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