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Lab Practical 1 Flashcards

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(coyote)

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Canis latrans

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheris

Order: Carnivora

Family: Canidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Canis latrans (coyote)?

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Range: All of North America except northernmost portions of Canada

Habitat: Praires, bushy areas, and wooded edges

Feeding habits: opportunistic: most scavenges, shrews, squirrels, voles, mice, rabbits, hares, muskrats, porcupines, deer, moose, fish, birds, snakes, frogs, insects

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Canis lupus (gray wolf)?

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Range: Roams over most of Canada and Alaska

Habitat: Tundra, mountains, praires, forests

Feeding habits: pack hunting large prey, white tailed deer, moose, beavers, rabbits, squirrels, mice

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Gray wolf

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Canis lupus

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Canidae

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(red fox)

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Vulpes vulpes

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Canidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Vulpes vulpes (red fox)?

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Range: Canada and most of US (excluding western states)

Habitat: open country with reliable cover, forest-field edges, brushy fencelines, wooded borders of streams or lakes

Feeding habits: Opportunistic, solitary hunters, uses acute hearing and seen of smell to locate prey, stalking behavior, pounces; rabbits, squirrels, mice, voles, ground-nesting birds

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(gray fox)

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Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Canidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Urocyon cinereoargenteus (gray fox)?

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Range: North America; great lakes mark northernmost part of range

Habitat: woodlands, farm fields, wooded swamps, bottomland forests, woods

Feeding habits: climbs trees to search for prey: cottontail, voles, squirrels, mice, birds, grasshoppers, crayfish

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(striped skunk)

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Mephitis mephitis

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheris

Order: Carnivora

Family: Mephitidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Mephitis mephitis (striped skunk)?

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Range: Atlantic to Pacific from Northern Mexico to Hudson Bay (all of US and southern parts of Canada)

Habitat: mix of forests, fields, wooded ravines, suburbs, areas of dense cultivation

Feeding habits: Opportunistic, primarily insectivorous (beetles, crickets, grasshoppers), corn, fruits, small mammals (voles) in winter

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(raccoon)

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Procyon lotor

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Procyonidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Procyon lotor (raccoon)?

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Range: Central and North America (Panama to southern Canada)

Habitat: in/near wooded areas, near streams or ponds, hardwood forests

Feeding habits: omnivore

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(kinkajou)

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Potos flavus

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Procyonidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Potos falvus (kinkajou)?

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Range: southern Central America-northern South America

Habitat: Jungle

Feeding habits: Frugivore

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(ringtail)

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Bassariscus astutus

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Procyonidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Bassariscus astutus (ringtail)?

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Range: Southwest US and north/central Mexico

Habitat: rocky habitats associated with water: riparian canyons, caves, mineshafts

Feeding habits: Mostly carnivorous, does eat fruits

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(black bear)

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Ursus americanus

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Ursidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Ursus americanus (black bear)?

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Range: Northern US/Southern Canada

Habitat: Forested areas: coniferous or deciduous woods, upland forests and swampy woods

Feeding habits: Carnivorous but also eats grub and fruit/plants

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(brown bear)

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Ursus arctos

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Ursidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Ursus arctos (brown bear)?

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Range: Northern Eurasia and northern North America

Habitat: Arctic/Tundra areas: forests

Feeding habits: omnivorous

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(Polar bear)

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Ursus maritimus

Class: Mammalis

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Ursidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Ursus maritimus (Polar bear)?

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Range: Arctic region surrounding North Pole; nearctic, palearctic, arctic ocean

Habitat: terrestiral: packed ice or arctic ocean

Feeding habits: carnivore

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(northern fur seal)

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Callorhinus ursinus

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Otariidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Callorhinus ursinus (Northern fur seal)?

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Range: Arctic and Pacific oceans

Habitat: saltwater/marine

Feeding habits: Opportunistic carnivore (piscivore, mulluscivore)

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(California sea lion)

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Zalophus californianus

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Otariidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Zalophus califorianus (California sea lion)?

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Range: Nearctic and Pacific ocean

Habitat: temperate saltwater/marine

Feeding habits: Carnivore (piscivore, molluscivore)

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(Mountain lion)

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Puma concolor

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Felidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Puma concolor (Mountain lion)?

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Range: coast to coast in North America, south to Argentina

Habitat: temperate terrestrial

Feeding habits: carnivorous

29
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(Canadian lynx)

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Lynx canadensis

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Felidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Lynx canadensis (Canadian lynx)?

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Range: northern parts of North Ameriaca

Habitat: tundra, coniferous forests

Feeding habits: Carnivorous

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(Bobcat)

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Lynx rufus

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Felidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Lynx rufus (Bobcat)?

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Range: Southern Canada to southern Mexico

Habitat: hardwood/coniferous/riparian forests

Feeding habits: Carnivorous

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(Marten)

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Martes americana

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Mustelidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Martens americana (Marten)?

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Range: Forests of Canada; Rockies of US: Nearctic

Habitat: Temperate forests; coniferous forests

Feeding habits: Carnivore (eats some fruits)

35
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(Fisher)

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Martes pennanti

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Mustelidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Martes pennanti (Fisher)?

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Range: Across Canada and portions of Northern US

Habitat: Dense coniferous forests

Feeding habits: Carnivore but eats some fruit

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(Ermine/short-tailed weasel)

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Mustela erminea

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Mustelidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Mustela erminea (Ermine/short-tailed weasel)?

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Range: Boreal regions of Asia, Europe, North America

Habitat: Forests, riparian woodlands

Feeding habits: Carnivorous

39
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(Least weasel)

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Mustela nivalis

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Mustelidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Mustela nivalis (Least weasel)?

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Range: Northern Europe, Asia, North America

Habitat: generalist: fields, pastures, riparian edges, open woodlots, forest

Feeding habits: Carnivorous

41
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(Long-tailed weasel)

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Mustela frenata

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Mustelidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Mustela frenata (Long-tailed weasel)?

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Range: Canada to South America

Habitat: Forest-field edges, wooded areas, forests

Feeding habits: Carnivorous

43
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(Mink)

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Neovison vison

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Mustelidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Neovison vison (mink)?

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Range: US and Canada

Habitat: Brush near streams/ponds/lakes, temperate, marsh

Feeding habits: Carnivorous

45
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(Wolverine)

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Gulo gulo

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutherian

Order: Carnivora

Family: Mustelidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Gulo gulo (wolverine)?

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Range: North America, Northern Eurasia

Habitat: Tundra and boreal forests

Feeding habits: Mostly carnivorous; omnivorous

47
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(Badger)

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Taxidea taxus

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Mustelidae

48
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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Taxidae taxus (badger)?

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Range: Great plains region of US

Habitat: dry open grasslands, fields, pastures, temperate

Feeding habits: Carnivorous

49
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(River otter)

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Lontra canadensis

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Mustelidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Lontra canadensis (River otter)?

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Range: most of Canada and US

Habitat: Riparian

Feeding habits: Carnivore (piscivore)

51
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(Virginia opossum)

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Didelphis virginiana

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Metatheria

Order: Didelphimorphia

Familly: Didelphidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Didelphis virginiana (Virginia opossum)?

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Range: Central America and US

Habitat: Deciduous woods, semiopen countryside, brush

Feeding habits: Omnivore

53
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(Eastern cottontail)

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Sylvilagus floridanus

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Lagomorpha

Family: Leporidae

54
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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Sylvilagus floridanus (eastern cottontail)?

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Range: US east of Rockies into Central America

Habitat: Edge environments between woody vegetation; temperate forest

Feeding habits: Herbivore (folivore)

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(Snowshoe hare)

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Lepus americanus

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Lagomorpha

Family: Leporidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Lepus americanus (Snowshoe hare)?

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Range: Canada, Northern US

Habitat: Heavily forested areas and dense underbrush

Feeding habits: Herbivore (folivore)

57
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(Moose)

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Alces alces

Class: Mammalia

Sublcass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Artiodactyla

Family: Cervidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Alces alces (Moose)?

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Range: Northern North America (Canada), Northern Europe and Asia

Habitat: Forested areas

Feeding habits: Herbivore (folivore)

59
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(Elk)

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Cervus elaphus

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Artiodactyla

Family: Cervidae

60
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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Cervus elaphus (elk)?

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Range: West US/Canada (Rockies)

Habitat: Open woodlands, aspen hardwood forests

Feeding habits: Herbivore (folivore, lignivore)

61
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(White-tailed deer)

A

Odocoileus virginianus

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Artiodactyla

Family: Cervidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Odocoileus virginianus (White-tailed deer)?

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Range: Central Canada to South America

Habitat: Dense thickets and edges; forests; grassland

Feeding habits: Herbivore

63
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(American Bison)

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Bison bison

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Artiodactyla

Family: Bovidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Bison bison (American bison)?

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Range: Alaska to northern Mexico

Habitat: Grasslands, open woodlands

Feeding habits: Herbivore (folivore)

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