| complex placenta, longer pregnancy, development completed in uterus |
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| lemurs, tarsiersm monkeys, apes |
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| which primate group are humans apart of? |
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| what is the sister taxa of humas? |
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| characteristics of primates |
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| hands/feet for grasping; eyes that are close; large brain, short jaws, complex social and parental behavior |
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| homosapien characteristics |
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| bipedal locomotion, larger brains, shorter jaws (flatter face), complex tools, language |
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