Lab Test 2 Flashcards
1
Q
How many species are in Order Carnivora?
A
271
2
Q
How many Carnivora species are marine?
A
37
3
Q
About how many carnivora species are native to Oklahoma?
A
More than 20
4
Q
How many Carnivora families are native to Oklahoma?
A
6
5
Q
This Carnivora family contains coyotes and foxes
A
Canidae
6
Q
What are the three Canidae species that are native to Oklahoma?
A
Coyote, red fox, grey fox
7
Q
What is the scientific name of the coyote?
A
Canis latrans
8
Q
What is the scientific name of the red fox?
A
Vulpes fulva
9
Q
What is the scientific name of the grey fox?
A
Urocyon cinereoargentus
10
Q
This Carnivora family contains bears
A
Ursidae
11
Q
What is the only Ursidae species native to Oklahoma?
A
Black bear
12
Q
What is the scientific name of the black bear?
A
Ursus americana
13
Q
This Carnivora family contains raccoons
A
Procyonidae
14
Q
What is the only Procyonidae species native to Oklahoma?
A
Raccoon
15
Q
What is the scientific name of the raccoon?
A
Procyon lotor
16
Q
This Carnivora family contains mink and weasels
A
Mustelidae
17
Q
What are three Mustelidae species native to Oklahoma?
A
Mink, American badger, northern river otter
18
Q
What is the scientific name of the mink?
A
Mustela vison
19
Q
What is the scientific name of the American badger?
A
Taxidea taxus
20
Q
What is the scientific name of the northern river otter?
A
Lontra canadensis
21
Q
This Carnivora family contains skunks
A
Mephitidae
22
Q
What Mephitidae species is native to Oklahoma?
A
Striped skunk
23
Q
What is the scientific name of the striped skunk?
A
Mephitis mephitis
24
Q
This Carnivora family contains cats
A
Felidae
25
What Felidae species is native to Oklahoma?
Bobcat
26
What is the scientific name of the bobcat?
Lynx rufus
27
This mammal order contains even-toed ungulates
Cetartiodactyla
28
What are five Cetartiodactyla species native to Oklahoma?
White-tailed deer; Moose; Feral hog; American bison; Pronghorn
29
What is the scientific name of the white-tailed deer?
Odocoileus virginianus
30
What is the scientific name of the moose?
Alces alces
31
What is the scientific name of the feral hog?
Sus scrofa
32
What is the scientific name of the American bison?
Bison bison
33
What is the scientific name of the pronghorn?
Antilocapra americana
34
This is the largest order of mammals
Rodentia
35
How many families are in Order Rodentia?
28
36
How many species are in Order Rodentia?
Over 2000
37
These are the only regions where Rodentia are absent
Extreme polar regions
38
This Rodentia family contains beaver
Castoridae
39
How many species of beaver are there globally?
2
40
These are the second largest rodents
Beavers
41
What is the anterior of beaver incisors made of?
Enamel
42
What is the posterior of beaver incisors made of?
Bone
43
What species of Castoridae is native to Oklahoma?
American beaver
44
What is the scientific name of the American beaver?
Castor canadensis
45
This Rodentia family contains chipmunks, squirrels, and woodchucks
Sciuridae
46
How many Sciuridae species are in North America?
66
47
Are Sciuridae mostly nocturnal or mostly diurnal?
Mostly diurnal
48
What are three Sciuridae groups that are not arboreal?
Woodchucks, chipmunks, prairie dogs
49
Do Sciuridae hibernate?
No
50
Sciuridae have strong incisors to feed on these four foods
Nuts, fruits, bark, buds
51
What are five Sciuridae species native to Oklahoma?
Eastern chipmunk; Eastern grey squirrel; Eastern fox squirrel; Woodchuck; Black-tailed prairie dog
52
What is the scientific name of the eastern chipmunk?
Tamias striatus
53
What is the scientific name of the eastern grey squirrel?
Sciurus carolinensis
54
What is the scientific name of the eastern fox squirrel?
Sciurus niger
55
What is the scientific name of the woodchuck?
Marmota monax
56
What is the scientific name of the black-tailed prairie dog?
Cynomys ludovicianus
57
This Rodentia family contains gophers
Geomyidae
58
Gophers have these for food storage
External fur-lined cheek pouches
59
What type of soils do gophers prefer?
Sandy, loamy soils
60
What parts of Oklahoma do gophers live in?
Central and western Oklahoma
61
What Geomyidae species is native to Oklahoma?
Plains pocket gopher
62
What is the scientific name of the plains pocket gopher?
Geomys bursarius
63
This Rodentia family includes New World mice, deer mice, hispid cotton rats, woodrats and voles
Cricetidae
64
What are five Cricetidae species native to Oklahoma?
Deer mouse; Hispid cotton rat; Southern plains woodrat; Prairie vole; Muskrat
65
What is the scientific name of the deer mouse?
Peromyscus maniculatus
66
What is the scientific name of the hispid cotton rat?
Sigmodon hispidus
67
What is the scientific name of the Southern Plains woodrat?
Neotoma micropus
68
What is the scientific name of the prairie vole?
Microtus ochrogaster
69
What is the scientific name of the muskrat?
Ondatra zibethicus
70
This Rodentia family contains only New World rats
Heteromyidae
71
What do Heteromyidae have for food storage?
External fur-lined cheek pouches
72
Are Heteromyidae nocturnal or diurnal?
Nocturnal
73
Are Heteromyidae bipedal or quadrupedal?
Bipedal
74
Heteromyidae are adapted to this type of habitat
Arid/semiarid habitat with sandy soils
75
What parts of Oklahoma do Heteromyidae live in?
Central and western Oklahoma
76
What is a Heteromyidae species found in Oklahoma?
Ord's kangaroo rat
77
What is the scientific name of the Ord's kangaroo rat?
Dipodomys ordii
78
What is the range of the Ord's kangaroo rat?
Canada to central Mexico
79
This Rodentia family contains Old World mice
Muridae
80
About what percent of all mammal species are in Family Muridae?
25%
81
Are Muridae native to Australia?
Yes
82
What is a Muridae species found in Oklahoma?
House mouse
83
What is the scientific name of the house mouse?
Mus musculus
84
This Rodentia family contains porcupines
Hystricidae
85
What Hystricidae species is native to Oklahoma?
Porcupine
86
What is the scientific name of the porcupine?
Erethizon dorsatum
87
This technique is used to estimate animal population sizes
Mark-recapture
88
This is a type of population estimate
Lincoln-Peterson index
89
What are two assumptions in mark-recapture population estimates?
No immigration/emigration occurred between first and second captures; No recruitment of new individuals occurred between captures
90
What is the calculation for mark-recapture?
N = (N1)(N2)/R
91
What does N stand for in the mark-recapture calculation?
Population size
92
What does N1 stand for in the mark-recapture technique calculation?
Number of captures in first sample
93
What does N2 stand for in the mark-recapture technique calculation?
Number of captures in second sample
94
What does R stand for in the mark-recapture technique calculation?
Number of recaptures in second sample
95
These two canids species have 2 lateral crests on the top of their skulls
Red fox and grey fox
96
This carnivore species has a nondescript skull with no defining characteristics
Raccoon
97
This carnivore species has a perpendicular rear molar
Mink
98
This carnivore species has two sharp processes on the skull
River otter
99
This carnivore species has a long, straight, smooth rostrum
Striped skunk
100
This carnivore family has diverse dentition
Canidae
101
This rodent family has sharp processes on their skulls
Sciuridae
102
This rodent species has deeply grooved incisors
Plains pocket gopher
103
This rodent species has teeth with an S pattern
Hispid cotton rat
104
This rodent species has a very triangular skull
Ord's kangaroo rat
