Beaver
A beaver's home (containing an underwater entrance and aboveground living space) is called a:
A. Dam
B. Lodge
C. Burrow
B. Lodge
True or False: A porcupine can shoot its quills.
False (the quills detach on contact due to the microscopic barbs/hooks located at the end of each quill)
What is another name for the groundhog?
Woodchuck or whistlepig
How many species of squirrel are found in Pennsylvania?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 8
B. 4 (fox squirrel, eastern gray squirrel, red squirrel, and flying squirrel)
The chipmunk is a small, agile rodent that belongs to the _____________ family.
squirrel
Beavers are North America's largest __________ (group of animals with large, continuously growing incisor teeth and no canines).
A. Insectivore
B. Omnivore
C. Rodent
C. Rodent
Approximately how many quills does a porcupine have?
A. 30,000
B. 5,000
C. 100,000
A. 30,000
The underground homes that groundhogs dig are called:
A. Lodges
B. Burrows
C. Dreys
B. Burrows
A nest built by squirrels in a tree that is made from leaves and sticks is called a:
A. Drey
B. Burrow
C. Lodge
A. Drey
What type of diet does a chipmunk have (Hint: they eat nuts, plants, fruits, mushrooms, bird eggs, insects, & sometimes even young amphibians, reptiles, or mammals)?
Omnivore
By the beginning of the 1900's, beavers were _____________ (locally extinct) from Pennsylvania due to habitat loss and unregulated trapping.
extirpated
A porcupine walks flat-footed, which is called:
A. Digitigrade
B. Plantigrade
C. Unguligrade
B. Plantigrade
What is the name of the most famous groundhog in Pennsylvania (who forecasts the weather each year on February 2nd)?
Punxsutawney Phil
True or False: A flying squirrel truly flies.
False: A flying squirrel actually glides using the membrane of loose skin that stretches between its wrists and ankles.
The young of squirrels and chipmunks are born:
A. Altricial (blind, naked, & dependent upon mother)
B. Precocial (able to see, furred, & able to move around)
A. Altricial (blind, naked, & dependent upon mother)
What color are a beaver's continuously growing incisors?
Orange-red (due to the presence of iron in the enamel)
What type of diet does a porcupine have?
Herbivore (plant eater)
True or False: Groundhogs are true hibernators.
True (During the hibernation period, the groundhog's temperature will drop from over 90 F to the low 40's and its heart rate will drop from more than 100 beats per minute to only 4 beats per minute to conserve energy)
All four types of squirrels in PA have a gestation period around ________ days.
A. 20
B. 40
C. 60
B. 40 days
Stores of food (either in their burrow or in an above-ground location) collected by squirrels and chipmunks are called:
A. Caches
B. Dreys
C. Hordes
A. Caches
Beaver juveniles remain with their parents (colony) for approximately ______ years, and then they disperse to establish their own territory.
2
Baby porcupines are called porcupettes and because porcupines have a longer gestation period (about 7 months), the porcupettes are:
A. Altricial (blind, hairless, unable to move around)
B. Precocial (eyes open, furred, able to move around)
B. Precocial (eyes open, furred, able to move around)
When a groundhog's incisors are misaligned and continue to grow in a complete circle without being worn down, it is called:
A. Maladapted
B. Malarkey
C. Malocclusion
C. Malocclusion
Three of Pennsylvania's squirrel species are _______ (active during the daytime). The exception is the flying squirrel, which is nocturnal (active at night).
diurnal (active during the daytime)
The mid-summer adaptation where chipmunks go into their burrows to keep cool during hot weather is called:
A. hibernation
B. lethargy
C. estivation
C. estivation