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Order Didelphimorphia
OPOSSUMS
-Only Marsupial |
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Order Insectivora
SHREWS
-Echolocation
-Venomous Saliva |
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Order Insectivora
MOLES
-Keeled Sternum |
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Order Chiroptera
MORMOOPID BATS
-Echolocate
-Aerial insectivores |
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Order Chiroptera
LEAF NOSED BATS
-Echolocate |
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Order Chiroptera
EVENING BATS
-Largest family of bats
-Echolocate |
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Order Chiroptera
FREE TAILED/MASTIFF/BONNET BATS
-Large colonies
-Echolocate
-Westerns migrate/Easterns Don't |
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Order Xenarthra
ARMADILLOS
-Only one in N.A.
-Epidermis over bony plates
-Quadruplets from single ovum |
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Order Carnivora
CATS
-shortened rostrum
-retractile claws |
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Order Carnivora
WOLVES/COYOTES/DOGS/FOXES/JACKAL/DINGO
-Long Rostrum
-Most Cursorial |
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Order Carnivora
MARTEN/FISHER/WEASEL/MINK/WOLVERINE/BADGER/OTTER
-Most diverse group of carnivores |
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Order Carnivora
SKUNKS
-Omnivorous |
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Definition
Order Carnivora
RACCOON/RINGTAIL/COATI
-Omnivorous |
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Definition
Order Carnivora
BEARS
-Plantigrade/Ambulatory
-6 to 7 month delayed implantation
-Polar Bear strictly carnivorous |
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Order Carnivora
WALRUS
-Upper canines tusks in males and females
-One species |
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Order Carnivora
EARED SEALS
-abundant underfur |
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Order Carnivora
EARLESS SEALS
-no underfur |
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Order Rodentia
MOUNTAIN BEAVER
-coprophagy
-1 species |
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Order Rodentia
POCKET GOPHERS
-Keeled sternum |
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Order Rodentia
POCKET MICE/KANGAROO MICE&RATS
-Nocturnal
-Bipedal |
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Definition
Order Rodentia
BEAVER
-2nd largest rodent/ large in N.A.
-1 Sp in N.A. |
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Order Rodentia
MICE/RATS/HAMST/VOLES/LEMMING/MOLE RAT/GERBIL, ETC
-Largest family (28%) |
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Order Rodentia
Jumping Mice |
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Order Rodentia
PORCUPINES
-2nd largest rodent |
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Order Lagomorpha
RABBITS/HARES
-rabbit=altricial
-hare=precocial |
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Order Sirenia
MANATEES
-completely aquatic herbivorous
-indefinite number of molars |
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Definition
Order Perissodactyla
FERAL HORSES/BURROS |
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Definition
Order Artiodactyla
WILD BOAR
-tusks from upper canines
-1 introduced sp. |
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Definition
Order Artiodactyla
JAVELINA |
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Order Artiodactyla
ELK/DEER/MOOSE/CARIBOU
-antlers shed annually |
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Order Artiodactyla
PRONGHORN
-endemic to N.A.
-Fastest land animal in new world |
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Order Artiodactyla
BISON/MTN GOAT/MUSKOX/MTN SHEEP
-4 chamber ruminant stomachs |
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