Animal Groups
List four rodents
squirrels, chipmunks, porcupines, beavers, mice, rats hamsters, etc.
Three main type of hyraxes are:
Rock, tree, and bush
What is special about rodents teeth?
They are long and sharp for gnawing and never stop growing
Elephants are the largest of all land animals.
True
What does carnivore mean?
Meat eater
List four ungulates
deer, cattle, horses, antelopes, giraffes, hippos, pigs, donkeys, etc
Aardvark means:
Earth Pig
How can you tell male and female lions apart?
Males have a long mane
Asian Elephants have longer tusks than African.
False, African tusks are longer
Do dogs live alone or in groups? What is the one exception?
Dogs live in groups, but foxes live alone
List four Cats
answer may vary
Ungulates have ______ instead of claws?
Hooves
African and Asian
African Elephants are larger than Asian.
True
How are bears, raccoons, and pandas less carnivorous than other mammals?
They eat a wider variety of food, including plants
List three dogs
The two groups of ungulates are:
Odd and even toed
Do cats normally live in herds or alone?
Alone, the exception is lions
Wild Cattle are known as bovids.
True
Animals belonging to the Carnivora group have what two physical characteristics?
Sharp teeth and claws
What is a Proboscidean?
An elephant
Elephants trunks are very long:
noses
What do ungulates eat?
They are herbivores so they eat plants
Ungulates are the largest mammal group.
False, rodents are the largest group
How are dogs physically different from cats?
Longer snout or muzzle and claws cannot be contracted.