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30 Cards in this Set
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Order Passeriformes
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Order Passeriformes perching bids / song birds
Sparrow, magpie, starling, robin, canary, crow, raven, rufous sided towhee |
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Order Psittaciformes
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Colorful tropic birds
Parrots, parakeets, cockatoos |
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Order Falconiformes
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Narrow-winged birds of prey
Kestrel, peregrine falcon |
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Order Accipitriformes
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Broad-winged’’’’diurnal birds of prey
Hawks, Eagles, Vultures |
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Order Strigiformes
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Nocturnal/crepuscular birds of prey
Screech owl, barn owl, great horned owl |
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Order Coraciiformes
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Large-headed fishing birds
Belted kingfisher |
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Order Piciformes
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Woodpeckers
Downy woodpeckers, northern flicker |
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Order Charadriiformes
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Shorebirds
Sandpipers, gulls, avocets, plovers, dunlins, killdeers |
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Order Pelecaniformes
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Pelicans
American white pelican |
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Order Apodiformes
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Hummingbirds
Broad-tailed hummingbird |
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Order Columbiformes
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Doves
Rock dove (pigeon), mourning dove |
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Order Ciconiiformes
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Long-legged wading birds
Flamingos, storks |
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Order Galliformes
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Gamebirds
Pheasants, quails, jungle fowl, chickens, turkeys, peacocks & peahens |
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Order Anseriformes
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Waterfowl
Swans, geese, ducks |
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Class Aves:
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Common Bird Orders
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bids
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Animals with backbones that have feathers, lay eggs, and are generally modified to fly.
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Subclass Prototheria
Order Monotremata |
EGG-LAYING MAMMALS first + wild animal
one + opening Duck-billed playtpus Echidna (spiny anteater) |
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Order Lagomorpha
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hare + shaped
Rabbit, hare, pica |
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Subclass Theria
Infraclass Metatheria Supra-Order Marsupialia |
wild animal
POUCH MAMMALS later + wild animal [Now divided into seven orders] Opossum Numbat Kangaroo Bandicoot Possum Koala Wombat Ringtail Thylacine Wallaby Potoroo |
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Order Rodentia
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gnawing
Mice, rats, squirrels, gophers, porcupines, beavers, capybara |
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Infraclass Eutheria
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PLACENTAL MAMMALS true + wild animal
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Order Primates
Prosimians Anthropids: |
of the 1st rank, primo
Lemur, tarsier, loris, aye aye Monkey, ape, gorilla, man (“The first shall be last & the last shall be first.”) |
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Order Chiroptera
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hand + wing
Flying foxes (fruit bats), vampire bat, little brown bat, etc. |
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Order Insectivora
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insect + eater
Hedgehogs, shrews, moles |
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Order Carnivora
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flesh + eater
Dog, cat, raccoon, bear, hyena, otter, mink Sea lion, seal, walrus (formerly members of Order Pinnepedia) |
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Order Cetartiodactyla
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sea monster + (even + toed)
Cattle, camel, giraffe, deer, antelope, llama, pig, buffalo, hippopotamus Whale, porpoise, dolphin (former members of Order Cetacea) |
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Order Perissodactyla
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uneven + toed
Horse, zebra, rhinoceros |
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Order Sirenia
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bewitching
Manatee, siren, dugong, Stellar’s sea cow |
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Order Proboscidea
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in front + to feed
Asian elephant, African elephant, mastodon, wooly mammoth |
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phylum
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cordata birds
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