Name the classification for the Pig-footed Bandicoot.
What is vertebrate, mammal?
100
Name the conservation status for the pig-footed bandicoot.
What is EXTINCT?
100
Name the only animal we are studying currently found in Michigan.
What is the Indiana bat?
200
Name something important about the Indiana bat's feet or toes.
What is they have very short hairs on their toes (brown bats have long hairs)?
200
The Indiana bat is "colonial." Describe what this means.
What is they live together in large groups or "colonies?"
200
Explain why it's called the "pig-footed" bandicoot.
What is it has just two toes on each foot so that the foot looks like a pig's hoof?
200
Explain what happened to the pig-footed bandicoot.
What is habitat change destroyed its living area? Land became used for cattle and sheep grazing, burning patterns changed (large areas were burned for agriculture and ruined their nesting areas)?
200
This is the name for an animal that eats only plant? Bonus: name an animal we have studied that eats only plants.
What is herbivore? What is pig-footed bandicoot?
300
Name some places where we can find the Indiana bat.
What are Indiana, Oklahoma, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Alabama, Arkansas?
300
Name at least two reasons why the Indiana bat is in trouble.
What are human disturbance to their habitats (mining companies, tourists in the caves), changes in temperature and humidity in caves due to mining, habitat loss from cutting forests, pesticides killing their insects?
300
The female pig-footed bandicoot has a pouch where her babies grow. What is this classification called?
What is marsupial
300
Because animals like the pig-footed bandicoot had problems, some new policies were put in place. Name one.
What is the semi-arid and arid lands are now protected?
300
Define "arid."
What is "dry?"
400
The Indiana bat eats moths, flies, beetles, mosquitos, etc. This means it is an...
What is an insectivore?
400
Explain what is being done to save the Indiana bat?
What is it is on the Endangered List, controlling access to the caves with gates, conserving their summer habitat?
400
Name the place the Pig-footed bandicoot is from and describe their habitat.
What is Western Australia in open, grassy, dry plains?
400
Describe the pig-footed bandicoot's tail.
What is long and skinny, like a rope, with a tuft at the end?
400
Name an invertebrate that is also a CARNIVORE.
What is the Trumpet-Mouthed Hunter Snail (Dracula Ant also correct for third graders!)?
500
Describe where Indiana bats "hang out" during winter (while hibernating) and where they live during the summer months.
What is "hang out" in limestone caves and mines during the winter and in trees (under loose bark) during summer?
500
The scientific name for the Indiana bat is Myotis sodalis. Name a way to remember that.
What is Myotis sounds like "mouse" and it has ears like a mouse and "sodalis" sounds like "social" and it likes to gather in very large groups?
500
Name the main foods eaten by the Pig-footed bandicoot.
What are grasses and other plants?
500
The scientific name for the pig-footed bandicoot is Chaeropus ecaudatus. How might you remember that?
What is ropus sounds like "rope" and the tail looks like a rope?
500
The Queen Alexandra's Birdwing is MONOPHAGOUS. What does this mean?