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The _________________________ is an example of a rear-fanged snake.

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Brown Tree Snake

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Sea turtles typically nest only on beaches

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where they were hatched

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

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epidermal scales

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

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carapace

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The __________ is the extra-embryonic membrane that collects embryonic wastes.

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allantois

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TSD is seen most commonly in sea turtles and

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crocodilians

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

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green turtle

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Sea turtles have declined, in part, because they are killed

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for food

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The sand skink of central Florida is characterized by having

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vestigial legs

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About ____ species of the order crocodylia occur in the world today

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22

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

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seize and smallow

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The Euryapsid groups of fossil reptiles lived in _______ environments.

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marine

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

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Savanna River Ecology Lab

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

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seeds

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

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350

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The ______________ is the largest living turtle.

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leatherback

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

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two

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

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insects

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

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vertebrates

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

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Lake Wales Ridge

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

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snapping turle

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

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Archie Carr

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The fossil reptiles diversified into _ subclasses.

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6

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

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not dependent on water for reproduction

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

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tegu

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The fossil subgroups of reptiles are identifiable by their

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skull opening pattern

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The ________ is an example of an herbivorous lizard.

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iguana

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The Gopher Tortoise is classified in Florida by the FWC as

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SSC

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Webbed feet and a depressed bill are characteristics of the order

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Anseriformes

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The Wading Birds in Florida have suffered from _______________________________ in south Florida.

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parasitism, mercury poisoning, interrupted hydroperiod

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

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Red-cockaded Woodpecker

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

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pygostyle

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

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nesting attempts

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

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Dodos

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

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Acrodont

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

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FALSE

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The so-called Snail Kite feeds almost exclusively on

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apple snails

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Scientists belive that Archaeopteryx was a bird because it had

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feathers

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

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8

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

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Limpkin

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Archaeopteryx fossils date back to the _____________ period in Bavaria.

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Jurassic

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

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Megapodes

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The _________________ builds a cup nest in cavities in trees.

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Eastern Bluebird

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A conical shaped beak, as seen in finches, is an adaptation for feeding on

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seeds

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

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owls

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The ________ is the flightless parrot.

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Kakapo

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Ratite birds all occur in the ________________ hemisphere.

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southern

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

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rails

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All birds are oviparous.

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TRUE

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

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crocodilians

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A facial disk is a characteristic of the

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owls

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There are about _________ species of passeriform birds.

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5100

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The Fairy Tern lays its eggs

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on a naked tree branch

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_______ are ratite birds that still exist today in New Zealand.

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Kiwis

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The Kakapo is native to

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New Zealand

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

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Pleurodont

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

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grazing mammals

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The biggest threat to the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow is

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habitat loss

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Wood storks find food by using their sense of

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touch

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There are roughly ____ orders of non-passeriform birds.

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20

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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.

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hardwoods

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

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probably extinct

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Carinate birds have a __________ sternum.

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keeled

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

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SSC

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_____________ are the most primitive flying birds.

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Tinamous

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The Monotremes are characterized by species that

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lay eggs

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The _____________ is the only Marsupial native to North America.

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opposum

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

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India

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There are approximately ________ species of modern mammals.

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4600

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Mammals have _________ middle ear ossicles whereas reptiles have one.

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3

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The ______________ are an example of an insectivorous marsupial.

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bandicoots

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Rhesus macaques (monkeys) are able to swim.

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TRUE

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

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bats

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The Florida Mouse is typically found in close association with

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gopher tortoises

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

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platypuses

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All mammals have _____________________ jaw articulation.

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dentary/squamosal

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Ever-growing incisors are characteristic of the

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rodents

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

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Chiroptera

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

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Numbat

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Long-beaked Echidna now occur only in

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New Guinea

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Rhesus macaques (monkeys) in the Florida Keys have

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destroyed mangroves

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

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Cynodonts

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

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produce a population for biomedical studies

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

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Florida Black Bear

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

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Tasmania

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

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increased availability of freshwater.

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State wildlife biologists argued for the construction of culverts under the highway near Wekiva, Florida to protect wandering

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Black bears

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

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Herpes B

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Long-beaked Echidnas now occur only in

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New Guinea

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

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reindeer

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

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25

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The grazing placental mammals belong to the order

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Artiodactyla

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The Florida Mouse lives mostly in ______________ habitats.

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sandy scrub

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The first Rhesus macaques were released into the Florida Keys in

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1970s

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The first mammals appeared in the

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Triassic

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

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100,000

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When populations are rare, management strategies should try to

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increase natality

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The term "rut" refers to the _________________ of deer.

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breeding season

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

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cowbird removal

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In female mammals with an estrous cycle

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ovulation is not concealed

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In Lincoln-Peterson techniques the first step is to _______ several individuals.

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mark

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In mammals the oocytes only leave the ovary at the time of

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ovulation

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The removal of brown-headed cowbirds was used as a management tool to protect

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golden-cheeked warblers

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LincolnPeterson techniques are used particularly

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secretive species

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In abundant populations natality might be reduced by the use of

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contraceptives

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The target population size of game species is always based on ecological or other scientific research.

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FALSE

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Mule deer on the Kaibab Plateau benefited from the removal of

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predators and competitors

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Wildlife management is aimed mostly at

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managing population sizes

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Male Platypuses may attempt to ensure paternity by fighting off other males.

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TRUE

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In species with an estrous cycle paternity is largely determined by the

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males

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The immune system works via

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cell recognition

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Use of feeders and trailmaster cameras allows for direct counting of

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Turkeys

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If a person with type A blood accidentally receives a transfusion of type B blood, the recipient's _____________ will agglutinate the type B blood.

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antibodies

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

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Koalas on islands

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The idea behind using contraceptives in the elephant population in Kruger National Park was to

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prevent females from coming into estrous

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Scientists explored the use of immunocontraception to control __________________ in England.

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gray squirrels

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For populations that are declining managers should try to

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reduce mortality

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The USFWS flies fixed length transects in Canada to count

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waterfowl

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A fossil Monotreme (platypus) was recently found in? _______

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Argentina

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Most wildlife species have evolved a restricted breeding season because______

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of the huge energy expense of reproduction

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