BIOLOGY -"MAMMALS" ON THE INTERNET created by John Wolhaupter and Jerid Knuttila of Irondale High School, Minnesota
NAME:________________________
FOLLOW DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY!!
ONCE YOUR COMPUTER IS TURNED ON TO THE INTERNET, THEN:
____#1. Go to: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu
____#2. Under "Shortcuts", click on "Mammals"
#3. Answer the following questions from "Mammalia":
A.The three main characteristics of mammals are:
1. ________________________________________________
2._________________________________________________
3._________________________________________________
B. Mammal hair is made of what?_____________________________
C. Mammals replace teeth only once during their lives. This is called ______________. The first set of teeth are called _____________________
D. Class Mammalia contains ____orders and about _____species.
#4. Move farther down - click on "lnsectivora".
A. Animals of this order feed mainly on _______________
B. Most insectivores are: LARGE or SMALL
C. The sense least used by insectivores is _____________
#5. Click on "Back" or "Mammalia" - then click on "Lagomorpha".
A. These animals are: TERRESTRIAL or AQUATIC
B. Click on family "Leporidae", then click on "eastern cottontail". The classification of the eastern cottontail is:
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
C. Are rabbits: CARNIVOROUS or HERBIVOROUS
D. How do rabbits benefit humans? ___________________________________________
#6. Click on "Mammalia" - then click on "Cetacea".
A. Examples of this order are: _____________________________________________
B. Are cetaceans: TERRESTRIAL or AQUATIC
C. Baleen whales feed on ________________________________________________
D. Click on "Delphinidae" - then click on "killer whale" - classify:
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
E. Are killer whales predators? ________
F. Most of the food of the killer whale is _________________ and _____________________
G. Are killer whales: SOLITARY or SOCIAL
#7. Click on "Mammalia" - then click on "Artiodactyla".
A. Deer have _____ chambers in their stomachs.
B. Click on "Cervidae", this family includes _________, ___________, and ______________
C. Click on the "whitetail deer" and classify:
Kingdom:Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
D. Whitetail deer feed on _____________________
E. The negative impact that deer have on humans is ______________________________
#8. Click on "Atriodactyla" then click on "Giraffidae".
A. This family has _______ living species, and .
B. Click on the "giraffe" and classify:
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
#9. Click on "Mammalia" then on "Perissodactyla"
A. This order includes _______________, _____________, and __________________.
B. Click on "Equidae". The first one-toed horse, _______, lived in the late _____________
C. Click on "Burchell's zebra" and classify:
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
D. Are Zebras: SOLITARY or SOCIAL.
#10. Of the mammals classified above, _________ and _________ are most closely related.
EXTRA CREDIT
#11. Click on "Mammalia" - then find "Special Topics Contents" and click on that. Then click on "wings" of bats. Do bats have a thumb?