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| 2 suborders of Order Cetacea |
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- Balaenidae
- Balaenopteridae
- Eschrichtiidae
- Neobalaenidae |
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Order Cetacea
Suborder Mysticeti
Name the 4 families |
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- Delphinidae
- Monodontidae
- Phocoenidae
- Physeteridae
- Platanistidae
- Iniidae |
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Order Cetacea
Suborder Odontoceti
Name 6 families |
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Order Cetacea
Suborder Mysticeti
Which family has:
- large robust whales
- long baleen plates
- no furrows on throat or chest
- rostrum is arched |
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Order Cetacea
Suborder Mysticeti
Which family has:
- small and large whales
- short baleen plates
- long furrows on throat and chest
- narrow rostrum |
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| which family contains the bowhead whale and the right whale? |
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| Which family contains rorquals? |
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Order Cetacea
Which suborder contains the baleen whales? |
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Order Cetacea
Suborder Mysticeti
Which family contains the gray whale? |
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Order Cetacea
Which suborder contains the toothed whales, porpoises, and dolphins? |
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Order Cetacea
Suborder order Odontoceti is characterized by what? |
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Order Cetacea
Suborder Odontoceti
Family that contains dolphins and killer whales |
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- transients
- residents
- offshore |
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Definition
| 3 subgroups of killer whales |
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Order Cetacea
Suborder Odontoceti
sub group of killer whales that has:
- migration
- feed on mammals
- wide rangind in small less permanent groups
- little vocalization |
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Order Cetacea
Suborder Odontoceti
Which subgroup of killer whales has:
- no migration
- feed on fish
- found in coastal waters - have home range
- live in pods
- high vocalization |
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Order Cetcea
Suborder Odontoceti
Family that contains porpoises |
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Order Cetaceans
Suborder Odontoceti
Family with low or absent dorsal fin |
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Order Cetacea
Suborder Odontoceti
Family that contains sperm whales |
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| Organ in sperm whales that creates oil |
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Order Cetacea
Suborder Odontoceti
Family that contains long-snouted river dolphins |
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Order Cetacea
Suborder Odontoceti
Family that contains other river dolphins
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Term
- amazon river dolphin
- Chinese (Yangtze) river dolphin
- La Plata river dolphin (Brazil and Argentina) |
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Definition
| 3 monophyletic groups of family Iniidae |
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Order Cetacea
Suborder Odontoceti
Family that contains Narwhal and Beluga whales |
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| Area of open sea water within an ice pack |
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| whales that depend on polynyas |
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| a group of individuals of a single species that occupy a given locality |
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| reflects the history of survival, reproduction, and potential for future growth of a population |
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- reproduction
- intraspecific competition
- predation
- disperal
- disease |
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Definition
| Name 5 density dependent factors |
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Term
| Competitive Exclusion Principle |
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Definition
| two species cannot occupy the same niche at the same time |
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Term
| Ideal Free Distribution Theory |
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Definition
| animals aggregate in patches proportionately to the amount of resources available in each patch |
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| Ideal Despotic Distribution Theory |
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Definition
| where dominant individuals occupy the best sites, forcing other individuals to use lower quality sites |
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- random
- regular
- clumped |
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Definition
| 3 patterns of distribution |
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Term
| an individual has an equal probability of ocurring anywhere in an area |
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Definition
| define random distribution |
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| individuals are uniformly spaced through the environment |
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Definition
| define regular distribution |
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| individuals live in areas of high local abundance, which are separated by areas of low abundance |
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Definition
| define clumped distribution |
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| a series of local populations connected by dispersing individuals |
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| The number of species on an undisturbed island is determined by immigration and extinction |
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Definition
| define theory of island biogeography |
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| the assemblage of organisms which make up a given area and the interactions between them and their environment |
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Term
| tick birds eat ticks from the bodies of large ungulates |
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Definition
| example of a mutualistic relationship |
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| a deer tick feeds on the blood of a deer |
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| cattle stir up insects while foraging and cattle egrets get food without affecting the cattle |
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| acid that herbivores produce to break down toxins in plants |
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- develop rumen or caecum
- elongated tongue in giraffes
- hip adaptations of gerenuk |
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Definition
| 3 examples of morphological adaptations in herbivores to eat plants |
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- physiological
- morphological
- behavioral |
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Definition
| 3 types of adaptations in herbivores for eating plants |
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Term
- message
- encode
- send
- decode
- interpret
- feedback |
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Definition
| 6 steps of communication cycle |
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Term
- visual signals
- olfactory signals
- acoustical signals
- tactile signals
- threats and appeasement |
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Definition
| 5 different types of communication |
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Term
- facial expressions
- body posture
- anatomical structures |
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Definition
| 3 types of visual signals |
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- pheromones
- allomone
- kairomone
- synomones |
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Definition
| 4 types of olfactory signals |
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Term
- ultrasonic
- infrasonic
- simplistic
- complex |
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Definition
| 4 types of acoustic signals |
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Term
- group hunting
- increased vigilance
- increased choice of mates
- shared thermoregulation |
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Definition
| name 4 benefits of mammals living in groups |
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Term
- increased visibility to predator
- decreased food availability
- increased competition for mates
- increased kleptoparasitism |
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Definition
| name 4 costs of mammals living in a group |
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| daily cyclic patterns are also called |
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| seasonal cyclic patterns are also called |
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| internally controlled circadian cycles |
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| externally controlled circadian cycles |
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| master clock of circadian rhythms |
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| an external cue which sets an animals clock |
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| maximize intake while minimizing costs |
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Definition
| define optimal foraging theory |
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- long claws for digging
- cheek pouches for transportation
- kangaroo rats
- pocket mice |
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Definition
| 2 adaptations for caching and 2 example of animals that do it |
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| caching of few food items in wide variety of different locations |
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| caching all food in a single area |
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| forward rotation of orbits in primates |
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Term
- Strepsirrhini
- Halporrhini |
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Definition
| 2 suborders of order Primates |
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- platyrrhini
- catarrhini |
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Definition
Order Primates
Suborder Halporrhini
2 subdivisions |
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Term
- comma shaped nostrils
- naked wet nose (rhinarium) |
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Definition
| suborder strepsirrhini is derived from 2 features of nose |
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Term
- grooming claw
- tooth comb |
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Definition
| 2 defining characteristics of suborder strepsirrhini |
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Order Primates
Suborder that contains lemurs |
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Order Primates
Suborder that contains tarsiers, New and Old World anthopoid primates, and fossil families |
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- hemochorial placenta
- fovea centralis in retina |
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Definition
Order Primates
Suborder Halporrhini - 2 adaptations |
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Order Primates
Suborder Haplorrhini
Subdivision of old world |
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Order Primates
Suborder Haplorrhini
Subdivision of new world |
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| bare, brightly colored patchs of skin on the rump |
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Order Primates
Suborder Halporrhini
Subdivision Platyrrhini
2 families |
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Order Primate
Suborder Haplorrhini
Subdivision Platyrrhini
Family that contains tamarins, marmosets, capuchins, and squirrel monkeys |
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| where blood cells from both twins are present in each individual |
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Order Primate
Suborder Haplorrhini
Subdivision Platyrrhini
Family that contains howler monkeys, spider monkeys, wooly monkeys, and muriquis |
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Definition
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- Cercopithecidae
- Hylobatidae
- Hominidae |
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Definition
Order Primates
Suborder Haplorrhini
Subdivision Catarrhini
3 families |
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Order Primates
Suborder Haplorrhini
Subdivision Catarrhini
Family that contains old world monkeys, cercopithecines, colobinae, savanna baboons, and patas monkeys |
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Order Primate
Suborder Haplorrhini
Subdivision Catarrhini
Family that contians gibbons |
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Order Primate
Suborder Haplorrhini
Subdivsion Catarrhini
Family that contains great apes, gorillas, pans, and pongos |
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- ecology
- physiology
- behavior |
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Definition
| 3 things that limit animals in their natural world |
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