Mammalogy

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Across
  1. 7. -appearing or active in twilight
  2. 9. -the action or capacity of smelling
  3. 12. -widely kept as a pet or for catching mice
  4. 14. -ability to register a sense of three-dimensional shape and form from visual inputs
  5. 15. -upper limbs of the human body from the shoulder to the hand
  6. 16. -kept as pets, has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, non retractable claws and barks
  7. 18. -created by air moving past the wings
  8. 20. - any backward forces that slow down forward movement in the air
  9. 23. -animal with presence of milk-producing mammary glands for feeding their young
  10. 24. -containing the nostrils and used for breathing and smelling
  11. 26. -the seasonal movement of animals from one habitat to another
  12. 27. - a specialized light-sensitive sensory structure of animals
  13. 31. - active at night
  14. 32. -rodent that resembles a large mouse
  15. 34. - odd toes
  16. 35. -the extent of the front-to-back curvature of the wing
  17. 37. -transparent layer forming the front of the eye
  18. 40. -biological process that occurs over the period of approximately one year
  19. 41. -ratio obtained by the body mass of the bat divided
  20. 43. -physically adapted only for moving slowly over land
  21. 44. -living in flocks or loosely organized communities
  22. 45. - study of mammals
Down
  1. 1. -feeding on plants
  2. 2. - pattern of dentition with high-crowned teeth
  3. 3. - having limbs adapted for running
  4. 4. -active during the day
  5. 5. -used to predict the flight performance of a bat species based on wing shape
  6. 6. -even toes
  7. 8. -in the outer areas of the retina and give us peripheral vision
  8. 10. -born helpless and requiring significant parental care
  9. 11. - feeding on insects, worms, or invertebrates
  10. 13. -special nerve cells that detect changes in the chemical composition of the blood and send info. to the brain
  11. 17. - an accessory olfactory organ situated on the anterior inferior third of the nasal septum
  12. 19. -rodent that resembles a large mouse
  13. 21. -feeding on food of both plant and animal
  14. 22. - responsible for color vision, and able to adapt quickly to changes in light
  15. 23. - having only one mate at a time
  16. 25. - small, burrowing mammals, eyes are poorly developed, but what they lack in sight, they make up for in their sense of touch.
  17. 28. -the location of objects by reflected sound
  18. 29. -able to feed itself and move independently almost immediately after born
  19. 30. -the group of mammals commonly thought of as pouched mammals
  20. 33. -having some or all of the fingers or toes wholly or partly united
  21. 36. - adapted for or using both eyes
  22. 38. -is an organic vessel grown by an animal to carry a possibly fertilized egg cell
  23. 39. -the tropical New World biogeographic region that extends south, east, and west from the central plateau of Mexico
  24. 42. - limb of an animal used especially for supporting the body and for walking