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Index chinchilla, 9, 45 G loris, 8 reproduction, 31 stoat, 9, 23, 29
65; ground, 56; tree, 11
chipmunk, 9, 48
play, 28, 38–39, 40–43
lynx, 21
chiroptera, 67 Pleistocene period, 13–15 suckling, 36–37
A civet, 9 galago, 65 MN Plesiaddax depereti, 14 T
Pliocene period, 13, 14
classification, 8–11, 66–67
gazelle, 10, 26, 58
Coelodonta antiquitatis, 14 gerbil, 9, 54, 56, 66 polar bear, 56
colugo (flying lemur), 9, 19, 66 giraffe, 10, 48, 67 pony, Shetland, 58
aardvark, 8, 51, 67 communication, 28–29, porcupine, 9, 27 tails, 27, 28–29, 31
anteater, 8, 51 40–41, 44 glider (flying possum), 19 Machairodus apanistus, 14 porpoise, 10 tamandua, 8, 51
antelope, 10, 58 goat, 10 mammary glands, 6, 36–37 possum (phalanger), 8, 9, tamarin, 8
antlers, 14, 26, 62–63 golden mole, 8 Mammuthus primigenius, 13 20, 29 tapir, 10, 23, 58
ape, 8, 14 D gorilla, 64 manatee, 11, 37 potto, 8 tarsier, 8, 65
armadillo, 8, 27, 29, 64 grooming, 44–47 mara, 56 pouched mammals (see taxonomy, 8–11
artiodactyla, 67 group behavior, 43, 44 marmoset, 8 marsupials) teeth, 12–14, 26, 50–51,
ass, 10 deer, 10, 26, 62, 63; fallow, 28 marsupials, 8, 9, 13, 14, 19,
52; feeding, 48–49;
defense, 21, 24–27, 28, 29 H 66; reproduction, 30–31 primates, 8, 14, 36, 58, 67 grooming, 44
proboscidea, 66
B dermoptera, 66 milk, 6, 30–31, 33, 36–37 Protemnodon antaeus, 13 tenrec, 8
Miocene epoch, 13, 14
desman, 8
dog, 9, 16, 36, 42, 43, 56 hair, 6, 20–21, 27, 28, 44–47 mole, 8, 16, 56–57 Thrinaxodon liorhinus, 12
thylacine, 31
baboon, 16, 44 dolphin, 10, 12, 42, 51, 64, 65, hamster, 9, 44, 52–53, 64 mole-rat, 9, 56, 65 R Thylacosmilus, 13
mongoose, 9
badger, 9, 40, 59, 61 67 hare, 9 monkey, 8; colobus, 21; tiger, 64
bandicoot, 8, 54 dormouse, 9, 53, 62 hearing, 16–17 spider, 29 monotremata, 66 toes, 13, 58–59
bat, 9, 14, 16, 18–19, 58, 64, Dorudon osiris, 14 hedgehog, 8, 24–25, 51, 61 moonrat, 8 rabbit, 9, 60, 62, 63, 67 tongue, 16, 19, 44–47,
65, 67; tracks, 63 dugong, 11, 67 herbivores, 14; teeth, 50, 63 mouse, 9, 16, 22, 49, racoon, 9 48, 51
bear, 9, 50; cave, 15; sun, 49 Hipparion, 13 58, 64; nest, 32, 54; rat, 9, 44–45, 54, 56, 64; touch, 16
beaver, 9, 20, 29, 50 E hippopotamus, 10, 26 reproduction, 32–33; tracks, 61, 62, tree, 29 tracks, 60–63
behavior (see defense; hoofed mammals (see spiny 22; tracks, 61–62 reproduction, 30–35 Triassic period, 12–13
feeding; parental care; ungulates) muntjac, 26 rhinoceros, 10, 14, 27, 45 tubulidentata, 67
play; grooming) echidna, 8, 25, 31, 51 horse, 10, 28, 37, 50, 58; narwhal, 51 rodents, 9, 22, 54, 58, 62, 63,
birth, 34–35 echolocation, 19 evolution, 13, 14; 66; burrow, 55–57; UV
blackbuck, 26 edentates, 8,, 67 grooming, 46 parental care, 32–33;
body temperature, 6, 48 egg-laying mammals, 8, humans, 6, 8, 21, 23, 58; teeth, 50
bones, 8–15, 16, 26, 28, 24, 31 evolution, 14; grooming OP ungulates, 10, 13, 14, 35,
50–51, 58–59, 62–63 elephant, 11, 28, 45, 59, 61, 46, 47; mammary glands, 58–59
Borhyaena tuberata, 13 65, 66 36–37; parental care, 37, 38; odd-toed hoofed S Ursus spelaeus, 15
buffalo, 60 Eocene epoch, 12, 14 play, 41, 42; tracking, 62 mammals, 10 viscacha, 56
bush baby, 8, 17, 65 even-toed hoofed hyena, 9 opposum 8, 20, 27, 31 sea cow, 11 vole, 9, 22–23; water, 21
mammals, 10 Hyracotherium vulpiceps, 12 orang, 40 sea lion, 9
C evolution, time chart, 13–14 hyracoidea, 66 otter, 9, 49, 62 seal, 9, 20, 58, 59, 63, 65, 66; WZ
hyrax, 11, 58, 66
eyes, 16, 17, 31
paca, 9, 52–53
crab-eating, 51
Paleocene epoch, 12, 14 senses, 16–17
camel, 10, 58 F I J K L panda, 9, 50 sheep, 10, 20, 63; karakul, 21 wallaby, 8, 30–31
camouflage, 20–23, 29 pangolin, 8, 27, 64, 67 shrew, 8, 11, 48, 64, 65; tree, walrus, 9
carnivores, 9, 50, 58, 63, 66 parental care, 30–37 38 weasel, 9
cat, 9, 59, 60–61, 64; birth, feeding, 16, 17, 48–49 insectivores, 8, 56, 66 peccary, 10 sight, 16–17, 24 whales, 10, 20, 29, 64, 65;
34–35; grooming 46–47; flying fox (bat), 9, 19 jackal, 43, 51 perissodactyla, 67 sirenia, 67 baleen, 10, 51
growth, 38–39; parental flying lemur (see colugo) jaws, 12–14, 50–51, 63 Phascolotherium bucklandi, 12 Sivatherium maurusium 14 whisker, 16, 20, 25
care, 30–37; play, 42–43; flying squirrel, 29 kangaroo, 8, 9, 58, 64, 66; Phiomia serridens, 13 skull, 8–15, 16, 26, 50–51, wolf, 9, 43
suckling, 36–37 footprints, 60–61 reproduction, 30–31 pholidota, 67 53, 62–63 wombat, 8
cattle, 10, 35 fossils, 12–15, 50 lagomorpha, 67 pig, 10, 16 skunk, 9, 21 zebra, 10, 36, 58, 67
cetacea, 67 fox, 9, 24, 29, 42, 52, 53, 66; lemming, 38 pinnipedia, 66 sloth, 8, 14, 22, 67 zoo, 64, 68
Chalicotherium rusingense, 14 Arctic, 21; tracks, 61, 63 lemur, 8; ring-tailed, 29 placental mammals, 14, smell, 16, 24
cheetah, 64 fur, 6, 18, 20–21, 28–29, 63; leopard, 53 32–35 solenodon, 8
chevrotain, 10 camouflage, 22; lion, 16, 28, 42, 48, 64 platypus, 8, 16, 40, 52, 66; souslik, 56
chimpanzee, 7, 40–41, 49, 67 grooming, 44–47 llama, 10 burrow, 56; squirrel, 9, 52, 54–55, 62,
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