Section 16.4- Mammalian Orders III

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enlarged and thickened toenails

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hooves

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the Order Perissodactyla are

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odd-toed hoofed animals

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hoofed animals are called

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ungulates

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the Order Artiodactyla are

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even-toed toed hoofed mammals

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most of the ________________ have been designed as swift runners because they need a means of escape from predators

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ungulates

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all ungulates are primarily __________________

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herbivorous

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a very large perissodactyl with three functional toes on each foot

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rhinoceros

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an unusual creature that looks much like a pig with an extra-long snout or short trunk

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tapir

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horses, zebras, and donkeys are

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equids

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a single-toed perissodactyl tat has been one of the most useful animals in God’s creation

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horse

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perissodactyls that have helped man since the earliest times

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donkeys

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all artiodactyls are

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herbivorous

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solid hornlike structures that are shed annually

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antlers

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hollow structures that are usually permanent and thus not shed

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horns

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tallest living animals

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giraffe

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artiodactyls can be divided into

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those that chew cud
those that do not

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animals that chew cud

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ruminants

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the first division of a ruminants four-chambered stomach is called the

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rumen

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composed of hollow sheaths of keratinized epidermal cells that surround a core of bone arising from the skull

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horns

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bony elevations on the skull of the deer

solid bone

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antlers

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the skin covering of the antlers is called

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velvet

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are among the most important animals on earth

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artiodactyls

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artiodactyls that have been particularly valuable to mankind since ancient times as sources of food and clothing

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bovids

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belong to a family of ruminants that are distinguished from the bovids by the growth of antlers rather than horns

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deer

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a rather unusual creature designed to withstand extremes of hot, dry lands

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camel

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the process used by microorganisms to break down cellulose is called

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fermentation

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a special side pocket that lies near the stomach to provide for a fermentation chamber

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cecum

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the largest portion of the stomach

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rumen

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small balls food

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cud

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the Order Carnivora are

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Flesh-Eaters

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lead a more active life than herbivores

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carnivores

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the least carnivorous of the flesh eaters more accurately described as omnivores

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bears

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considered the largest land-dwelling carnivore

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Alaska brown bear

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kodiaks are a type of

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grizzly bear

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the only large land carnivore that not instinctively fear man

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polar bear

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members of the dog family that are ruthless and ferocious carnivores with a justified reputation as cunning attack animals

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wolves

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other canines that are apparently members of the same biblical kind as wolves are

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domestic dogs, dingoes coyotes jackals

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one of the most relentless hunter among the carnivores

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weasel

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the largest member of the weasel family

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wolverine

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the largest of the living cats is the

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Siberian tiger or Amur tiger

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among the largest living cats live in small groups called prides

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lions

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a common resident in homes of many nations prized in many cultures for its ability to keep establishments free of mice

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housecats

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the two aquatic carnivores

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seals walruses

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the aquatic carnivore that has tusks

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walruses

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a type of animal or plant that is no longer found live on the earth is said to be

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extinct

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examples of animals in which man is responsible for their extinction

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passenger pigeons American bison

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types of animals that still exist today but are in danger of extinction

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endangered

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an example of a controversial endangered species protected by the Endangered Species Act is the

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spotted owl

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aquatic carnivore that dives very deeply

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seal