Test 1 quarter 4 from notes not review Flashcards
odd toed mammals
perissodactyla
enlarged thickened toenails
hooves
hooved animals
ungulates
horses zebras and donkeys
equids
even toed
artiodactyla
cud chewing animals
ruminants
have horns
bovids
skin with blood vessels that cover antlers
velvet
breaking down of cellulose
fermentation
the side picket of the stomach for fermentation
cecum
first section and the largest section of the cows stomach that makes the cud
rumen
comes back for the animal to eat later
cud
bears that will eat humans
polarbears
what is the largest canine
wolverine
the largest carnivore
kodiac
the largest living cat
Siberian tiger
groups of lions
prides
plant or animal that is no longer alive on earth
extinct
largest land animal
Indrictotherium
brink of extinction
endangered
vertebrates with feathers, wings and scaled covered legs
aves
a scientist who studys birds
ornithologist
warm-blooded vertebrates
homeothermic
birds bones are:
hollow
birds have a _____ backbone
rigid
two legged anatomy
bipedal
the sternum in a bird that pokes outward
keel
three toes forward and one toe backward
perching birds
birds that hunt
birds of prey
the largest living bird of prey in north America
California condor
the fastest bird
Parigriene falcon
birds hunted for food and sport
game birds
lives in the worlds tropical forest
tropical birds
have wings but can’t fly
flightless birds
largest living bird and has the largest eggs
ostrich
the dodo and the passenger pigeon are both
extinct birds
feathers that streamline the bird
contour
the quill of a feather is also called a:
Rachis
veign that runs through the center of a feather
rachis
Are parpendicular to each other
barbs
the flat portion of the feather
vanes
attach the barbs together
barbules
the “thumb” of the bird
alula
the flight of flapping wings
powered flight
not flapping and slowly losing altitude
gliding
using air currents to fly without flapping and usually go in a circle pattern
soaring
any other flight pattern
special flight
the humming bird flys in a ______ pattern
figure 8
birds can _______ better than humans
hear
what has the greatest sight of all the living creatures
birds
the third eyelid
nictitating membrane
store food temporarely
crop
plates that act like teeth for the bird
gizzard
produces B cells
bursa of fabricus
what removes salt in marine birds
salt gland
voice box in birds
syrinx
birds blood have
neculei
annually moving to a different region
migration
large groups of birds
flocks
patterns of traveling
flyways
the egg white
albumen
yellow portion of the egg
yolk
keeps the germinal spot (bird) on top of the yolk
chalazae
any unbork behavior known
instinct
keeping eggs warm for growth
incubation
patch of skin on some birds belly to keep the eggs warm
brood patch
born helpless and bald
altricial
has feathers and can move
precocial
milk produced by a crop
crop milk
creeping vertebrates
reptiles
varied temperature
poikilothermic
oviperous
egg laying
amneon
egg fluid
ovoviviparius
egg hatches in stomach and then gives birth
