Wildlife Scientific Names
What does the scientific name of a deer mean?
Hollow Tooth(odocoileus virginianus
extinct from its original range by surviving elsewhere
Name an animal that is crepuscular
an animal active at dawn and dusk
Name one animal living in a wetland that can be trapped
muskrat or beaver
What is a nocturnal animal
active at night
What is a furbearer?
animal hunted or trapped for its fur
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What is the difference between a marsh and a swamp
marsh has soft stem vegetation
swamps have trees
What is the largest squirrel in Ohio
fox squirrel
What animal is canis latrans
What are antlers?
solid bone branching out from animal's skull which is deciduous
Name an Ohio animal in the cervidae family
deer
What are 3 things a rodent needs in its habitat
list anything hard to knawl on
what is the nocturnal squirrel
flying squirrel
hooved animals with even number of toes
What is a cloven hoof
split hoof in two parts
Name an animal in the insectivora order
moles, shrews, voles
sugar shack
What squirrel hibernates over half of the year?
13-lined ground squirrel
What is the scientific name of the red fox?
vulpes vulpes
what are ungulates?
animals who have a split hoof
What animal has course hollow hairs?
deer
Where does Denny live during maple syrup season?
in the woods
What are 5 signs of an active beaver site?
wood chips, dam, smoke stack in den, tracks, scat