African Animals 2

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Cheetah is derived from the hindi word meaning... and the Sanskrit word...

"spotted one" and "chitraka"

Sportsmen once used cheetah for ___________

Coursing; hunting by sight as oppose to scent.

Spotted Hyena

Crocuta crocuta

The Five Domain Model

Nutrition Environment Health Behavior Mental State

Harem System

One dominate male with many females

Lion

Panthera leo

Leopard

Panthera pardus

Sabel antelope need high _______ and low _______ diets.

Protein and fiber

The Pangolin lives in _____ and ____

Rain forests and savannah grasslands.

Trapeziue

Raises the head and shoulder

Levator nasolabialis

Raises the upper lip and dilates the nostrils.

Tapetum lucidum

Reflective crystals, act as a mirror and increase night vision in the Sable Antelope eye.

Leopards are Obligate Carnivores

Rely on nutrients in animal tissues to meet their nutritional requirements

Brachiocephalicus

Runs from the head and neck to the shoulders.

Cheetah have _____________ claws

Semi-retractable

Thoracolubaar fascia

Serves as the anchor to a lot of back and abdominal muscles.

Honey badgers are of the subspecies ______

Signata

Reticulum

Similar function to rumen

Cheetahs leg muscle

Slow twice fibers in the front (efficient oxygen use) and fast twitch fibers in the back (don't burn oxygen to create energy)

Pangolins are _____ and use ______ to mark.

Solitary; urine

Types of Leopards

Strawberry, Black, and Average Leopards

Leopards have a high requirement for _______ found exclusively in animal flesh

Taurine

The diastema

The space between the cheek teeth and the incisors to accommodate the long tongue.

honey badgers have very loose skin; why?

They can turn to attack their attackers and so their predators can't easily grab them.

Mut

Traditional African medicine

Cheetah habitats include

Wet tropical forests, bushveld, thickets, grassland, savannah, highveld, marshland, fynbos, Karoo shrubland, and semi-arid deserts.

Pangolins rely mainly on ____ for finding food; their ___ and ___ are not very good.

smell, sight and hearing

Rumen

storage sac that mixes food with bacteria

Rewild

taking from one area and putting them back into a natural system.

The cannon bone

the 3rd and 4th metatarsals combined.

Masseter muscle

the muscle that closes the mouth and is the major muscle involved in chewing powder

Leopard spots are made by...

two chemicals called morphogens are thought to diffuse pigment cells to interact and create the black-brown or pale yellow-reddish colored rosettes.

Compassionate conservation

Consideration of animal welfare in the conservation context

The tongue is sticky and about ___-____ cm long

25-50

The honey badger has ___ teeth in total

32

Pangolins normally don't forage more than ___ meters form their shelters

500

Near the honey badgers throat their skin is ______ thick

6mm

There are currently __ panther species in the genius ___________

8 and Pardus pardus

Sable Antelope need ___ liters of water a day

9

Home Range

A large area where the animals move according to available resource. There are no definite boundaries.

Territory

A small area that an animal will reside on for its entire life. It has specific boundaries ad normally occupied by a family unit while defended.

Blood sinus; these help to detect extremely small sensations.

A special hair follicle that contains Tony capsules of blood.

monogastric digestive system

A stomach adapted to eating raw flesh now breaking down carbs. (very small digestive tract); in Leopards.

What marking runs in the corner of a cheetahs eye?

A tear mark which helps absorb and reflect the sun so they can see and hunt better.

Cheetahs are the only species apart of the _____________ genuis

Acinonyx

Packs

African Wild Dogs like groups

Intercostal muscles

Aid in breathing

Diurnal behavior

Animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of sleeping, or other inactivity, at night.

The pangolin body and tail are _____ with heavy and ridged ______

Armored; scales

Genetic Bottle Neck issues include___

Asymmetry of the skull Kinked tails susceptible to the same diseases

Oligarchy

Baboons like this; a group of related males who are dominant over the others.

Aposematic Coloration

Breaking up of color to help blend in with your environment.

The xiphisternum

Cartilaginous process forming the lowermost part of the breastbone of sternum. (greatly elongated)

___________ are the fastest land animal

Cheetah

Male cheetah will form a ________ while females will be __________

Coalition and solitary

Sable Antelope are extremely susceptible to _____

Droughts and cold thats why they live in tall thickets that block the wind and will migrate if necessary

Matriarchal System

Elephant Spotted Hyena Mongoose Mom is the boss and does not mate with males in their pack to add variety to the gene pool.

Honey badgers have sight that is ______ and their eyes ____ light at night

Farsighted, reflect

Latissiums dorsi

Flexes the shoulder

Temporary association

Giraffe like this; no dominant member they just all hangout until they get tired of one another and move on.

Get their blood glucose requirements from________

Gluconeogenesisi; using protein rather than the break down of carbohydrates

ruminant

Hooved animals that have a rumen and chew their cud

Sable Antelope have ________ pupil which increase their side and "rear" vision (similar to prey animals)

Horizontal

Horns vs Antlers

Horns are permanent and antlers are shed annually

Animal Welfare

How an animal is coping with the conditions in which it lives.

Animal Social Structures

How animals live and interact with each other.

Indicator Species

Impala are these; if there are too many of them it shows there are not enough predators in the area.

A leopards point of articulation is______

In line with the teeth to increase bite strength.

Solitary

Leopards like being alone

The Big Five

Lion, Elephant, Rhino, Leopard, Buffalo

Prides

Lions like being with others.

A leopards whiskers are very important for increasing their sensory abilities but the most prominent ones are found on the side of their muzzles, these are called_________

Macro vibrissae

Rectus Absominis

Major ventral support for the abdomen

The Sable Antelope have a facial pattern that resembles a _______

Mask

Sable Antelope follow a ______ system with a strict _______ order of female dominance

Matriarchal and hierarchical

Honey badgers are primarily _______

Nocturnal

Aggregation

Zebra and wildebeest like this; they like to congregate together.

sexually dimorphic

a marked difference in size and appearance between males and females of a species

nocturnal

active at night

The honey badgers fur is thicker on the ___ and thinner towards the _____

back and belly

Antelope babies are born a sandy color to help them ______

camouflage

Masseter

closes jaw (the muscle of mastication/chewing)

Young sable antelope often form _____

crèche

Abomasum

digestive liquid is added to break down food before entering the small intestine.

Omasum

food is ground into fine particles

External abdominal oblique

forms part of abdominal wall

Buccinator

forms part of the cheek

Stable are ____ by nature and form large groups

gregarious

The horny epithelium

he thin tissue forming the outer layer of the body's surface and lining, and the alimentary canal and other hollow structures.

Point of articulation in Antelope is _________ with the jaw and tooth-row to provide strength

in line

Sarcocaudalus

manipulates the tail

Sable Antelope females are _____ while males are _____

more red; black to dark brown

Leopard are ______ feeders

opportunistic

Honey badgers tongue has sharp, rear facing ____

papillae (bumps)

The tongue has its root attachment in the _____ region near the kidneys.

pelvic

The ____ pad of a honey badger is large and semicircular

plantar

CAMPFIRE

provides a legal way for rural communities to harvest their natural resources on a sustainable basis

Foregut fermenters

ruminants (antelope)

Their activities include being with other badgers and ____

scent marking (makes up 15.5% of their active time)

The honey badgers tongue is has numerous _______________

sharp rear-facing papillae. (bumps)


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