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Online Class: Animals For Everyone: Mammals

Students will learn about the different families of mammals. They will discover how the mammals adapt to their environments. Students will find out about mammal families and the care of the young. They will understand the relationships between different mammal species. Mammals, out of the ordinary, will also be introduced. Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish. An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion. UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service that manages all your course completions. This class has been officially reviewed by our Course Review Committee that scrutinizes course content and instructor participation. This course has received our Committee's highest rating: 4 stars.

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Are you curious about mammals that live in far away places or close to your home? Discover the wonderful world of mammals. This course is for school age children and for adults, as well. Ideal for nature lovers and travelers who want to know about the mammals they encounter. In addition, this class is a good review for biology students about mammals.

Animals For Everyone: Mammals is a course for students who have a lively curiosity and desire to learn about mammals. It is a good unit study course for upper elementary so discover the wonderful world of mammals. Lessons cover: Mammals with Eggs or Pouches Mammals That Eat Insects Afrotherians (Elephants, Hyraxes, Elephant Shrews, and Sea Cows) Strange and Wonderful Mammals Mammals That Gnaw: Rodents Meat Eaters (Carnivora) Mammals That Live in Trees Mammals with Hooves (Ungulates): Even-Toed Mammals with Hooves (Ungulates): Odd-Toed Mammals That Live In Oceans.

This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.

Instructor Virginia Carper

Course Lessons

Introduction - Of the animals, most people feel the closest to mammals. These animals live on the land, fly in the air, and swim in the sea.
Mammals with Eggs or Pouches - When most people think about mammals, they rarely think about egg-laying or marsupial mammals.
Mammals That Eat Insects - Since insects provide a concentrated source of protein, some mammals have specialized in hunting and eating them.
Afrotherians (Elephants, Hyraxes, Elephant Shrews, and Sea Cows) - Biologists have recently decided to group animals that arose from an ancient order of mammals as Afrotherians. The some of the animals that share this common ancestor are elephants, elephant shrews, and hyraxes (dassies).
Strange and Wonderful Mammals - With the exception of rabbits, xenarthra and lagomorphs are odd-looking mammals. These animals include sloths, armadillos, and pikas.
Mammals That Gnaw: Rodents - What makes rodents unique are their gnawing and chewing abilities. Basically vegetarians, rodents can gnaw through the toughest tree wood and crack open the hardest nuts with their teeth.
Meat Eaters (Carnivora) - Carnivores are hunters and eaters of meat. These animals have become so successful that they have split into two groups of cat-like and dog-like carnivores.
Mammals That Live in Trees - Tree-living mammals have certain advantages over those that live on the ground. For one thing, they are safe from predators that live on the ground.
Mammals with Hooves (Ungulates): Even-Toed - Artiodactyls have two toes on each foot for walking. Once people domesticated these animals, they obtained a ready supply of meat and muscle power.
Mammals with Hooves (Ungulates): Odd-Toed - Known as perissodactyls, horses, rhinos, and tapirs have middle toes which are larger than their other toes.
Mammals That Live In Oceans - The mammals that spend most of their time in water have special adaptations for swimming and diving.

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