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21 Cards in this Set
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Myrmecophagy
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Feeding primarily on colonial insects such as ants and termites.
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Fossorial
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Digging under the ground surface to find food or create shelter.
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Terrestrial
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Living on the ground.
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Volant
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Having powered flight.
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Nocturnal
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Exhibiting peak activity during hours of darkness and resting when there is daylight.
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Diurnal
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Activity primarily during the daylight hours and quiescent at night.
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Crepuscular
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Activity concentrated near sunrise and sunset.
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Aerial forager
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Obtaining food during flight.
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Gleaner
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Scavenger
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Dilambodont
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Having a W shaped ectoloph of the occulsal surface.
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Zalambodont
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Having a V shaped ectoloph of the occlusal surface.
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Occlusal surface
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The surfaces of the upper and lower teeth that contact each other during chewing.
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Didactylous
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The digits are unfused, each with its own skin sheath.
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Syndactylous
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Digits that have skeletal elements of the second and third toes that are fused and share a common skin sheath.
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Zygapophysis
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Any one of the processses of the dorsal portion of a vertebra and with an articulation surface for contacting a zygapophysis of an adjacent vertebra. Increases backbone stability.
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Tragus/antitragus
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In bats, the projection from the lower medial margin of the pinna.
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(keeled) calcar
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In bats, a spur that projects medially from the ankle that has a central ridge.
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Uropatagium
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A web of skin extending between the hindlegs and frequently enclosing the tail.
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Propatagium
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A thin web of skin that extends from the shoulder to the wrist, anterior to the upper arm and forearm.
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Plagiopatagium
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One of platagia forming between the fifth finger and the leg.
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Dactylopatagium
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Thin sheets of skin that fill the spaces between the digits of the forelimb.
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