Animal Classes
What are mammals?
Organisms that feed their offspring milk, have hair, and are warm blooded.
What is a Vertebrate?
Organisms with skulls and backbones.
Are bats related to birds?
Birds and bats are vastly different and only distantly related
How are raccoons a problem?
they carry rabies and are destructive
What are amphibians?
cold blooded organisms with moist or slimy skin.
What is an Invertebrate?
an animal with no skull or backbones
What do bats eat?
insects
What kind of an animal is a raccoon?
also called ringtail, and one of seven species of nocturnal mammals
What are Reptiles?
Often with scaly texture, are cold blooded, and lay eggs on land.
Craniata
most bats live less than 20 years in the wild
Where does the name raccoon come from?
In 1780, Gottlieb Congrad Christian Storr created a separate genus for the species, Procyon, meaning doglike.
What is the name of the bird class?
Aves
What are Mollusks?
A soft bodied animal with a internal or external shell and a toothed tongue.
Where do bats live?
in caves and trees, under bridges, and in mines and other structures
where does the racoon name come from?
The English word “raccoon” is an adaptation of a native Powhatan word meaning “animal that scratches with its hands
What is the name of the mammal class?
mammalia
What is the scientific name for Animals?
Animalia
What is guano?
Guano is the collective term used for bat or bird droppings or feces
what is the scientific name for racoons?
Procyon lotor