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RNR 1010 Mammals 2
Term | Definition |
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Southestern Myotis | Myotis austroriparius common name |
Vespertilionidae | Southeastern Myotis family |
Myotis austroriparius | Southeastern Myotis scientific name |
bicornuate | Southeastern Myotis's uteruses that slipts it in two in order to have twins |
White-Nose Syndrome | disease that is devastating that bat species |
Pseudogymnoascus destructans | fundus that cuses white nose syndrome in southeastern myotis |
nine-banded armadillo | Dasypus novemcintus common name |
dasypodidae | nine-banded armadillo family |
Dasypus novemcinctus | nine-banded armadillo scientific name |
three-banded armadillo | Tolypeutes tricinctus common name |
osteoderm | armadillo's leathery skin |
monozygotic polyembryony | when 1 fertilized amradillo egg splits into 4 identical same sex embryos |
Tolypeutes tricinctus | three-banded armadillo |
star-nosed mole | Condylura cristata common name |
Talpidae | star-nosed mole family |
Condylura cristata | star-nosed mole scientific name |
Elmer's organs | tactile microsensors on star-nosed moles' nasal tendrils |
Eastern cottontail | Sylvilagus floridanus common name |
Leporidae | eastern cottontail family |
Sylvilagus floridanus | eastern cottontail scientific name |
coprophagus | eastern cottontails' ingestion of partially digested plants |
7 | how many liters per year eastern cottontails can have |
edge species | type of species that eastern cottontails are because of their optimal habitat |
tularemia (Francisella tularensis) | bacterium that kills eastern cottontails and muskrats which is transmitted from ticks, fleas, and deer flies |
Platypus | Orinthorhynchus anatinus common name |
Orinthorhynchidae | Platypus family |
Orinthorhynchus anatinus | Platypus scientific name |
monotremes | type of mammal, such as platypuses, that lay eggs |
mechanoreceptors and electroreceptors | receptors on platypus bills |
nictitating membrane | over platypus and north american beaver eyes when underwater |
North American Beaver | Castor canadensis common name |
castoridae | North American Beaver family |
Castor canadensis | North American Beaver scientific name |
Castor fiber | Eurasian Beaver |
Muskrat | Ondatra zibethicus common name |
Cricetidae | Muskrat family |
Ondatra zibethicus | muskrat scientific name |
valvular | type of mouth that muskrats have where their lips close behind incisors for gnawing underwater |
middens | mussels that muskrats eat |
"push-ups" | homes muskrats make in marsh areas with underwater entrances |
sympatric | muskrat populations declined in areas ______ with larger nutria |
Tyzzer's disease Clostridium piliforme (hemmorragia) | muskrats are susceptible to this along with tularemia |
Nutria (Coypu) | Myocastor coypus common name |
Myocastoridae | nutria family |
Myocastor coypus | nutria scientific name |
Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act | funds Louisiana nutria control programs |