Final Flashcards
Epidemic
a. A wide spread occurrence of a disease in a community caused by a non-endemic virus disease or a breakdown with a host relationship
Superfecundation
a. the fertilization of two or more ova discharged at the same ovulation by successive acts of copulation; kittens fully related to mother, may or may not be related to relative male
Pelage
a. Hair, fur, wool or other soft coverings of an animal’s body; coloration and markings
Disruptive coloration
bold patterns of paler ground color
Tapetum lucidum
a. reflective layer of cells behind the rods and cones of the retina
b. acts as a mirror that reflects incoming light back on to the sensory cells that results in a brighter image with reduced resolution.
Crypsis
a. coloration matches the general habitat
Vibrissae
a. whiskers; specialized touch-sensitive hairs (approximately 24).
Vemeronasal Organ
a. Jacobson’s Organ
b. Small pit behind upper incisors
c. Responsible for flehmen response/excellent sense of smell
Morbidity
a. the condition of having a disease
Estrus
a. the period of receptivity to mating and is linked with the production of estrodial produced by the ovarian
Carnassials
a. the large upper premolar and lower molar teeth of a carnivore that are adapted for shearing flesh
Control methods of wild felids
a. Poison collars—can kill many other animals in the ecosystem
b. Hunting—may kill animals other than the “problem animal”
c. Translocation—stressful on the animal and doesn’t guarantee that they won’t come back
Mortality
a. The state of being subject to death
Anthropogenic threat
a. Legal hunting and trapping
b. Poaching
c. Problem animal control
d. Car accidents
e. Disease spread from domestic felids
What niches do cats occupy?
a. Cursorial
b. Piscivores
c. Arboreal Specialist
