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Mammals lab practical: body appearance Flashcards

1
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Virginia opossum

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coarse gray/white fur, naked tail, white face

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masked shrew

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long snout, small body, small eyes
tail long and bicolored
underparts paler

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northern short-tailed shrew

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small eyes, long snout, short tail
single lead color
mouse sized

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4
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eastern mole

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short naked tail
snout
forelimbs for digging

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star-nosed mole

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long furry tail
fleshy projections on nose
digging forelimbs

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little brown myotis

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forearm 38 mm
brown hair on back

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big brown bat

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forearm 46-51 mm
brown fur

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sliver-haired bat

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silvery and black fur

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American pika

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short, round ears
no visible tails
very soft, brown fur

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eastern cottontail

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hind foot less than 100mm
back of feet are white
rusty nape

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swamp rabbit

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hind foot >100mm
small rusty nape patch
back of legs are rusty

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12
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plains pocket gopher

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small ears
curved claws
cheek pouches
sparsely haired tail

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13
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American beaver

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large
brown fur
paddle tail

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meadow jumping mouse

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large hind feet
sides orange, dark back
long tail, sparsely furred

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Ord’s kangaroo rat

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long and powerful hindlimbs
white stripe along thigh and joins with white tail
very long tail with fur tuft
reduced front limbs

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brown rat

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larger
dark top, light bottom
long scaley tail(shorter than head+body)

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house mouse

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uniform coloration
sparsely furred, dark tail

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western harvest mouse

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small size
tail < body plus head
sparsely furred tail, dark on bottom

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North American deer mouse

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sides and back bicolored
tail furred and sharply bicolored
hind foot < 19mm
tail < 6cm

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white-footed deermouse

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sides/back strongly bicolored
tail furred and bicolored
hind foot > 19mm
tail > 6cm

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eastern woodrat

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grayish brown
white/silver belly
long whiskers
tail is furred and bicolored
tail < head + body

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meadow vole

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gray/brown body
belly is gray
tail bicolored and 2.5 times hindfoot

23
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prairie vole

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body is gray/brown with tawny tipped hairs
belly yellow/brown
tail bicolored and short

24
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common muskrat

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large body
webbed feet
compressed tail
dense fur

25
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southern bog lemming

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brown/gray top
silver/gray belly
tail does not extend past hind legs fully extended

26
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eastern chipmunk

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each side has white stripe with 2 stripes
end at reddish rump

27
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woodchuck

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body grizzled yellow/brown
stout body, short tail

28
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thirteen-lined ground squirrel

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13 white striped on back

29
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Franklin’s ground squirrel

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gray body, black speckling

30
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eastern gray squirrel

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bushy tail bordered with white hairs
gray body

31
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eastern fox squirrel

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tail tipped with orange hair
gray/yellow body with orange

32
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North American red squirrel

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small reddish body, black line on side

33
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southern flying squirrel

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patagium present
short, thick, soft hair
broad, compressed tail

34
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eastern coyote

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bushy tail with black tip
grizzled gray body with rusty feet

35
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red fox

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reddish body
ears and legs are black
tail has white tip

36
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gray fox

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pepper and salt on back with reddish underside and sides of neck
bushy tail with black tip

37
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raccoon

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ringed tail
mask

38
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least weasel

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small body, short tail, white belly

39
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American mink

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dark brown
white chin patch
longer, bushier tail

40
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river otter

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tiny ears, webbed feet
brown above, gray below

41
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striped skunk

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black, two white stripes

42
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bobcat

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gray with dark spotts
short ear tufts
short tail

43
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elk

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large, reddish brown head, yellowish rump

Bull: large antlers
Cow: no antlers

44
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white-tailed deer

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face brown with white accent
only white under tail
Buck: unbranched antlers
Doe: none

45
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mule deer

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face mostly white
tail is white on front and back
Buck: antlers
doe: none

46
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pronghorn antelope

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short pointed horns

buck: longer horns, black stripe on face
doe: smaller horns, no stripe

47
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bighorn sheep

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gray, long curly horns

ram: big curved horns
ewe: small curved horns

48
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mountain goat

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white, long straight horns

billy: larger horns/body
nanny: smaller horns/body

49
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American bison

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bison

bull: darker, fluffier fur on head
cow: less dark and fluffy

50
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wild boar

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pig

51
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moose

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largest
odd nose
bull: antlers
cow: no antlers

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