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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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Didelphis virginiana

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Virginia opossum

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Eutheria

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true mammals

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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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Family Myrmegophage

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giant ant eater

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Blarnia carolinensis

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Southern short-tailed shrew

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Cryptotis parva

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North American Least Shrew

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Scalopus aquaticus

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eastern mole

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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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Eptesicus fuscus

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Big brown bat

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Lasiurus borealis

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red bat

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Order Artiodactyla

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

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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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Odocoileus virginianus

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white tailed deer

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Cervus elaphus

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elk

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Bison bison

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American bison

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What family is American Bison? (Bison bison)

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Family bovidae

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Sus scrofa

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wild boar

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what family is wild boar (Sus scrofa)?

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Family Suidae

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Odontoceti
bottlenose dolphin
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mysticeti
blue whale
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Ursus americanus
American black bear
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what family is American black bear (Ursus americanus)?
Family Ursidae
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Procyon lotor
northern racoon
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what family does Norther raccoon belong to (Procyon lotor)?
Family Procyonidae
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Mustela frenata
long-tailed weasel
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Lontra canadensis
North American river otter
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Family Canidae
includes: coyote, gray fox, red fox
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Canis latrans
coyote
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Urocyon cinereoargenteus
gray fox
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Vulpes vulpes
red fox
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Lynx rufus
bobcat
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Puma concolor
puma, cougar, mountain lion
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Family Phocidae
Harbor seal
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Family Sciuridae
includes: eastern grey squirrel, eastern fox squirrel, eastern chipmunk, and southern flying squirrel
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Family Cricetidae
Includes: cotton deermouse, hispid cotton rat, eastern woodrat (packrat), musckrat
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Sciurus carolinensis
eastern grey squirrel
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Sciurus niger
eastern fox squirrel
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Tamias striatus
eastern chipmunk
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Metatheria
Marsupials
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Afrotheria
Elephants, manatees, armadillos and ant eaters
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Family Molossidae
Brazilian free-tailed bat
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Order Perissodactyla
horses, zebras, rhinos, tapris
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Family Mustelidae
Long-tailed weasel and north american river otter
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Family Mephitidae
Includes: striped skunk and easter spotted skunk
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Glaucomys volans
Southern flying squirrel
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Peromyscus gossypinus
cotton deermouse
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Peromyscus polionotus
Oldfield mouse
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Sigmodon hispidus
Hispid cotton rat
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Neotoma floridana
Eastern woodrat (packrat)
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Ondatra zibethicus
muskrat
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Microtus pinetorum
woodland vole
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Peromyscus leucopus
white-footed mouse
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Ochrotomys nuttalli
Golden mouse
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Family Castoridae
American beaver
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Family muridae
house mouse, brown rat
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family Myocastoridae
Nutria or coypu
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Castor canadensis
american beaver
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Mus musculus
house mouse
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Rattus norvegicus
brown rat/norway rat
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Myocastor coypus
nutria or coypu
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Sylvilagus floridanus
easter cottontail
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family Leporidae
rabbits
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order Primates
humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, monkeys, lemurs, tarsiers, lorises

Vert Biodiversity Mammals (2 decks)

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