Mammalogy Final 2025

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Across
  1. 2. An odd number of digits, where the weight is on the middle digit.
  2. 4. Cells in the eye that are highly reflective to see in the dark.
  3. 7. An adaptive value where the young grabs onto the mother's tail, and they all follow along in a line.
  4. 8. Slowing the heart rate down
  5. 10. a term used for something that is simple or effotless.
  6. 11. Diverged from Amniotes, this group has two temporal openings.
  7. 12. An adaptation ideal for moving and/or hunting in the dark using sound waves.
  8. 14. A very large, flightless bird.
  9. 15. What articulation in an organism defines them as a mammal.
  10. 17. Mechanosensory organs on the rhinorium, using for finding food and are very sensitive.
  11. 19. Diverged from Amniotes, this group has only one temporal opening.
  12. 22. external ears
  13. 23. a saying to tell someone how far you are; abbreviation for estimated time of arrival.
  14. 27. One of the two endemic species in the US, this one starts with the letter M; common names only.
  15. 31. Primarily active during the day.
  16. 33. A gland with a depression in front of the eye.
  17. 35. a though or plan about something in the future.
  18. 36. Activity patterns that have no clear pattern.
  19. 37. a time span or historical period.
  20. 40. A diet that consists of eating fecal matter.
  21. 41. To love and move around in the trees
  22. 42. Well-developed young born. May are able to walk very soon after birth.
  23. 43. Mammals that like to live in social groups.
  24. 45. one or more nails or claws
Down
  1. 1. locomotion via walking on the nails.
  2. 3. When features acquire functions that are different for the purpose they were selected for. (EX: the shiny coat of the Golden Mole)
  3. 5. When the sperm and eggs meet and fertilize, but the embryo waits to implant until later on.
  4. 6. When animals have made adaptations to run.
  5. 9. Two sets of teeth, baby teeth and adult teeth.
  6. 13. Locomotion via gliding through the air, much like the flying squirrel.
  7. 16. The abbreviation for department.
  8. 18. heterothermy When there are differing temperatures across the body.
  9. 20. a beer type of drink that has a higher alcohol content and is more bitter.
  10. 21. locomotion via walking on the digits.
  11. 22. One of the two endemic species in the US, this one starts with the letter P; common names only.
  12. 24. Young that is born highly undeveloped with less fur, non-opening eyes, etc.
  13. 25. Primarily active in the night.
  14. 26. a term used for smell, often used with a negative connotation.
  15. 28. Diverged from Amniotes; this group had no temporal openings.
  16. 29. a number indicating the first or a single.
  17. 30. Locomotion via walking on the palms/soles of the feet.
  18. 32. "from limbs"
  19. 34. Movement via burrowing underground.
  20. 38. The flap of skin that connects between the skin, ankle, and tail.
  21. 39. locomotion via swinging from branch to branch in the trees
  22. 44. a term used for eating food, but it also now a slang term for "slaying" something or looking good.