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Groups of Placental Mammals

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Total cards: 10•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

What is the largest group of mammals?

Back (Answer)

rodents

#2
Front (Question)

insect-eating mammals

Back (Answer)

• burrows • eats insects • pygmy shrew, mole • pests • order insectivora

#3
Front (Question)

flying mammals

Back (Answer)

• order chrioptera • true flying (bat) • sonar hearing • fruit-eating bats • insect-eating bats

#4
Front (Question)

flesh-eating mammal

Back (Answer)

• order carnivore • live in water and on land • canine teeth

#5
Front (Question)

toothless mammals

Back (Answer)

• no teeth or small teeth • long, sticky tongues • armadillo • order xenarthra

#6
Front (Question)

hooved mammals (ungulate)

Back (Answer)

• even-numbered toes on hove (order artiodactyla) - odd-numbered toes on hove (order perissodactyla)

#7
Front (Question)

gnawing mammals

Back (Answer)

• most abundant • rodents • order rodentia • pests • disease carriers • 4 incisors (large front teeth)

#8
Front (Question)

rodent like mammals

Back (Answer)

• gnawing teeth • nocturnal • hares have longer ear and legs (then a rabbit) • burrow • order lagoporpha

#9
Front (Question)

water dwelling mammals

Back (Answer)

• ocean • lungs • blue whales (largest mammal) • order cetaceans

#10
Front (Question)

primates

Back (Answer)

• most developed • highly intelligent • opposable thumbs • make tools • have eyes that face forward