Ch. 18 - Carnivora

Question 1

This order contains cats, dogs, bears, and seals

Answer 1

Order Carnivora

Question 2

How many families are in Order Carnivora?

Answer 2

12

Question 3

How many species are in Order Carnivora?

Answer 3

271

Question 4

Carnivores are highly specialized for this

Answer 4

Predation/meat consumption

Question 5

In carnivores, this muscle is well-developed

Answer 5

Masseter muscle

Question 6

Carnivores have this dentition in a posterior location

Answer 6

Carnassial dentition

Question 7

In carnivores, these are well-developed

Answer 7

Claws

Question 8

What three sensory functions are excellent in carnivores?

Answer 8

Hearing, smell, sight

Question 9

Carnivores are the most comprehensive predators on these

Answer 9

Other vertebrates

Question 10

This carnivore family includes the cats

Answer 10

Felidae

Question 11

Where are three areas where cats are not native?

Answer 11

Poles, Japan, Australia

Question 12

What are three cats that are not typically nocturnal?

Answer 12

Lions, cheetahs, leopards

Question 13

What is a cat species that is not solitary?

Answer 13

Lion

Question 14

What is a cat species that does not have retractable claws?

Answer 14

Cheetah

Question 15

How many teeth do cats typically have?

Answer 15

28-30

Question 16

What are six cat species found in the U.S.?

Answer 16

Mountain lion, bobcat, lynx, ocelot, jaguarundi, jaguar

Question 17

Where in North America are bobcats found?

Answer 17

Continent-wide

Question 18

Where in North America are lynx found?

Answer 18

Canada and the Rockies

Question 19

Where in the United States are ocelots found?

Answer 19

Texas and Arizona

Question 20

Where in the United States are jaguarundi found?

Answer 20

Rio Grande basin

Question 21

This carnivore family contains wolves and foxes

Answer 21

Canidae

Question 22

In canids, these are complex

Answer 22

Social systems

Question 23

Which canid species live in packs?

Answer 23

Larger species

Question 24

Which canid species are solitary?

Answer 24

Small species

Question 25

What are the three North American genera of canids?

Answer 25

Canis, Vulpes, Urocyon

Question 26

Which canid genus contains wolves and coyotes?

Answer 26

Canis

Question 27

Which canid genus contains red and kit-swift foxes?

Answer 27

Vulpes

Question 28

Which canid genus contains grey foxes?

Answer 28

Urocyon

Question 29

This carnivore family contains ringtails and raccoons

Answer 29

Procyonidae

Question 30

What two continents are procyonids exclusive to?

Answer 30

North and South America

Question 31

What feeding strategy do procyonids use?

Answer 31

Omnivory

Question 32

In what type of environment are procyonids usually found?

Answer 32

Arboreal

Question 33

How many species of procyonids are there?

Answer 33

18

Question 34

This carnivore family includes weasels, otters, mink and badgers

Answer 34

Mustelidae

Question 35

What are four mustelid species in Oklahoma?

Answer 35

Long-tailed weasel, river otter, American mink, and American badger

Question 36

What is the most diverse group of carnivores?

Answer 36

Mustelidae

Question 37

How many species of Mustelidae are there?

Answer 37

57

Question 38

In what hemisphere are most mustelids found?

Answer 38

Northern Hemisphere

Question 39

What are two characteristics of mustelid shape?

Answer 39

Long slender bodies and short appendages

Question 40

These give mustelids their name

Answer 40

Large anal scent glands

Question 41

Mustelids are important predators of these

Answer 41

Rodents

Question 42

What are three well-developed senses of mustelids?

Answer 42

Sight, hearing, smell

Question 43

This carnivore family includes bears

Answer 43

Ursidae

Question 44

These teeth are poorly developed in ursids

Answer 44

Carnassials

Question 45

What are two characteristics of ursid reproduction?

Answer 45

Spring breeding and delayed implantation

Question 46

Ursids experience this in winter

Answer 46

Lethargy

Question 47

These two ursid species are strongly herbivorous

Answer 47

Black and brown bears

Question 48

This ursid species is almost strictly carnivorous

Answer 48

Polar bears

Question 49

What animal makes up the majority of polar bear diets?

Answer 49

Seals

Question 50

This carnivore family includes skunks

Answer 50

Mephitidae

Question 51

Mephitids have these that contain potent musk

Answer 51

Anal scent glands

Question 52

What habitats are mephitids well adapted to?

Answer 52

Edge habitats

Question 53

Mephitids are usually solitary except during this

Answer 53

Communal denning

Question 54

What kind of diet do mephitids have?

Answer 54

Extremely diverse

Question 55

Mephitids are an important vector for this disease

Answer 55

Rabies

Question 56

This group of carnivores includes walruses and seals

Answer 56

Pinnipeds

Question 57

How many pinniped families are there?

Answer 57

3

Question 58

What are four examples of pinnipeds?

Answer 58

Walruses, sea lions, eared seals, and earless seals

Question 59

What are two features that keep pinnipeds warm?

Answer 59

Course pelage and thick blubber

Question 60

Where do pinnipeds breed and give birth?

Answer 60

On land

Question 61

Do pinnipeds have high dental diversity?

Answer 61

No

Question 62

Do pinnipeds have canines?

Answer 62

Yes

Question 63

These two senses are better underwater for pinnipeds

Answer 63

Eyesight and hearing