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25 Cards in this Set
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Define herbivore |
a plant eater |
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Define nocturnal |
active only at night |
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the most familiar eastern squirrel |
gray squirrel |
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This squirrel is also called a chickaree. |
red squirrel |
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This squirrel is nocturnal. |
flying squirrel |
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This squirrel is a true hibernator. |
chipmunk |
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This is a ground squirrel. |
Chipmunk or woodchuck |
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A beaver is a rodent, marsupials or egg-layer? |
rodent |
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A capybara is a rodent, marsupial or egg-layer?
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rodent |
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An echidna is a rodent, marsupial or egg-layer? |
egg-layer |
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A guinea pig is a rodent, marsupial or egg layer? |
rodent |
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A Kangaroo is a rodent, marsupial or egg-layer? |
marsupial |
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A koala is a rodent, marsupial or egg-layer? |
marsupial |
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A mouse is a rodent, marsupial or egg-layer? |
rodent |
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An opposum is a rodent, marsupial or egg-layer? |
marsupial |
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A platypus is a rodent, marsupial or egg-layer? |
egg-layer |
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A porcupine is a rodent, marsupial or egg-layer? |
rodent |
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A prairie dog is a rodent, marsupial or egg-layer? |
rodent |
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A squirrel is a rodent, marsupial or egg-layer? |
rodent |
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What is the largest group of mammals? |
rodents |
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What is another name for front teeth? |
incisors |
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Why do the incisors of a rodent not wear away with gnawing? |
the enamel on the front |
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What is the major difference between a rat and a mouse? |
their size |
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What disease carried by rats killed millions of people during the 1300s - 1600s? |
bubonic plague |
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List five rodents. |
* mice * rats *squirrels * beavers * chinchillas * gerbils *guinea pigs * lemmings *porcupines |
