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RNR 1010 Mammals 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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