Statistics for Zoology Order of Mammals

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Hint (Characteristics)	Answer (Order)	Example	% Correct
Two upper and two lower chisel-like incisors (Teeth grow continually)	Rodentia	Beaver	79%
Teeth adapted for eating meat	Carnivora	Red Panda	76%
Anterior limbs forming broad flippers (flukes) -Posterior limbs absent	Cetacea	Whale	71%
Five digits on limbs, nails instead of claws, large cerebrum	Primates	Lemur	65%
Egg-layers	Monotremata	Platypus	54%
Four upper incisors, two large and two small	Lagomorpha	Rabbit	52%
Second to fifth digits elongated into wings	Chiroptera	Bat	51%
Even-toed hooves	Artiodactyla	Swine	50%
Odd-toed hooves	Perissodactyla	Horse	47%
Have blunt muzzle covered with coarse vibrissae	Sirenia	Manatee	43%
Insect eaters (Live much of their time underground)	Insectivora	Shrew	41%
Pouched animals	Marsupialia	Kangaroo	39%
Have trunk, incisors elongated into tusks	Proboscidea	Elephant	37%
Toothless or have teeth without enamel	Edentata	Anteater	16%