Wildlife Terminology and Examples

Match the following descriptions with the correct animal type.

• Herbivore

• Constantly growing incisors, omnivores

• Rodent

• True Deer, hooved mammals with antlers

• Cervid

• Eat plants.

• Musk Deer

• Produce Musk- weasel-like

What does CREPUSCULAR mean?

• Active during twilight hours (dawn and dusk)

• Most active at night

• Eat plants

• Produce Musk- weasel-like.

Which of the following is a HERBIVORE?

• Whitetail Deer

• Long-tail weasel

• Muskrat

• Opossum

Match the following animals with their classifications.

• Marsupial

• Whitetail & Elk

• Cervid

• Muskrat

• Mustelid

• Opossum

• Rodent

• Long-tail weasel

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

Match the following terms with their definitions.

• Diurnal

• Most active at night

• Crepuscular

• Active during twilight hours (dawn and dusk)

• Herbivorous

• Eat plants.

• Nocturnal

• Most active during daylight hours

Match the following animals with their activity patterns.

• Animals active at night

• C) Whitetail, coyotes

• Diurnal animals

• B) Robin, cottontails, red-tailed hawk, squirrels, chipmunks

• Nocturnal animals

• A) Weasels, bats, raccoons

• Crepuscular animals

• D) Muskrat, field mice.

A MUSTELID is known to (a)   .

• Eat plants
• Produce Musk- weasel-like
• Have constantly growing incisors
• Be active during twilight hours.

What is an example of a CREPUSCULAR animal?

• A) Whitetail, coyotes

• B) Weasels, bats, raccoons

• C) Robin, cottontails, red-tailed hawk

• D) Muskrat, field mice

Fill in the blank: HERBIVORES are animals that ________.

• A) Eat plants

• B) Produce Musk- weasel-like

• C) Have constantly growing incisors

• D) Are active during twilight hours.

The category of animals that eats both plants and animals is called a(n) (a)   .

• Carnivore
• Omnivore
• Insectivore
• Piscavore