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Mammalogy Terms flashcards are a helpful study tool designed to help students learn and remember important terms related to mammals. These flashcards typically include definitions, images, and examples to aid in understanding and retention.

The subject of mammalogy is the study of mammals, which are warm-blooded vertebrate animals that possess hair or fur. Mammals give birth to live young and nurse them with milk produced by mammary glands. Mammals are found in a wide variety of habitats around the world, from the depths of the ocean to the highest mountain peaks.

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Mammal: A warm-blooded vertebrate animal that has hair or fur, gives birth to live young, and nurses its offspring with milk.
Nocturnal: Refers to animals that are active during the night, such as bats and some species of rodents.
Diurnal: Refers to animals that are active during the day, such as most primates and many species of birds.
Omnivore: An animal that eats both plants and other animals, like bears and humans.
Carnivore: An animal that primarily eats meat, such as lions, tigers, and wolves.

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Taxonomy	Classification of organisms based on their characteristics and relationships.
Morphology	The study of the form and structure of organisms.
Behavior	Behavior: the way a person or animal acts or conducts themselves.
Physiology	The study of how living organisms function.
Ecology	The study of how living things interact with their environment.
Evolution	Evolution: The process of gradual change in living organisms over time.
Carnivora	Carnivora: order of mammals that includes animals like lions, tigers, and bears.
Rodentia	Order of mammals that includes rodents such as mice, rats, and squirrels.
Chiroptera	Chiroptera: Order of mammals that includes bats.
Primates	Primates: A group of animals that includes monkeys, apes, and humans.
Cetacea	Whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
Lagomorpha	Order of mammals that includes rabbits and hares.
Perissodactyla	Perissodactyla: Order of mammals with an odd number of toes on each foot, including horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs.
Artiodactyla	Even-toed hoofed mammals.
Marsupialia	Marsupialia: a group of mammals that carry their young in a pouch.
Monotremata	Monotremata: Egg-laying mammals.
Eutheria	Mammals that give birth to live young and feed them with milk.
Opossum	A small marsupial with a hairless prehensile tail, found in North and South America.
Platypus	Egg-laying mammal with a duck-like bill.
Kangaroo	A kangaroo is a type of marsupial that hops on its powerful hind legs.