gnawing animals

secondary consumer

A carnivore that eats primary consumers

Estivation

A period of reduced activity that some animals experience in the summer

Taxonamist

A scientist who classifies living organisms and defines there relatonships

vole

A small, burrowing, mouse-like rodent

Producer

An organism that makes its own food or a plant.

carrying capacity

Largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support

mammary glands

Specialized organs in mammals that produce milk to nourish the young

Evolution

The gradual change in a species over time

pika

This small rock-dwelling animal is declining in number due to human and environmental pressures

mammal

a warm-blooded vertebrate with hair or fur and females produce milk to feed their young

nocturnal

active at night

vertabrate

an animal that has a backbone

rodent

any small animal that belongs to a group of animals with strong sharp front teeth. Mice, rats and squirrels are all rodents.

primary consumers (herbivores)

eat plants

Beaver

found in most north america

name some gnawing animals

mice, rats, beavers, voles, squirrels.

hibernate

spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state, as some animals do