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PP 5
Diet and Physiology
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Zoology
Undergraduate 3
02/23/2016

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Term
Name for herbivores that are primarily seed eaters
Definition
Granivorous
Term
Storing behavior of many granivores is called
Definition
Caching
Term
Type of hoarding with a large single storage area (kangaroo rat)
Definition
Larder hoarding
Term
Type of hoarding with many storage sites (red squirrels)
Definition
Scattering hoarding
Term
Name for herbivores that are primarily leaf eaters
Definition
Folivorous
Term
The Giant panda has a modified wrist bone to handle bamboo called ____
Definition
Panda's thumb
Term
Name for fruit eating animals
Definition
Frugivorous
Term
Name for animals who feed on nectar
Definition
Nectivorous
Term
Name for animals who eat gum
Definition
Gumnivorous
Term
Name for animals who eat fungus
Definition
Mycophagous
Term
___________ heterothermy—core body temp maintained, but extremities allowed to be cooler
Definition
Regional
Term
___________ heterothermy—body temp fluctuates in response to daily or seasonal environmental temperatures
Definition
Temporal
Term
There is a species specific range in which little or no change in metabolism is needed to maintain body temp called the ___________ __________
Definition
Thermoneutral zone
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