CHIROPTERA
Chiroptera these are flying mammals . Which are
commonly known as bats .
What is the function of fold skin
attached to the bats’s fore limbs ?
They are act as wings .
What are 3 groups of bats ?
Fruit eating bats
Insect eating bats
Blood sucking bats ( vampires )
Blood sucking bats are large
Monotremes : are animals that lay eggs .
2 groups of monotremes
Spiny anteaters
Duck billed platypus
1. Spiny anteaters : they like to eat ants
Examples of spiny anteaters
What are 3 characteristics of spiny
anteaters
They have long nose
 they have sharp spines
They like to eat ants
2. Duck billed platypus
What are characteristics of dull billed
platypus ?
They have fur
They have webbed feet
They feed their young ones on milk
Ceta oceans : these are sea mamals .
Examples of sea mammals
Whales
Seals
Dolphins
Characteristics of sea mammals
- They live in seas.
- They don’t have gills and they
breathe by means of lungs.
- They have mammary glands.
- They have high level of intelligence
next to primates.
- They give birth to young ones and
feed them on breast milk
exercise
1. What are flying mammals?
2. Why is a bat grouped as a mammal?
3. Name three types of bats.
4. What do bats use to locate their food in the environment?
5. What is the function of fold skin attached to the bats’s fore limbs ?
6. what is another name of fruit eating bats ?