Mammal Appearances (old)

Question 1

Higher taxonomy

Answer 1

Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Class Mammalia

Question 2

Nine-Banded Armadillo

Answer 2

Easily recognizable in skin and skull

Question 3

Virginia opossum

Answer 3

Possesses thumbs on rear feet, skull has 50 teeth and a pronounced sagittal crest

Question 4

Short-tailed shrew

Answer 4

possesses a longer tail than the other shrew. red tipped teeth

Question 5

Least shrew

Answer 5

smaller than short-tailed, but may be used to trick you. remember, short-tailed shrew TAIL is LONGER. red tipped teeth

Question 6

Southern mole

Answer 6

skin is recognizable by claws. skull has small zygomatic arch, long rostrum, bulbous cranium

Question 8

Northern yellow bat

Answer 8

yellow colored skin. white vampire incisors

Question 8

Free-tailed bat

Answer 8

webbing stretches partial length of tail. white vampire incisors

Question 9

Marsh rabbit

Answer 9

brown tail

Question 10

Cottontail rabbit

Answer 10

bicolor tail with white on bottom

Question 11

Gray squirrel

Answer 11

thin body, not melanistic in fl

Question 12

Eastern fox squirrel

Answer 12

black cap, white nose, melanistic. 4 foot pads

Question 13

Southern flying squirrel

Answer 13

skin flaps

Question 14

Southeastern pocket gopher

Question 15

Oldfield deermouse

Question 16

Cotton deermouse

Question 17

Florida deermouse

Question 18

Golden mouse

Question 19

Marsh rice rat

Question 20

Woodland vole

Question 21

Hispid cotton rat

Question 22

Eastern wood rat

Question 23

Round-tailed muskrat

Question 24

House mouse

Question 25

Roof rat

Question 26

Norway rat

Question 27

American Beaver

Question 28

Nutria

Question 29

Red fox

Question 30

Gray fox

Question 31

Coyote

Question 32

Northern raccoon

Question 33

American black bear

Question 34

Long-tailed weasel

Question 35

American mink

Question 36

Northern river otter

Question 37

Striped skunk

Question 38

Eastern spotted skunk

Question 39

Bobcat

Question 40

Florida panther

Question 41

White-tailed deer

Question 42

Feral hog

Question 43

West Indian Manatee

Question 44

Bottlenose dolphin

Question 45

southeastern bat

Answer 45

webbing stretches entire length of tail. look for white incisors pointing out, like a vampire