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Date & Time : 19, April 2024 21:32
General Characteristics of Mammalia
Classification of Mammalia
A Few Examples
1. Sorex
Common name-Shrew.
Distribution-
Habit and habitat-lives in tunnel
Food- insects, worms and mice.
IDENTIFYING CHARACTERS-
- Body- Rat like, and is covering with fur.
- Body length-12.5 cm including the tail.
- Body color- brown and pale.
- elongated snout while eyes and ears are small.
- Teeth-red in color, lower canines are absent and first pair of insisors is long.
Dental formula is
i 3/2
c 1/0 =32
pm 3/1
m 3/3
- Limbs- limbs are consist of 5 clawed-digits.
- It eat food twice as much as food as their weight. Shrew can not live withoout food more than ten hours.
2. Erinaceus
3. Pteropus
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