mammals
mammals
mammals
Mammals
Mammals
100
Why does the woodland jumping mouse have a white belly?
Reflect the heat
100
What family is the southern bog lemming in?
Rodent
100
The mink is a part of what family?
Mustelids, weasels
100
What is USA's most abundant furbearer?
Muskrat
100
What time of day would you see the silver haired bat?
early at night
200
What are favorite foods of the woodland jumping mouse?
berries, seeds, nuts, things close to the ground
200
How would you describe the shelter of the southern bog lemming?
Lives in a colony.  Connected tunnels
200
How does the mink walk?
With a curl to his back, lopes when it walks
200
What eats the muskrat?
mink
200
What do we do as humans to threaten the population of the silver haired bat?
we cut down old growth forests, dead trees
300
What is special about the tunnel of the star nosed mole?
They empty into the slow moving water of a swamp.
300
How is the southern bog lemming connected to the food chain?
It is a prey animal.  It would throw off our food chain if it wasn't available for other animals to eat
300
The river otter is classifies as what type of eater?
Carnivore
300
What does the muskrat stock pile?
grasses in their houses and eat all winter long
300
What does it mean to be plantigrade and what animals does it?
Walk flat footed, no arch on their foot - bear
400
Does the star nosed mole hibernate?
No, active even if the water is frozen
400
When is the masked shrew active?
Day and night
400
River Otter lost a great number due to what?
water pollution
400
Describe 2 the unique adaption of the beaver?
Two types of hair.  Short for warmth, long is waterproof

tail acts like a rutter and balance when standing up 


400
How is the moose connected to the wetlands?
The moose likes to eat aquatic plants.
500
What have recent experiments found out about the star nosed mole tentacles?
They can sense the motion of earthworms
500
What does the masked shrew do twice a year?
Molt, sheds its coat
500
How does the beaver help to construct new wetlands?
cut trees stacks them up, backing up the water.  That water backed up forms a new swampy area.  This is a positive thing
500
What does the silver haired bat do in the winter?
Migrates
500
What is the unique characteristic about the eastern pipistrelle?
Most often type of bat to have twins
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