Animal Kingdom #1 Flashcards
Classification
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species (Animal, Cordate, Mammal, Primate, Hominoidea, Homo Sapiens, Human Being)
Tallest Animal
Giraffe
2nd Tallest Animal
Elephant
Fastest Animal
Cheetah
2nd Fastest animal
Pronghorn Antelope
Fastest 2-footed Animal
Ostrich
Longest living animal
Giant Tortoise
longest living mammal
Man
2nd longest living mammal
Elephant
Largest animal
Blue Whale
Toothless whale with two blowholes
Baleen
Whale with long flippers
Humpback
whale with unicorn-like projection
Narwal
Orc or orca
Killer whale
Deepest-diving whale
Sperm Whale
Lowest animal in food chain
Plankton
“Sea Cow”
Manatee
Manatee Relative
Dugong
Sea Lion, Seal, and Walrus family
Pinniped
Largest Pinniped
Elephant Seal
Male and female Pinniped which have tusks
Walrus
Largest Amphibian
Japanese Salamander
Number of hearts in an octopus
Three
Freshwater crustacean
Crayfish
Oyster, clam, and mussel class
Bivalves
Freshwater pearl source
Mussels
“blue point” bivalve
Oyster
“Cherrystone” bivalve
Mussels
stone and snow sea creatures
Crabs
Animal with largest eye
Giante Squid
Sea hedgehod
Sea urchin
Crab with one big leg
Fiddler Crab
Crab that uses a discarded shell
Hermit crab
Crab and scorpion family
Arthropod
Cone Gastropod
Snail
Best-swimming bear
Polar Bear
Larget bear
Polar and Kodiak Bears
Smallest bears
Sun Bear (SE Asia)
South America’s only bear
Speckled Bear
Animals of Australia
Marsupials
Eucalyptus-eating marsupial
Koala (not a bear)
North America’s only marsupial
Opossum
Baby Kangaroo
Joey
Kangaroo’s smaller relative
Wallaby
Marsupial with strongest jaws
Tasmanian Devil
“Hairy Nosed’ marsupial
Wombat
Symbol of the WWF
(Giant) panda
North American Panda Relative
Raccoon
South American Raccoon relative
Coati
Source of Mohair
Goat
Camelopard
Giraffe
Giraff’es smaller African relative
Okapi
Himalayan Ox
Yak
Woolly ox of Northern Canada and Greenland
Musk-ox
Long-horned European number of goat family
Ibex
Burchell’s animal
Zebra
Thompson’s animal
Gazelle
South African gazelle
springbok
World’s largest antelope
Eland
Gnu aka
Wildebeast
Ship of the Desert
Camel
1 humped camel
Dromedary
2-humped camel
Bactrian
South America’s largest member of the camel family
Llama
smallest member of the camel family
Vicuna (South America)
Llama relative raised for wool
Alpaca
World’s largest snake
python
Western Hemisphere’s largest snake
Anaconda
Adder and rattlesnake family
viper
Western Hemisphere’s largest pit viper
Bushmaster
Africa’s most lethal snake
Black Momba
Egyptian Cobra
Asp
World’s largest poisonous snake
King Cobra
Cobra killer
Mongoose
Suricate aka
Meerkat
Turtle shell
Carapace
World’s largest lizard
komodo dragon
Western Hemisphere’s largest lizard
Iguana
Smalled lizard ith suction cup feet
Gecko
Lizard of Galapagos islands
Marine Iquana
Venomous lizard of us southwest
gila monster
Great Apes
Gorillas, Chimps, Orangutans, bonobo
Two types of gorilla
Mountain and lowland
Dominant Male Gorilla
Silverback
Great ape of borneo and sumatra
Orangutan
Chimp’s close relative
Bonobo
Monkey of Madagascar
Lemur
Tailles macaques of gibralter
Barbary Apes
Monkey with red nose and blue cheeks
Mandrill
Borneo Monkey known for unusually large nose
Proboscis monkey
Asian monkey used in research
Rhesus monkey
Monkey that can be heard for several miles
Howler Monkey
Long-armed monkey with prehensile tail
Spider monkey
Long-armed ape of southest asia
Gibbon
Small new-world monkey
Marmoset
Smalled Monkey
Pigmy marmoset
Slow, hanging tree-dweller of south america
Sloth
Southern American long-snouted mammel
Tapir
South American fur-bearing rodent
Chinchilla
The hippopotamus’ smaller relative
Pygmy hippoptamus
only venomous mammel
Duck Billed Platypus
egg-laying mammals
Duck-billed platypus and spiny anteater
Flying mammal
Bat
Blood-sucking bat
Vampire Bat
Navigational method of bats
echo locations
African cat-like mammal
Civet
“Golden” African predator
Golden Jackal
Spotted “Laughing” Carnivore
Hyena
World’s largest rodent
Capybara
North America’s Largest Rodent
Beaver
“Golden” chubby-cheeked rodent
Golden Hamster
Arboreal Rodent
Squirrel
Rodent from Mongolia
Gerbil
“Suicidal” rodent from Antarctica
Lemming
Ermine, Ferret, and Badger Family
Weasel
Largest member of deer family
Moose
Only deer family member with both sexes have horns
Caribou
Thompson’s graceful antelope
Gazelle
Prairie wolf
Coyote
Cow-like
Bovine
Goat-like
Hircine
Bear-like
Caprine or ursine
Fox-like
Vulpine
Sheep-like
Ovine
Pig-like
porcine
Caudal Vertebrae in animals
Tail