VERTEBRATE ANIMALS

MAMMAL CLASS● A body covered by hair. ● The birth of live young, and the feeding of newborns

with milk produced by the females' mammary glands. ● All breathe through lungs.● All possess a closed, double circulatory system and the

most developed nervous systems in the animal kingdom.● The ability to maintain a constant body temperature

(homeothermy).● Sexual reproduction. Internal fertilization. Viviparous

Morphology of mammals

Morphology of mammals

Dentition

Body covered by hair (fur)

Hair structure

Mammary glands

Nursering

Nursering (Marsupials)

Groups of mammals

PLACENTAL MAMMALS

MARSUPIAL MAMMALS

MONOTREME MAMMALS

MonotremesPlatypus

Echidna

MarsupialsBandicoot Sugar

glider

Kangaroo

Wombat

Koala

MarsupialsOpossum Numbat

Wallaby

Tasmanian devil

Placental mammalsFlying fox Sloth

Dolphin

Bear