Other rodents

Question 1

Answer 1

Ictodomys tridecemlineatus

13-lined ground squirrel

Question 2

Answer 2

Spermophilus beecheyi

California Ground Squirrel

Question 3

Answer 3

Geomys breviceps

Baird’s Pocket Gopher

Question 4

Answer 4

Marmota monax

groundhog, whistle-pig, chuck

Question 5

Answer 5

Cynomys ludovicianus

black tailed prairie dog

Question 6

what are the common uses for ground squirrels

Answer 6

hibernation

hepatitis B-

hepatocellular carcinoma (ground squirrel hepatitis virus)

Urocitellus, Ictodomys, Spermophilus

Question 7

what are the most common research uses for prairie dogs

Answer 7

billiary physiology,pathology of gallstone formation

can spread monkey pox and plague

develop elodontomas

Cynomys

Question 8

what species of rodent is carnivorous?

Answer 8

grasshopper mice

(Onychomys)

Question 9

Answer 9

Heterocephalus glaber

naked mole rat

Question 10

what are the principle uses of the vole?

Answer 10

environmental surveys

genetic and neurobiologic mechanisms governing complex social behavior

Question 11

which rodents have the young attach to the mothers teat

Answer 11

Neotoma (pack rat/wood rat)

Mystromys albicaudatus (white tailed rat)

Question 12

Answer 12

Microtus pennsylvanicus

meadow vole

Question 13

Answer 13

Thomomys talpoides

Northern Pocket Gopher

Question 14

Answer 14

Mystromys albicaudatus

white tailed rat

Question 15

Answer 15

Spermophilus elegans

Question 16

Answer 16

Thomomys mazama

Western Pocket Gopher

Question 17

Answer 17

Peromyscus maniculatus

North American Deer Mouse

Question 18

which species of rodents are monoestrous

Answer 18

Urocitellus, Ictodomys, Spermophilus

Cynomys

Geomys,Thomomys

Marmota

(squirrels, prairie dogs, pocket gophers, groundhog)

Question 19

Answer 19

Neotoma floridana

Eastern or Allegheny wood rat

Question 20

Answer 20

Microtus oeconomus

root vole

Question 21

Answer 21

Meriones unguiculatus

mongolian gerbil

Question 22

what are the principle uses of the gerbil?

Answer 22

Meriones unguiculatus

cerebral infarction, epilepsy, filarial nematodes, periodontitis

Question 23

which species require a dust bath?

Answer 23

Kangaroo rat (Dipodomys)

Grasshopper mouse (Onchomys)

Gerbil (Meriones)

Degu (Octodon)

Question 24

what are the common uses for the pack rat/wood rat?

Answer 24

behavioral and neurological studies

infectious- murine typhus, trypanosomiasis, Bartonella, Leishmaniasis, plague, lyme disease, human granulocytic ehrlichiosis, hantavirus

(Neotoma)

Question 25

Answer 25

Zygodontomys brevicauda Cane mouse

Question 26

examples of the suborder Hystrichomorpha

Answer 26

chinchilla degu guinea pigs

Question 27

Answer 27

Sigmodon hispidus Hispid cotton rat

Question 28

what are the common uses for the kangaroo rat

Answer 28

renal physiology water conservation (Dipodomys)

Question 29

Answer 29

Sigmodon fulviventer tawny-bellied cotton rat

Question 30

Answer 30

Octodon degus Degu

Question 31

Answer 31

Microtus ochrogaster prairie vole

Question 32

why does the vole make a good model for studying complex social and reproductive behavior

Answer 32

M. pennsylvanicus is permsicuisus M. ochrogaster is monogamous

Question 33

Answer 33

Geomys attwateri Attwaters Pocket Gopher

Question 34

what are the principle uses of the cotton rat

Answer 34

Sigmodon viral respiratory diseases such as paramyxovirus, RSV vaccine studies, adenoviral mediated gene therapy

Question 35

what are the principle use of the cane mouse?

Answer 35

Zygodontomys mammalian circannual reproductive cycles as they lack a reproductive response to photoperiod

Question 36

which rodent species is known for being highly territorial and aggressive?

Answer 36

Dipodomys Onychomys (kangaroo and grasshopper mice)

Question 37

what are the primary uses of Degu's?

Answer 37

neurobiological development patters and neurodegenerative diseases like alzheimers

Question 38

what are the common uses of pocket gophers?

Answer 38

geographic isolation genetic studies environmental impact studies Geomys, Thomomys

Question 39

what are the common uses of the deer mouse?

Answer 39

genetics, physiology, aging, cataracts, behavior principle vector for hantavirus

Question 40

Answer 40

Peromyscus leucopus white footed deer mouse

Question 41

Answer 41

Mastomys natalensis multimamate mouse

Question 42

which rodent species are induced ovulators?

Answer 42

Microtus (voles) Octodon (degu)

Question 43

Answer 43

Onchomys leucogaster Northern grasshopper mouse

Question 44

what are the water needs of the kangaroo rat?

Answer 44

do not give, will become addicted and develop DI Dipodomys

Question 45

Answer 45

Dipodomys spectabilis banner tailed kangaroo rat

Question 46

examples of the suborder Sciuromorpha

Answer 46

squirrels woodchucks prairie dogs

Question 47

Answer 47

Dipodomys merriami Merriam's kangaroo rat

Question 48

what are the water needs of the pocket gopher?

Answer 48

obtain all needed water from food Geomys, Thomomys

Question 49

what are the common uses for grasshopper mice

Answer 49

Onychomys behavior studies of predatory behavior, sex differences in this behavior, drug effects on this behavior

Question 50

Answer 50

Geomys pinetis Southeastern Pocket Gopher

Question 51

examples of the suborder Castroimorpha

Answer 51

pocket gophers kangaroo rats and mice beavers

Question 52

Answer 52

Onychomys torridus Sourhtern Grasshopper Mouse

Question 53

what are the principle uses for the rice rat?

Answer 53

Oryzomys dental disease

Question 54

what are the principle uses of the white tailed rat?

Answer 54

Mystromys albicaudatus diabetes research

Question 55

examples of the suborder Myomorpha

Answer 55

hamsters mice and rats

Question 56

Answer 56

Meriones shawi shaws jird

Question 57

Answer 57

Oryzomys capito rice rat

Question 58

what is the principle use of the multimammate mouse

Answer 58

study of plague and lassa virus (has no gallbladder, like rats) Mastomys natalensis

Question 59

Answer 59

Microtus longicaudus long tailed vole