Killdeer American Kestrel Red-winged Blackbird Station 26- Bird Migration What are the four groups birds can be placed in? Why do birds migrate? What are the four “flyways” in ? Station 27 – Desert Adaptations – Roadrunners What is torpor? Why do roadrunners do this? What adaptation do Roadrunners have to help them use less energy “waking up” from torpor? Station 28 – Desert Adaptations - Cactus Wrens How did these birds get their name? Why do these birds make multiple nests?
Order: Marsupialia: Marsupials Kangaroo Koala Bush-tailed Possum Virginia Opossum Subclass: Eutheria Order: Tubulidentata – Aardvarks Order: Proboscidea – Elephants Order: Hyracoidea: Hyraxes Order: Sirenia – Manatees Order: Xenarthra – Anteaters, Sloths, Armadillos Order: Rodentia – Rodents Naked Mole Rats Beaver Ground Squirrel Gray Squirrel Kangaroo Rat Capybara Gopher Deer Mouse Norway Rat Antelope Ground Squirrel Chipmunk Woodchuck Order: Lagomorpha – Rabbits Black-tailed Jackrabbit Desert Cottontail Pika Order: Dermoptera – Flying Lemurs Order: Scandentia – Tree Shrews Order: Primates – Primates Old World Monkeys Olive Baboon New World Monkeys Great Apes Gorilla Orangutan African Chimp Bonobos Australopithicus afarenis Australopithicus africanus Parathropus bosei Homo erectus Homo neanderthalensis Homo sapiens Order: Carnivora – Carnivores Feline Family Mountain Lion Bobcat African Lion Bengal Tiger Leopard Jaguar Cheetah Canid Family Coyote Gray Wolf Silver Fox Red Fox Gray Fox Arctic Fox Bear Family Polar Bear Alaskan Brown Bear Grizzly Bear American Black Bear European Brown Bear Giant Panda Raccoon Family Raccoon Coati Red Panda Ringtail Weasel Family Long-tailed Weasel Pine Martin Mink Wolverine Badger Skunks River Otter Sea Otter Mongoose Family Meerkats Hyena Family Hyenas Pinneped Family Walrus California Sea Lion Weddel Seal Crabeater Seal Leopard Seal Harbor Seal Order: Perissodactyla -Odd toed Ungulates Equine Family Horses Zebra Tapir Family Tapirs Rhinoceros Family White Rhino Black Rhino Order: Cetartiodactyla - Even-toed Ungulates Pig family Warthog Wild Boar Peccary family Peccary Hippopotamus family Hippopotamus Camel Family Camel Llamas Alpaca Deer Family
When did they evolve? Where are they found? Station 13 – Order: Tubulidentata What do Aardvarks eat? What is the term for this type of feeder? How are their teeth different than other mammals? Station 14 – Order: Proboscidea How do they use their trunk? How much does the skull comprise of an elephant’s body weight? What other changes have occurred to their skull to accommodate their large size? What adaptations are seen in an elephant’s foot? What is the difference between African and Asian Elephants? African Elephant Asian Elephant Ears Tusks Nails on back feet Station 15 – Order: Hyracoidea What does the word hyrax mean? What are their closest living relatives? How do they slice off leaves and grass? What do they have that allows them to digest plant material?
How are their teeth adapted for eating leaves off acacia trees? What do Okapi have in common with giraffe? Where are they found? Station 73 – Bovidae Family What do all bovidae have in common? What belongs to this family? When did they show up in evolutionary history? Station 74 – Pronghorn Family What are pronghorns known for? What is unusual about Pronghorns compared to other Northern latitude ungulates? Station 75 – Cattle Family What do they eat and what is their best sense? Be able to recognize the following species: American bison, Cape buffalo, the water buffalo, the Dwarf buffalo, the Asiatic buffalo and the Banteng. Station 76 – Small Antelope What does the name duiker mean? Why did this animal get that name? Station 77 – Spiral-horned Antelope What do they all have in common? What are they made of? Why are they twisted? What do they eat? Why?