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Insectivora/Chiroptera 2022 M

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

?

a)

African pygmy hedgehog

b)

European hedgehog

2.

?

a)

Flying fox

b)

Vampire bat

c)

Fruit bat

3.

?

a)

flying fox

b)

vampire bat

c)

big brown bat

4.

Tough one, who's skull is this? ( hint iron in teeth)

a)

northern short tail shrew

b)

vampire bat

5.

Micro bat or mega bat?

a)

micro bat

b)

mega bat

6.

?

a)

star nosed mole

b)

North American mole

c)

Golden mole

7.
?
a)
Fruit bat
b)
Flying fox
8.

?

a)

Ghost bat

b)

Honduras white bat

9.

?

a)

Painted bat

b)

vampire bat

10.

?

a)

fruitbat

b)

micro bat

c)

vampire bat

11.

?

a)

Painted bat

b)

Panda bat

c)

Fruit bat

12.
?
a)
micro bat
b)
mega bat
13.

?

a)

Bumblebee bat

b)

Vampire bat

14.
?
a)
North American shrew
b)
Tree shrew
c)
Shrew squirel
15.

?

a)

Pygmy shrew

b)

North American shrew

c)

water shrew

16.
?
a)
North American mole
b)
Star nosed mole
c)
Golden mole
17.

?

a)

North American mole

b)

Golden mole

c)

North American shrew

18.

?

a)

Virginia opossum

b)

Moonrat

c)

white shrew

19.

The word for painting a picture with sound.

a)

Echolocation

b)

Electrocardiogram

c)

Existential

20.

?

a)

Micro bat

b)

Mega bat

21.

?

a)

Vampire bat

b)

Big brown bat

22.

?

a)

Northern short tail shrew

b)

water shrew

c)

NA mole

23.

The red color on the Northern short tail shrew is from

a)

dried blood

b)

iron

24.

This is the worlds smallest mammal.

a)

Pygmy shrew

b)

Bumblebee bat

c)

Dwarf spiny shrew

25.

?

a)

Long nosed shrew

b)

Dwarf dormouse

c)

Elephant shrew

26.

?

a)

African pygmy hedgehog

b)

European hedgehog

27.
?
a)

North American mole

b)

Star nosed mole

c)

Golden mole

28.

The European hedgehog ___________, the African pygmy hedgehog does not.

a)

hibernates

b)

eats insects

29.
?
a)

Colugo

b)

sugar glider

c)

flying lemur

30.

The definition for an animal that lives underground.

a)

sessile

b)

fossorial

c)

nocturnal

31.

What is a juvenile hedgehog called?

a)

a hoglet

b)

a joey

c)

a pup

32.

Baby bats are called

a)

pups.

b)

joeys.

c)

fawns.

33.

The trait of behavior of an animal that benefits another at its own expense is called

a)

autism

b)

altruism

34.

Which of the animals below like the vampire bat, has altruistic behavior:

a)

dogs

b)

cats

c)

orcas

d)

tigers

35.

What does Chiroptera mean?

a)

Chiropractor

b)

Hand-wing

36.

If you eat fruit you are called a

a)

insectivore

b)

frugivore

37.

If you eat blood the scientific term is:

a)

vampiric

b)

hemotroph

c)

sangivore

d)

draculosis

38.

A place bats sleep is called a

a)

creche

b)

roost

c)

cave

39.

The elephant shrew is related to true shrews.

a)

False

b)

True

40.

?

a)

Tenrec

b)

hedgehog

c)

spiny rat

41.

EXTRA CREDIT: NOT COUNTED AGAINST YOU IF INCORRECT!!!!!! What is this cutie?

a)

leusistic flying fox

b)

albino flying fox

c)

Honduran white bat

d)

Artic flying fox

42.

?

a)

Water shrew

b)

Dibbler

c)

Dunnart

43.

An animal that eats insects is known as an

a)

Vegan

b)

Insectivore

c)

Fruigivore

44.

The most numerous bat in Texas. One cave near Austin has over 20 million alone.

a)

Big brown bat

b)

Mexican free tailed bat

45.

Bats are beneficial to us as they eat pests, pollinate fruits and flowers and disperse seeds.

a)

true

b)

false

46.

?

a)

Micro bat

b)

Mega bat

47.

These bats have large ears, tiny eyes and a leaf nose.

a)

micro bat

b)

mega bat

48.

Bats worst predator.

a)

Scrub pythons

b)

Owls

c)

Man (Chinese!!!!!)

d)

Ebola

49.

This is the only altruistic bat species.

a)

Vampire bat

b)

Big brown bat

c)

Little brown bat

d)

Pip nosed bat

50.

Elephant shrews can live 10 years or more.

a)

True

b)

False

51.

The Northern short tail shrew has 4 super powers: echolocation and

a)

teeth with iron plating

b)

being venomous

c)

heightened sense of smell and vibration

d)

ALL ARE CORECT 'cus Mr Wheelock would never ever trick you.

52.

The vampire bat sucks blood.

a)

True

b)

False