The largest group of mammals and over one half of all known mammal species.
What is Rodentia?
100
Most people are familiar with this type of squirrel. Agile, graceful movers with large, bushy tails.
What is a Tree Squirrel?
100
Mammals with hooves are called this.
What is an Ungulate?
100
Even-toed hoofed mammals are placed in this mammalian order.
What is Artiodactyla?
100
The first chamber of an artiodactyla's four-chambered stomach.
What is the Rumen?
200
These two household pets have long snouts with well-developed whiskers, large round eyes, and long tails.
What are Mice and rats?
200
This type of squirrel can be found in Europe and Northern Asia and are known for building dreys for raising their babies and build a second smaller one for sleeping.
What is a Red Squirrel?
200
This mammal has thick, tough skin with few sweat glands. They can have one or two horns that is primarily used for defense.
What is a Rhino?
200
Probably the most useful group of artiodactyla, they provide us with food and clothing.
What is a Bovid?
200
Heated plant matter, worked on by microorganisms that can digest cellulose and form this.
What is Cud?
300
They have long, stiff quills that are sometimes barbed. These quills act as a defense mechanism against predators.
What is a Porcupine?
300
Most common in North America
What is a Grey Squirrel?
300
Found in Asia and South America, this mammal resembles a pig with a large snout.
What is a Tapir?
300
Animals that chew curd are called this.
What are Ruminants?
300
Second stomach chamber.
What is the Reticulum?
400
Nature's finest engineers, these rodents have a broad, flat tail that serves as a rudder while swimming.
What is a Beaver?
400
They can be found in eastern Europe, North America, and northern Asia. These squirrels glide between trees, but are usually called this.
What is a Flying Squirrel?
400
Odd-toed hoofed mammals are placed into this mammalian order.
What is Perissodactyla?
400
A four-toed artiodactyla, this mammal is useful by providing skins and meats. They feed on grass and other plants that grow close to the ground.
What is a Deer?
400
Found on ruminants, they have a bony core surrounded by a hollow sheath of hardened skin.
What are Horns?
500
These "Giant gnawers", who can be found in South and Central America, are sheep sized animals, making them the largest rodents. They have heavy bodies with short tails. A nickname for them is "water-hogs."
What are Capybaras?
500
This squirrel has a less bushy, shorter tail. As their name implies, they dig burrows and may also live in a rock or in a log.
What is a Ground Squirrel?
500
They have only one toe and include zebras, donkeys, and domestic horses.
What is an Equid?
500
A baby deer.
What is a Fawn?
500
Dead bone without a covering found on adult male deer.