What

is a
Mammal?
By Rhonda Baldacchino
 Name______________________________ Word Bank
What Do You Know About Mammals?
three
1.. Mammals are _____________ blooded and have fur or ____________
babies
2.. Mammals produce ____________ to feed their _______________. pouch
warm
3.. There are _____________ types of mammals.
formed
4.. Marsupial mammals develop in the mother’s _______________. eggs
milk
5.. Monotreme mammals lay _______________.
Did you know? hair
Whales, dolphins and
6.. Placental mammals are born fully ________________. porpoises are
Label the mammals as: placental marsupial monotreme placental mammals.

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 Name _______________________________ What is a Mammal?
Mammals have fur or hair, are warm blooded and produce milk to feed their babies.
There are three types of mammals.
Directions: Complete the information about the mammals. Cut and paste the pictures in the correct box.

Placental Marsupial Monotreme

The babies are born fully __ormed. The babies are born The babies
without __air and cannot are hatched
Are you a
placental
Yes or No _ee. They develop in from an _gg.
_______ the mother’s pou__.
mammal?

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Name _________________ Mammals Word Search
Directions: Find the words from the list in the word
search.

m j p i a s r u s l p
a m o n o t r e m e l pouch
m d u q c b m c k g a egg
milk
m t c y n b v h z g c
hair
a p h a i r c i w v e
mammal
l k z b c i w d h d n
marsupial
x o p t o u w n a k t monotreme
m a r s u p i a l e a placental
i l d h q g h f e g l echidna
l a j x r p e r s o n person
k o k d o g y l f m n koala
whale
dog
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 What is a Mammal?

koala bear possum wombat platypus whale

kangaroo person bat dog echidna giraffe

koala bear possum wombat platypus whale

kangaroo person bat dog echidna giraffe

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