lab quiz kangaroo Flashcards
orientation behaviors place the animal in..
its most favorable environment
taxis
animal moves toward or away from a stimulus
taxis is often exhibited when the stimulus is…
light, heat, moisture, sound or chemicals
agnostic behavior is exhibited when…
animals respond to each other by aggressive or submissive responses
mating behaviors may involve a…
complex series of activities that facilitate finding, courting, and mating with a member of the same species
during hot weather, kangaroos…..
lick their forearms which promotes heat loss by evaporation
group of kangaroos is called
a mob
how can a member of the mob send the rest of the mob into a wild rout:
they thump their tail on the ground in a signal of alarm
what is the largest male kangaroo called?
old man or boomer
what are female kangaroos called
flyer or doe
what tactic do kangaroos use to disembowel dogs and humans
they use their forepaws to grip the enemy while rocking back on their rails and swiftly dropping their huge clawed hind feet
ethology
study of animal behavior
how have kangaroos benefitted from human presence
hunters and pastoralists cleared large areas of forests and vegetation, opening the land up for large grazers.
3 most abundant species of kangaroo
eastern gray
western gray
red kangaroo
add up to tens of millions
red kangaroos: where are they found?
Australia’s interior grasslands
most powerful macropodid is the….
red kangaroo
red kangaroo: old male may attain
- a head and body length of ____
-a tail __ long
-and stand ___ long
1.5 m
1 m
2 m
red kangaroos: males can weigh __ kg but females are much smaller
90 kg
red kangaroos: males are usually ___ colored and females are _____
red; blue-gray
eastern grays: can grow up to ___ m
2.1
eastern gray males can weigh as much as ___ kg
90 kg
western grays are ___ and more ___ colored
stockier; brown
gray kangaroos can clear more than ___ meters and can attain a speed of ____ km/h.
9 m
55 km/h
the red kangaroo is easily distinguished by…
its longer arms, convex face, whitish underparts, prominent black/white whisker marks on the nuzzle, and bald path on the nose
what is the bald patch on the nose of a red kangaroo called
rhinarium
gray kangaroos are more ___ colored, and the nose is____.
uniformly
haired
