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Mammals Flashcards

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Order Monotremata

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Echidna and Platypus (egg laying)

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Australidelphia

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Kangaroos and Wallabies

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Ameridelphia

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Opposums

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4
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Didelphis virginiana

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Virginia opossum

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5
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Eutheria

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true mammals

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6
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Order Proboscidea

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Elephants

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Order Sirenia

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West Indian manatee

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Family Dasypodidae

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includes Dasypus Novemcinctus (armadillo)

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Dasypus novemcinctus

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nine-banded armadillo

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10
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Family Myrmegophage

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giant ant eater

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11
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Blarnia carolinensis

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Southern short-tailed shrew

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12
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Cryptotis parva

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North American Least Shrew

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13
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Scalopus aquaticus

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eastern mole

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14
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Family Vespertilionidae

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includes Eptesicus fuscus and Lasiurus borealis (big brown bat and red bat)

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15
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Eptesicus fuscus

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Big brown bat

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16
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Lasiurus borealis

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red bat

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17
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Order Artiodactyla

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deer, pigs, hippos, camels, cows, antelopes; even toed/ cloven hooved

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18
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Family Cervidae

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Includes Odocoileus virginianus and Cervus elaphus (white tailed deer and elk)

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19
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Odocoileus virginianus

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white tailed deer

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20
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Cervus elaphus

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elk

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21
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Bison bison

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American bison

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22
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What family is American Bison? (Bison bison)

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Family bovidae

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23
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Sus scrofa

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wild boar

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24
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what family is wild boar (Sus scrofa)?

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Family Suidae

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25
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Odontoceti

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bottlenose dolphin

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26
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mysticeti

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blue whale

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27
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Ursus americanus

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American black bear

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28
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what family is American black bear (Ursus americanus)?

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Family Ursidae

29
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Procyon lotor

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northern racoon

30
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what family does Norther raccoon belong to (Procyon lotor)?

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Family Procyonidae

31
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Mustela frenata

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long-tailed weasel

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Lontra canadensis

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North American river otter

33
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Family Canidae

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includes: coyote, gray fox, red fox

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Canis latrans

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coyote

35
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Urocyon cinereoargenteus

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gray fox

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Vulpes vulpes

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red fox

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Lynx rufus

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bobcat

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Puma concolor

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puma, cougar, mountain lion

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Family Phocidae

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Harbor seal

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Family Sciuridae

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includes: eastern grey squirrel, eastern fox squirrel, eastern chipmunk, and southern flying squirrel

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Family Cricetidae

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Includes: cotton deermouse, hispid cotton rat, eastern woodrat (packrat), musckrat

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Sciurus carolinensis

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eastern grey squirrel

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Sciurus niger

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eastern fox squirrel

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Tamias striatus

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eastern chipmunk

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Metatheria

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Marsupials

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Afrotheria

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Elephants, manatees, armadillos and ant eaters

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Family Molossidae

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Brazilian free-tailed bat

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Order Perissodactyla

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horses, zebras, rhinos, tapris

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Family Mustelidae

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Long-tailed weasel and north american river otter

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Family Mephitidae

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Includes: striped skunk and easter spotted skunk

51
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Glaucomys volans

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Southern flying squirrel

52
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Peromyscus gossypinus

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cotton deermouse

53
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Peromyscus polionotus

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Oldfield mouse

54
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Sigmodon hispidus

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Hispid cotton rat

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Neotoma floridana

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Eastern woodrat (packrat)

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Ondatra zibethicus

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muskrat

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Microtus pinetorum

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woodland vole

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Peromyscus leucopus

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white-footed mouse

59
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Ochrotomys nuttalli

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Golden mouse

60
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Family Castoridae

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American beaver

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Family muridae

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house mouse, brown rat

62
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family Myocastoridae

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Nutria or coypu

63
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Castor canadensis

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american beaver

64
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Mus musculus

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house mouse

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Rattus norvegicus

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brown rat/norway rat

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Myocastor coypus

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nutria or coypu

67
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Sylvilagus floridanus

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easter cottontail

68
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family Leporidae

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rabbits

69
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order Primates

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humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, monkeys, lemurs, tarsiers, lorises

Vert Biodiversity Mammals (2 decks)

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