QUIZ
1 OF TUCSON MAMMALS
ANSWERS
Here's where you get to assess your current knowledge level and monitor your progress. Repeat the quiz (identification takes lots of practice), watching your score increase, until you are happy with your knowledge level. Practice with real plants and animals whenever possible. Students in BIO 109 can jump back to their species list here.
| Give
yourself 1 point for correct ID and spelling. Give yourself 1/2 point for correct ID but incorrect spelling. Note: click on #s below to see quiz picture; click on name to see spotlight |
A
= 21 points. Excellent! B = 18.5 points. Good Job! C = 16.5 points. Okay. K < 16.5 points. Keep Practicing. |
1.
White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
2. Mountain Lion
(Felis concolor)
3. Coati (Nasua narica)
4. Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
5. White-Throated Woodrat
(Packrat) (Neotoma albigula)
6. Round-Tailed Ground
Squirrel (Spermophilus tereticaudus)
7. Antelope Jackrabbit
(Lepus alleni)
8. Western Pipistrelle
(Pipistrellus hesperus)
9. Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana)
10. Javelina (Collared
Peccary) (Dicotyles tajacu)
11. Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus)
12. Coyote (Canis latrans)
13. Kangaroo Rats
(Dipodomys spp)
14. Harris' Antelope
Squirrel (Ammospermophilus harrisii)
15. Desert Cottontail
(Sylvilagus audubonii)
16. Bighorn Sheep
(Ovis canadensis)
17. Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
18. Bobcat (Felis rufus)
19. Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
20. Kit Fox (Vulpes velox)
21. Grasshopper Mice
(Onychomys spp)
22. Rock Squirrel
(Spermophilus variegatus)
23. Black-Tailed Jackrabbit
(Lepus californicus)