Mammal Vocabulary

Front

What is the space that an animal occupies during its life?

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Home range

Front

What do you call an animal that eats other animals?

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Predator

Front

What term describes animals that are active during the day?

Back

Diurnal

Front

What is an estimate made by studying part of the entire population called?

Back

Sample

Front

What method tells how abundant animals are by counting signs they leave instead of counting the animals themselves?

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Population index

Front

What do you call an animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal?

Back

Prey

Front

What is the term for animals that are active during twilight (dawn and dusk)?

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Crepuscular

Front

What is the study of classifying living things called?

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Taxonomy

Front

What do you call animals that maintain a constant body temperature regardless of the environment?

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Warm-blooded

Front

What is the term for a group of the same species living in a specific area?

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Population