mammalogy
Having fur and being able to produce milk
What are the two things that define mammals?
Oregon’s very own state bird
What is the Western Meadowlark?
This anadromous fish can be found throughout the world, including Oregon, and is know for its migration between rivers and oceans?
What is a Salmon (or salmonids)
Cold-blooded vertebrates like frogs or toads
What is an amphibian?
What club became one of the first student Chapter of the The Wildlife Society
What is the OSU Fish and Wildlife Club?
A characteristic that allows mammals to generate internal body heat
What is endothermic?
The terms wake, kettle, and committee all refer to a group of this type of bird
What are vultures?
Native to Oregon's rocky coastal range this fish lives in the intertidal zone attached to rocks using an evolved pelvic fin that creates a suction disc.
What is a Spiny Lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus orbis)?
This snake species was often found in barns with cows, farmers blamed them for low milk yields
What is a milk snake?
The founding year for the Fish and Wildlife club
What is 1935?
This mammal has 50 teeth!
What is a possum?
Bird species that has the scientific name pica pica
What is a magpie?
This protandrous hermaphrodite live in colonies in anemones and can undergo a change in reproductive organs from male to female in the absence of the largest female
What is a Clown fish (Amphiprion ocellaris)?
The only sea turtle species that nests during the day
What is a kemp’s ridley sea turtle?
To begin their "Wildlife Museum" these are the original numbers of coyote and raccoon pups the club owned
What are 3 raccoons and 3 coyote pups?
The world's most trafficked mammal and is the only scaled mammal
What is a pangolin?
This species was removed from the Endangered Species Act in 2007 after reaching near extinction
What is a bald eagle?
This fin is classically removed in hatchery salmon to tag and differentiate them from wild salmon.
What is the adipose fin?
This reptile is often confused with snakes due to their similar physiology
What are legless lizards?
The club's name after the first official renaming of the fish and wildlife club
What is the Fin and Antler Club?
This female mammal has two reproductive tracts and can have three offspring all at once
What is a kangaroo?
Smallest bird in the world
What is a bee hummingbird?
The group of cartilaginous fishes such as sharks, skates, and rays
What are Chrondrichthyes?
Lizard-like amphibians known to regenerate lost limbs
What is a salamander?
Named after J. N. “Ding” Darling, who had served as the head of the Biological Survey and was a noted conservationist, this was the original name for the Fisheries and Wildlife Club
What is the "The Ding Darling Wildlife Club"?