Lab Exam

Question 1

Name the 2 red listed species in the family of Rabbits and Hares and where they are found.

Answer 1

• Snowshoe Hare: Fraser Valley, found in coniferous or mixed forests
• White-tailed Jackrabbit: Okanagan, found in grasslands and shrub stepes

Question 2

Name the 1 red listed species in the family of Pikas and where they are found

Answer 2

• Common Pika: Chilcotin plateau, found on talus slopes in mountainous areas

Question 3

Name the 4 red-listed species in the Squirrel family and where they are found

Answer 3

• Vancouver Island Marmot: Vancouver Island, found in clear cuts, used to be on herbaceous slopes
• Least Chipmunk: Eastern BC, not super south, found in Alpine Tundra and subalpine parkland
• Red-tailed Chipmunk: South Eastern BC, on border, found in rocky mountain subalpine parklands
• Northern Pocket Gopher: South East BC (Creston), found in deep soils, along streams or in cultivated fields

Question 4

Name 2 red listed species in the sub-family of voles and lemming

Answer 4

• Red-backed Vole: Fraser Valley, found in moist coniferous forests
• Townsend’s Vole: Triangle Island, found in sedges, and tall grasses

Question 5

Name a non-listed species in the sub family of North American Rats and Mice and a cranial characteristic of this sub-family

Answer 5

• Black-rat: has 2 rows of tubercles

Question 6

Name a non-listed species of the sub-family of Old World Rats and Mice and give a cranial characteristic of this sub-family

Answer 6

• Bushy-tailed Woodrat: has 3 rows of tubercles

Question 7

Name 2 red listed species of the family of Shrew’s and where they are found

Answer 7

• Pacific water shrew: Fraser valley, found in closed canopy coniferous forests
• Water shrew: Vancouver Island, found on edges of streams and wetlands.

Question 8

Give a cranial characteristic of the family Jumping Mice

Answer 8

infraorbital opening on side of rostrum, upper incisors grooved!

Question 9

Give a cranial characteristic of the family Pocket Mouse

Answer 9

Large auditory bullae, infraorbital opening on side of rostrum

Question 10

Give a cranial characteristic of the family Beavers

Answer 10

Extended cheek bone, ear holes pointed up

Question 11

Give a cranial characteristic of the family New World Porcupines

Answer 11

Large infraorbital foreman

Question 12

Give a cranial characteristic of the family New World Opossum

Answer 12

Unique skull, 50+ teeth

Question 13

Give a cranial characteristic of the sub-family voles, lemmings and muscrats

Answer 13

Teeth closed triangles

Question 14

Give a cranial characteristic of the family Mountain Beaver

Answer 14

Projections on cheek teeth

Question 15

Give an example of a Newt

Answer 15

Rough-skinned Newt: orange belly

Question 16

Family Pacific Giant Salamander, give a distinguishing feature and where is this found?

Answer 16

• Brown with black splotches, pointed nose compared to tiger salamander,
• Fraser Valley

Question 17

Name 2 non listed species of mole salamanders

Answer 17

• Long-toed Salamander: stripe may be broken, speckled belly
• North Western Salamander: LARGE robust body
• • Distinct Costal Grooves for Mole Salamanders

Question 18

Name a red-listed species of mole salamander and where is it found?

Answer 18

Blotched-tiger Salamander: blunt nose, found in the Okanagan

Question 19

Name 4 species of lungless salamanders

Answer 19

Western Redback: SOLID stripe down back, with clean edges
Coeur d’Alene: Edges of stripe on back are not clean
Wandering: Dark with green blotches
Ensatina: Whiteish or yellowish belly
– All have distinct costal grooves and nasolabial grooves

Question 20

Name 3 red listed species in the Turtle family and where they are found

Answer 20

Western Pond Turtle: Fraser Valley, found in marshes and ponds with muddy bottoms
Painted Turtle: Southern BC, East to west, found in ponds or marshes with muddy bottoms
Leatherback: Vancouver Island or other islands, deep marine animal

Question 21

Name 2 red listed species in the True Frog family and where they are found

Answer 21

• Leopard Frog: Eastern BC, found in wetland habitats, or along streams
• Oregon Spotted Frog: Fraser Valley, found in marshes next to forest

Question 22

Name a red listed species in the Horned Lizard family and where they are found

Answer 22

• Short-horned Lizard: Okanagan, found in light deserts, or sagebrush forests

Question 23

Name 3 red listed species in the Colubrid family and where they are found

Answer 23

• Sharp-tailed snake: Vancouver Island, woodland or cool moist forests
• Desert Night Snake: Okanagan, sandy rocky habitats
• Gopher Snake: Okanagan, dry grasslands

Question 24

Name 2 red listed species in the Falconiiformes family and where they are found

Answer 24

• Northern Goshawk: Vancouver Island, found in mature coniferous forests
• Peregrine Falcon: Okanagan, Fraser Valley, found in cliffy habitats

Question 25

Name 3 red listed species in the Strigiformes family and where they are found

Answer 25

• Spotted Owl: Fraser Valley, found in old growth coniferous forests
• Burrowing Owl: Okanagan, found in grassland ecosystems
• Western Screech-Owl: Okanagan, found in deciduous riparian habitat

Question 26

Name 3 red listed species in the PICIFORMES family and where they are found

Answer 26

• White-headed Woodpecker: South Okanagan, found in old growth ponderosa pine stands
• Lewis’ Woodpecker: Southern BC, found in riparian woodlands, and open ponderosa pine stands
• Williams Sapsucker: South East BC (Cranbrook, on border), found in mature old growth coniferous stands

Question 27

Name 1 red listed species in the family PODICEPEDIFORMES and where they are found

Answer 27

• Western Grebe: Okanagan and Fraser Valley, found nesting in vegetation around lakes and in sheltered bays or inlets in winter

Question 28

Name 1 species in the CHARADRIIFORMES family and where they are found

Answer 28

• Marbled Murrelet: All along BC Coast, found nesting in old growth forests