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What kinds of coverings

do animals have?

Crabtree Publishing Company

Bobbie Kalman

www.crabtreebooks.com

Author and editor-in-chief

Bobbie Kalman

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Kalman, Bobbie, author

What kind of coverings do animals have? / Bobbie Kalman.

(All about animals close-up)

Includes index.

Issued in print and electronic formats.

ISBN 978-0-7787-1466-8 (bound).--ISBN 978-0-7787-1473-6 (pbk.).--

ISBN 978-1-4271-7638-7 (pdf).--ISBN 978-1-4271-7632-5 (html)

1. Body covering (Anatomy)--Juvenile literature. I. Title.

QL941.K34 2015 j573.5 C2014-908182-0

C2014-908183-9

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kalman, Bobbie.

What kinds of coverings do animals have? / Bobbie Kalman.

pages cm. -- (All about animals close-up)

Includes index.

ISBN 978-0-7787-1466-8 (reinforced library binding : alk. paper) --

ISBN 978-0-7787-1473-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) --

ISBN 978-1-4271-7638-7 (electronic pdf : alk. paper) --

ISBN 978-1-4271-7632-5 (electronic html : alk. paper)

1. Body covering (Anatomy)--Juvenile literature. I. Title.

QL942.K35 2015

591.47--dc23

2014048906

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Contents

What kinds of coverings?

Mammals have hair or fur

Thick fat and fur coats

Scales and shells

Fuzzy down and feathers

Coverings that scare!

Coverings that hide

Coverings that change

How are we covered?

Match them up!

Learning more

Words to know and Index

What kinds of coverings?

This baby bonobo is covered

in hair. Which animals have fur

coverings? ( See pages 69.)

People are mammals with hair.

How else are they covered?

( See pages 2021.)

Animals have different kinds

of coverings on their bodies.

Their coverings suit their

habitats, or the natural

places where the animals live.

Mammal bodies have hair

or fur. Reptile bodies are

covered with thin bony plates

called scales. Turtles and

tortoises are reptiles with hard

shells. Birds are covered in

feathers. Some animals have

sharp spines, or spikes. Some

have bodies that change.

Which animals on this page are reptiles?

Find four animals in this book that have

spiny coverings like that of this porcupine.

What do you think?

This porcupine has sharp

spines called quills ( see

pages 7, 14, and ).

Turtles and tortoises

have hard shells

( see page ).

Feathers help

birds fly or

move in other

ways ( see

pages 1213).

Some animals

have bodies

and coverings

that change ( see

pages 1819).

Snakes are reptiles with

smooth scales that allow

them to slither, or slide from

side to side (see page ).

Mammals have hair or fur

Most mammals have skin that is covered in hair or fur.

Fur is soft, thick, short hair. Some ocean mammals have

very little of either covering. Are the mammals on these

pages covered with hair or fur? What other names do

these coverings have? Find the answers on page

cats

sheep

Most cats are covered in fur,

but some have no fur or hair,

other than some whiske rs .

Sheep are covered in soft,

curly hair called wool.

Cheetah cubs have a mantle,

or a covering of long fur, on

their necks and backs. The

mantle protects them from

sun and rain and helps hide

them in their grassy habitat.

Hedgehogs and porcupines

have both hair and quills,

which are made of keratin,

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