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1.What is a marsupial?
2.Which of our species is a marsupial? |
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Definition
1.A pouched mammal.
2.Opossum |
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1.What does nocturnal mean?
2.Which of our species are nocturnal? |
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Definition
1.Animals that are active at night.
2.Little brown bat, great horned owl, |
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| 1.What does hibernate mean? 2.Which of our species hibernates? |
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Definition
| 1.To sleep or go dormant in the winter. 2.Woodchucks, little brown bats, |
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1.What does diurnal mean?
2.Which of our species are diurnal? |
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Definition
1.Animals that are active during the day.
2.Turkey vulture, eastern cottontail, gray squirrel. |
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| What does the term mast mean? |
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Definition
| Mast is the fruit of certain forest trees that are used by animals as food. |
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1.What does the term precocial mean?
2.Which of our species are considered precocial? |
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Definition
1.An animal that is precocial does not require a lot of care after it is born. It can leave the nest right after it is born.
2.Canada Goose |
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Definition
| Rabies is an infectous disease of animals that is transmitted through the saliva (spit) of animals during a bite. |
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1.What does the term piebald mean?
2.Which of our species can be piebald? |
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Definition
1.Piebald animals have patches of black, white and other colors.
2.The whitetail deer. |
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1.What does the term mustelid mean?
2.Which of our species is considered a mustelid? |
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Definition
1. Animals usually having long, slender bodies, short legs, and well-developed anal scent glands. The pelts of many mustelids have been important for use in clothing. Weasels, skunks, badgers, wolverines, ferrets, mink, martens, and otters are mustelids.
2.The striped skunk |
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1.What does the term dichromatic mean?
2.Which of our species is dichromatic? |
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Definition
1.An animal that is only able to see 2 different colors.
2.The screech owl, |
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Term
1.What is a cavity nester?
2.Which of our species is a cavity nester? |
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Definition
1.A cavity nester is a bird that lays their eggs in cavities or holes.
2.Eastern Bluebird, screech owl, |
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1.What does the term arboreal mean?
2.Which of our species that is not a bird is considered arboreal? |
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Definition
1.Living in trees.
2.The Southern Flying Squirrel |
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Term
| 1.What are some other names for the woodchuck? |
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Definition
| 1.Groundhog, marmot, whistle pig, monax |
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| Which of our species is considered a waterfowl? |
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Definition
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