Animal Kingdom Flashcards
Suicidal rodent from Antarctica
Lemming
Fox-like
Vulpine
Navigational method of bats
Echo location
African cat-like mammal
Civet
“Golden” African predator
Golden Jackal
spotted “laughing” carnivore
Hyena
World’s largest rodent
Capybara
N. America’s largest rodent
Beaver
“Golden” chubby-cheeked rodent
Golden hamster
Flying mammal
Bat
Rodent from Mongolia
Gerbil
Only egg-laying mammals
Duckbilled platypus and spiny anteater (echidna)
Ermine ferret and badger family
Weasel
Largest member of the deer family
Moose
Only deer family member where both sexes have horns
Caribou
Graceful antelope
Gazelle
Prairie wolf
Coyote
Cow-like
Bovine
Goat-like
Hircine
Most common domesticated bird
chicken
Arboreal rodent
Squirrel
Long-armed monkey with prehensile tail
Spider monkey
Two types of Gorilla
Mountain and lowland
Dominant male gorilla
Silverback
Great ape of Borneo and Sumatra
Orangutan
Pan family of great apes
Chimpanzee
Chimpanzee’s closest relative
Bonobo
Monkey of Madagascar
Lemur
Tailless macaques of Gibralter
Barbary apes
Monkey with red nose and blue cheeks
Mandril
Blood-sucking bat
Vampire bat
Monkey that can be heard for several miles
Howler monkey
Wolf-like
Lupine
Long-armed ape of southeast Asia
Gibbon
Small new-world monkey
Marmoset
Smallest monkey
Pygmy marmoset
Slow hanging tree-dweller of S. America
Sloth
S. American long-snouted mammal
Tapir
S. American fur-bearing rodent
Chinchilla
The hippopotamus’ smaller relative
pygmy hippopotamus
Only venomous mammal
Duckbilled platypus
Asian monkey used in research
Rhesus monkey
“Scarlet” parrot
Macaw
Bear-like
Ursine
Golden and bald type of bird
Eagle
Bird that mimics other birds
Mocking bird
Ruby-throated bird; only bird that can fly backwards
Hummingbird
Smallest bird
Bee hummingbird
S. American Vulture
Andean condor
S. American bird with largest bill
Toucan
“Laughing jackass” of Australia
Kookaburra
Sandhill and whooping birds
Cranes
Largest member of crow family
Raven
Trumpeter - mute - coscoroba and whistling
Swans
Purple-black Asian bird that mimics humans
Mynah bird
Yellow songbird
Gold finch
Downy duck that can dive to 180 feet
Eider
Black-footed and red-footed sea bird
Booby
Arizona bird that can run 15 miles per hour
Roadrunner
Sacred Egyptian bird
Ibis
Mythical bird that rose from the ashes
Phoenix
Levels of Animal Classifaction
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
Shangri-la bird
Bird of paradise
Name for New Zealand flightless bird and native fruit
Kiwi
Sheep-like
Ovine
Pig-like
Porcine
Group of rabbits
Warren
Group of moose
Lodge
Caudal vertebrae in animals
Tail
The Study of Birds
Ornithology
Largest bird with largest eggs (flightless)
Ostrich
Large flightless South American bird
Rhea
Redwing and grackle birds
Blackbirds
Fastest bird
Peregrine falcon
Lizard of Galapagos Islands
Marine Iguana
Adelie; emperor; and king bird
Penguine
Snow; Canadian; and blue breeds
Geese
North Atlantic “sea-parrot”
Puffin
Brown and white “Fishhawk” bird
Osprey
Nocturnal singing bird
Nightingale
Only North American bird that hibernates
Whippoorwill
North America’s most common dove
Mourning dove
“Gooney bird” unlucky to sailors
Albatross
Large flightless Australian bird
Emu
Freshwater pearl source
Mussels
Great apes
Gorillas; chimpanzees; orangutans
“Sea Cow”
Manatee
Manatee relative
Dugon
Sea Lion; seal and walrus family
Pinniped
Male and female pinniped which have tusks
Walrus
“Mud puppy” and “hellbender”
Salamanders
Largest amphibian
Japanese salamander
Number of hearts in an octopus
Three
Deepest-diving whale
Sperm whale
Oyster; clam; and mussel species
Bivalves
Orc or orca
Killer whale
“Bluepoint” bivalve
Oyster
“Cherrystone” bivalve
Clam
Stone and snow sea creatures
Crabs
Animal with largest eye
Giant Squid
Sea hedgehog
Sea urchin
Crab with one giant claw
Fiddler crab
Crab that uses a discarded shell
Hermit crab
Crab and scorpion family
Arthropod
Freshwater crustacean
Crayfish (crawdad)
World’s second-fastest animal
Pronghorn antelope
Example of a Kingdom (bio classification)
Animal
Example of a Phylum (bio classification)
Cordate
Example of a Class (bio classification)
Mammal
Example of a Order (bio classification)
Primate
Example of a Family (bio classification)
Hominoidea
Example of a Genus (bio classification)
Homo
Example of a Species (bio classification)
Homo Sapiens
World’s tallest animal
Giraffe
Lowest animal in food chain
plankton
World’s fastest animal
Cheetah
Largest bears
Polar and Kodiak bears
World’s fasted two footed animal
Ostrich
Longest living animal
Giant tortoise
Longest living mammal
Man
Second logest living mammal
Elephant
Largest living animal
Blue Whale
Toothless Whale with two blowholes
Baleen
Whale with long flippers
Humpback
Whale with unicorn like projection
Narwhal
World’s second-tallest animal
Elephant
Adder and rattlesnake family
Vipers
Gnu
Wildebeest
“Ship of the desert”
Camel
One-humped camel
Dromedary
Two-humped camel
Bactrian
Smallest member of camel family
Vicuna (S. America)
South America’s largest member of camel family
Llama
Llama relative raised for wool
Alpaca
Narrow-snouted crocodile of Asia
Gavial