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1
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Carapace

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Top of the turtle shell

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Plastron

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Lower shell of the turtle

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Keeled

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A scale with a ridge down the center

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Differences between snakes and lizards

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  1. Lizards have a movable eye lid

2. Lizards have external ear

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Primary Feathers

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The primary feathers used for flight, are along the tips of the wings

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Secondary Feathers

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The feathers covering the majority of the body, not on the tips of wings, protective

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Calamus

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Quill, part of the feather that extends into the bird

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Vane

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The part of the feather that comes off of the shaft

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Ranchis

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Shaft, hollow tube of the feather

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Barb

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Main part of the vane

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Barbule

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smalles part of the vane

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Bald Eagle

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Order Accipitriforms, Class Aves

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Red-tailed hawk

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Order Accipitriforms, Class Aves

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Mallard duck

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Order Anseriformes, Class Aves

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Canada Geese

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Order Anseriformes, Class Aves

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Swifts

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Family Apodidae, Order Apodiformes, Class Aves

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Ruby-throated hummingbird

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Family Trochilidae, Order Apodiformes, Class Aves

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Ring-necked pheasant

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Order Galliformes, Class Aves

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19
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Ruffed grouse

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Order Galliformes, Class Aves

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Northern bobwhite

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Order Galliformes, Class Aves

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21
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Turkey

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Order Galliformes, Class Aves

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Great horned owl

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Order Strigiformes, Class Aves

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Barred owl

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Order Strigiformes, Class Aves

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24
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Common barn-owl

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Order Strigiformes, Class Aves

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Red-cockaded woodpecker

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Order Piciformes, Class Aves

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Pileated woodpecker

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Order Piciformes, Class Aves

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Norther Flicker

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Order Piciformes, Class Aves

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American crow

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Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Class Aves

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Blue jay

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Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Class Aves

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Red-winged blackbird

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Family Icteridae, Order Passeriformes, Class Aves

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Baltimore Oriole

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Family Icteridae, Order Passeriformes, Class Aves

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Robin

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Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Class Aves

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Eastern bluebird

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Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Class Aves

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34
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House finch

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Order Passeriformes, Class Aves

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Black-capped chickadee

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Order Passeriformes, Class Aves

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36
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Cardinal

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Order Passeriformes, Class Aves

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Crocodile

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Order Crocodilia, Class Reptilia

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38
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Alligator

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Order Crocodilia, Class Reptilia

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39
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Caiman

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Order Crocodilia, Class Reptilia

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40
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Gharial

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Order Crocodilia, Class Reptilia

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41
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Tuatares

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Order Rhynchocephalia, Class Reptilia

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42
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Anoles

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Family Polychridae, Order Squamata, Class Reptilia

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43
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Skinks

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Family Scincidae, Order Squamata, Class Reptilia

44
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North American Spiny Lizards

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Family Phrynosomatidae, Order Squamata, Class Reptilia

45
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Glass Lizard

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Family Anguidae, Order Squamata, Class Reptilia

46
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Eastern garter snake

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Family Colubridae, Suborder Serpentes, Order Squamata, Class Reptilia

47
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Timber rattlesnake

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Family Viperidae, Suborder Serpentes, Order Squamata, Class Reptilia

48
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Northern copperhead

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Family Viperidae, Suborder Serpentes, Order Squamata, Class Reptilia

49
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Snapping Turtles

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Family Chelydridae, Order Testudinata, Class Reptilia

50
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Eastern box turtles

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Family Emydidae, Order Testudinata, Class Reptilia

51
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Musk and Mud Turtles

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Family Kinosternidae, Order Testudinata, Class Reptilia

52
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Softshell Turtles

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Family Trionychidae, Order Testudinata, Class Reptilia

53
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Spiny anteaters

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Order Monotremata, Subclass Prototheria, Class Mammalia

54
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Duck-billed platypus

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Order Monotremata, Subclass Prototheria, Class Mammalia

55
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American opossum

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Family Didelphidae, Order Didelphimorphia, Infraclass Metatheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

56
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Shrews

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Family Soricidae, Order Insectivora, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

57
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Moles

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Family Talpidae, Order Insectivora, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

58
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Bats

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Order Chiroptera, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

59
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Monkeys

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Order Primata, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

60
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Apes

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Order Primata, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

61
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Black bear

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Family Ursidae, Order Carnivora, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

62
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Polar bear

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Family Ursidae, Order Carnivora, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

63
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Panda bear

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Family Ursidae, Order Carnivora, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

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Gray fox

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Family Canidae, Order Carnivora, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

65
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Red fox

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Family Canidae, Order Carnivora, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

66
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Coyote

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Family Canidae, Order Carnivora, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

67
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Wolf

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Family Canidae, Order Carnivora, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

68
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Bobcat

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Family Felidae, Order Carnivora, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

69
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Mountain lion

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Family Felidae, Order Carnivora, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

70
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Mink

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Family Mustelidae, Order Carnivora, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

71
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Weasel

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Family Mustelidae, Order Carnivora, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

72
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Striped skunk

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Family Mustelidae, Order Carnivora, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

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Spotted skunk

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Family Mustelidae, Order Carnivora, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

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River otter

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Family Mustelidae, Order Carnivora, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

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Eastern cottontail

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Family Leporidae, Order Lagomorpha, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

76
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hamsters

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Order Rodentia, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

77
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Porcupine

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Order Rodentia, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

78
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Woodchuck

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Family Sciuridae, Order Rodentia, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

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Eastern chipmunk

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Family Sciuridae, Order Rodentia, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

80
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Eastern gray squirrel

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Family Sciuridae, Order Rodentia, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

81
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New world rats and Mice, Voles, Muskrat

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Family Cricetidae, Order Rodentia, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

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Old world rats and mice

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Family Muridae, Order Rodentia, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

83
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White-tailed deer

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Family Cervidae, Order Artiodactyla, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

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Elk

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Family Cervidae, Order Artiodactyla, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

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Dolphins

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Family Delphinidae, Order Cetacea, Infraclass Eutheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia

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Hamuli

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Hooklets that extend from each barbule so that they interconnect

87
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Tertial Feathers

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Connected to the humerus

88
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Lamellae

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Fine plates that trap particles in the mouths of Anseriformes

89
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Order of birds without scales on their feet

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Apodiformes

90
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Family of birds with sickle-shaped wings

91
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Order that Chickens originated from

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Galliformes

92
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Bird Harem

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A male (turkey) with several hens

93
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Which Order of birds lay colored eggs?

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Passeriformes

94
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Family of birds show to have self awareness

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Corvidae— Crows, Jays, Ravens

95
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Distinction of Subclass Prototheria

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Egg-laying mammals

96
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Distinction of Subclass Metatheria

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Marsupials

97
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Difference between Insectivora and Rodentia

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Insectivora have very small, hidden eyes

98
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Difference between Family Soricidae and Family Talpidae

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The hind feet and front feet of shrews are relatively the same size. Moles have bigger front feet.

99
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Differences between Old World monkeys and New World monkeys

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  1. Old world monkeys have short stubby tails, or none (no prehensile tail)
  2. Nostrils of old world monkeys open down
100
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Difference between the teeth of Order Lagomorpha and Rodentia

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Lagomorpha have an additional pair of incisors growing behind the first pair

101
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Difference between mice and voles

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Voles have very small eyes, no tail, and no external ears

102
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Ungulates

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hoofed mammals- place their weight on the tips of toes when moving

103
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Distinction of Artiodactyla

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Even-toed hoofed mammals

104
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Distinction of Perissodactyla

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Odd-toed hoofed mammals

105
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baleen

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A straining device of Baleen whales

106
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Index of Density

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species/(time x # of collectors) or X species cited/km

107
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Visual Encounter Survey (VES)

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Walk through designated area for specific amount of time searching for target organisms: randomized walk, straight line or belt, systematic search within a plot

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