WIS2040 Topics 10-18

The Wading Birds in Florida have suffered from

(parasitism, mercury poisoning, interrupted hydroperiod) in south Florida.

The dorsal part of a turtle's shell is called the

carapace.

TSD is seen most commonly in sea turtles and

crocodilans.

The birds are thought to have evolved from the same reptilian subclass as the

crocodilians.

All mammals have ----- jaw articulation.

dentary-squamosal

Pleurodont

dentition refers to the condition where the teeth are set in a groove in the jaw.

Acrodont

dentition refers to the condition where the teeth are set on top of the jaw.

Rhesus macaques (monkeys) in the Florida Keys have

destroyed mangroves.

The evolution of ___ in reptiles is seen as an adaptation for survival in a dry climate.

epidermal scales

Scientists belive that Archaeopteryx was a bird because it had

feathers.

The Monotremes are characterized by species that

lay eggs.

The ____ is the largest living turtle.

leatherback

When populations are rare

management strategies should try to, increase natality.

The Euryapsid groups of fossil reptiles lived in ____ environments.

marine

Since the 1930s wading bird _____ have declined by 95% in Everglades National Park.

nesting attempts

Perhaps the main reason the reptiles were able to dominate the Mesozoic was that they were

not dependent on water for reproduction.

Two

of the fossil reptile groups ultimately went extinct and left no descendants.

Most wildlife species have evolved a restricted breeding season because

of the huge energy expense of reproduction.

The Fairy Tern lays its eggs

on a naked tree branch.

In female mammals with an estrous cycle

ovulation is not concealed.

A facial disk is a characteristic of the

owls.

A large spur with a venom gland is found on the hind leg of male

platypuses.

The Ivory-billed Woodpecker and Bachman's Warbler are both

probably extinct.

A company from New England released Rhesus Macaques onto Key Lois and Raccoon Key in order to

produce a population for biomedical studies.

The tail vertebrae in modern birds are fused to form a structure called the

pygostyle.

The order Gruiformes is represented by several species of flightless -- on oceanic islands.

rails

In 1994, 29 ---- were released onto St. Matthew Islands and 20 years later they had increased to nearly 6000 individuals.

reindeer

Ever-growing incisors are characteristic of the

rodents.

As the reptiles evolved the amniote egg, plants evolved ____ as an adaptation to the changing environment.

seeds

The indigo snake is an example of a species that uses the _____ foraging mode.

seize and swallow

The fossil subgroups of reptiles are identifiable by their

skull opening pattern.

A reduced plastron to the shape of a cross is characteristic of the

snapping turtle.

Ratite birds all occur in the ---- hemisphere.

southern

Owls

swallow their prey whole and then regurgitate the skins and bones in pellets.

The flightless ______ of the Mascarene Islands were related to the modern pigeons and doves.

Dodos

False:

Woodpeckers build a cup nest in a tree cavity excavated by Bluebirds.

Mammals have --- middle ear ossicles whereas reptiles have one.

three

Wood storks find food by using their sense of

touch.

The so-called Snail Kite feeds almost exclusively on

apple snails.

The bandicoots

are an example of an insectivorous marsupial.

The Megapodes

are game birds found on islands in the south Pacific and in Australia whose young hatch ready to fly.

Kiwis

are ratite birds that still exist today in New Zealand.

Tinamous

are the most primitive flying birds.

A conical shaped beak

as seen in finches, is an adaptation for feeding on, seeds.

There is not a marsupial morphological/ecological equivalent to the placental

bats.

The Eastern Bluebird

builds a cup nest in cavities in trees.

Snakes generally evolved to feed on ____ although there are a few exceptions to this pattern.

vertebrates

The sand skink of central Florida is characterized by having

vestigial legs

Archie Carr

was a professor in the UF zoology department who was a pioneer in biological studies of sea turtles.

The Cynodonts

were mammal-like reptiles that had various combinations of mammalian and reptilian characters.

Sea turtles typically nest only on beaches

where they were hatched.

Twenty years after implementing several management practices, the mule deer herd on the Kaibab Plateau is said to have increased to ---- individuals.

100,000

The first Rhesus macaques were released into the Florida Keys in

1970s.

There are roughly --- orders of non-passeriform birds.

20

About ___ species of the order crocodylia occur in the world today.

22

Key deer in Florida numbered roughly ---- individuals in 1957 before wildlife managers began their program to help them.

25

There are roughly ______ species of turtles in the world today.

350

There are approximately -- species of modern mammals.

4600

There are about -- species of passeriform birds

5100

The fossil reptiles diversified into __ subclasses.

6

There are ______ bird species officially listed as endangered by the state of Florida.

8

True:

All birds are oviparous.

Webbed feet and a depressed bill are characteristics of the order

Anseriformes.

The grazing placental mammals belong to the order

Artiodactyla.

The order ---- is the second largest order of placental mammals.

Chiroptera

The Defenders of Wildlife (an NGO) challenged the USFWS decision not to list the ---- as endangered or threatened.

Florida Black Bear

State wildlife biologists argued for the construction of culverts under the highway near Wekiva

Florida to protect wandering, Black bears.

The rhesus macques released in the Florida Keys were said to be free of

Herpes B.

Rhesus macaques (monkeys) released in Florida were originally trapped in

India.

Archaeopteryx fossils date back to the _____ period in Bavaria.

Jurassic

Long-beaked Echidna now occur only in

New Guinea.

Long-beaked Echidnas now occur only in

New Guinea.

The Kakapo is native to

New Zealand.

The ---- is actually the marsupial equivalent of the anteaters of South America.

Numbat

The state of Florida lists the ________ as being threatened but the USFWS lists it as endangered.

Red-cockaded Woodpecker

True:

Rhesus macaques (monkeys) are able to swim.

The Limpkin is listed as a(n) ----- species by the state of Florida.

SSC

The Gopher Tortoise is classified in Florida by the FWC as

SSC.

Researchers from ______ found that, like the amphibians, populations of many species of reptiles were declining.

Savanna River Ecology Lab

The Thylacines were exterminated in ------ by sheep growers in the 1930s.

Tasmania

The first mammals appeared in the

Triassic.

The Florida Mouse is typically found in close association with

gopher tortoises.

Elephant birds and Moas filled the niche of ---- on certain oceanic islands.

grazing mammals

The biggest threat to the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow is

habitat loss.

When open habitats in South florida near Lake Okeechobee are protected from fire ---- are able to invade and render the habitat unsuitable for Florida Grasshopper Sparrows.

hardwoods

Sea turtles have declined

in part, because they are killed, for food.

The Key Deer population in the Florida Keys has increased due to protection from hunting and

increased availability of freshwater.

Most lizards feed on although there are exceptions to this pattern.

insects

The green turtle

is a hard shelled sea turtle that feeds chiefly on sea grass and macro algae.

Cowbird removal

is a management technique used for benefiting the Black-capped Vireo in Texas.

The tegu

is a species of lizard that is harvested commercially in South America for its skin.

The Limpkin

is a wading bird that occurs in Florida that feeds on freshwater mollusks.

The Brown Tree Snake

is an example of a rear-fanged snake.

Koalas on islands

is an example of a situation where contraceptives might lower natality.

The iguana

is an example of an herbivorous lizard.

Lake Wales Ridge

is an important region in central Florida for several specialized species such as the sand skink and other species of lizards.

The allantois

is the extra-embryonic membrane that collects embryonic wastes.

The Kakapo

is the flightless parrot.

The opossum

is the only Marsupial native to North America.

Carinate birds have a ----- sternum.

keeled