Mammals Quizzz

Identify this creature by scientific name.

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F: Didelphidae

CN: Virginia Opossum

SN: Didelphis virginiana

WOAH HEY is that poppy??

Identify this creature by scientific name.

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F: Talpidae

CN: Star-nosed Mole

SN: Condylura cristata

The story writes itself here.

Identify this creature by common name.

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F: Talpidae

CN: Eastern Mole

SN: Scalopus aquaticus

The easiest tell for this guy is that it doesn't have a very hairy tail, nor a starry nose. It is also thicker than the hairy-tailed mole.

Identify this creature by common name.

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F: Talpidae

CN: Hairy-tailed Mole

SN: Parascalops breweri

Take note of its tail.

Identify this animal by either scientific or common name.

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F: Soricidae

CN: Short-tailed Shrew

SN: Blarina brevicauda

This shrew has both a shorter snout and tail.

Its species name quite literally means...

brevi=short

cauda=tail

Identify this animal by either scientific or common name.

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F: Soricidae

CN: Masked Shrew

SN: Sorex cinereus

This shrew has a longer snout and tail.

What is the genus name of this critter?

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F: Vespertilionidae

CN: Little Brown Bat

SN: Myotis lucifugus

What is the eastern cottontail's scientific name?

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O: Lagomorpha

CN: Eastern Cottontail

SN: Sylvilagus floridanus

Identify this animal by its scientific name.

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O: Rodentia

CN: American Beaver

SN: Castor canadensis

These environemental engineers pave the way for wetlands to exist.

Identify this animal by its common name.

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O: Rodentia

CN: Muskrat

SN: Ondatra zibethicus

The main difference here is the non-flattened scaly tail.