Genus species Lab 6 Flashcards by Megan Elliott

Q

Meadow jumping mouse

A

Zapus hudsonius

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Western jumping mouse

A

Zapus princeps

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

A

Erethizon dorsatum

Common porcupine

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

A

Rattus norvegicus

Norway rat

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

A

Mus musculus

House mouse

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

A

Neotoma cinerea

Bushy-tailed woodrat

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

A

Ondatra zibethicus

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

A

Castor canadensis

American beaver

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Olive-backed pocket mouse

A

Perognathus fasciatus

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

A

Dipodomys ordii

Ord’s kangaroo rat

Mounted specimen

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

A

Thomomys talpoides

Northern pocket gopher

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Least chipmunk

A

Tamias minimus

Round nose, smallest of chipmunks

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Yellow-pin chipmunk

A

Tamias amoenus

Weird tail…

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

A

Marmota monax

Woodchuck or groundhog

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

A

Marmota flaviventris

Yellow-bellied marmot

White patch on nose; yellow-red belly

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

A

Marmota caligata

Hoary marmot

Red tail, striped rear, white front

Q

Columbian ground squirrel

A

Spermophilus columbianus

Yellow on arms, red nose

Q

Richardson’s ground squirrel

A

Spermophilus richardsonii

Q

A

Spermophilus tridecemlineatus

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel

Q

Franklin’s ground squirrel

A

Spermophilus franklinii

Yellow/red at rear

Q

A

Spermophilus lateralis

Golden-mantled ground squirrel

Grey with black stripes down side

Q

A

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Red squirrel

Q

A

Glaucomys sabrinus

Northern flying squirrel