There areover 5,000 different species of mammal. We’re not going to meetallof them here, but we are going to discover all of the main mammal groups. We’ll also find out how scientists put animals into different groups. There’s a lot of information on this page, but don’t worry:...
Hamsters Hedgehogs Horses Iguanas Llamas Lizards Mice Mule Peafowl Pigs and Hogs Pigeons Ponies Pot Bellied Pig Rabbits Rats Sheep Skinks Snakes Stick Insects Sugar Gliders Tarantula Turkeys Turtles This is Buck, a German Shepherd mix relaxing with his friends (from left to right) Baby, a Quaker...
grass, teeth, clothing, or other objects that may have become embedded into the bite area. Leaving behind any of these would increase the risk for infections significantly. Sometimes the wound will be numbed with lidocaine to decrease pain while the doctor makes a complete inspection of the area...
Muridae (whose members are known as “murids”) represent more than 1,100 species; almost half of all rodents. This means that around a quarter of allmammalspecies are either mice, rats, hamsters, voles, muskrats, lemmings, gerbils, or other murids. Rodent classification is complex and ongo...