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Mammals of Michigan

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Questão 1

Questão
Also known as the "cinereus shrew", I live most of my life underground and therefore rarely seen.
Image:
masked_shrew (image/jpg)
Responda
  • Least Shrew
  • Arctic Shrew
  • Masked Shrew
  • Northern Short-tailed Shrew

Questão 2

Questão
ALL shrews are insectivores and carnivores
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 3

Questão
All shrews are from the Insectivora Order, Soricidae Family.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 4

Questão
I am also known as:
Image:
arctic_shrew (image/jpg)
Responda
  • Bee Shrew
  • Saddle-backed Shrew
  • Black-backed Shrew
  • Either Saddle-backed or Black-backed Shrew

Questão 5

Questão
All shrews are nocturnal and diurnal
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 6

Questão
Which shrew has poisonous saliva?
Responda
  • Northern Short-tailed Shrew
  • Arctic Shrew
  • Water Shrew
  • Masked Shrew

Questão 7

Questão
What shrew stands up on its hind legs like a kangaroo?
Responda
  • Water Shrew
  • Arctic Shrew
  • Pygmy Shrew
  • Least Shrew

Questão 8

Questão
I am the shrew associated with coniferous trees, such as: * Paper Birch * Jack Pine * Hazelnut * Aspen * Alder
Responda
  • Water Shrew
  • Least Shrew
  • Masked Shrew
  • Pygmy Shrew

Questão 9

Questão
Insectivora Order, Soricidae Family: My habitat includes lakes, bogs, streams, and ponds.
Responda
  • Least Shrew
  • Water Shrew
  • American Beaver
  • Muskrat

Questão 10

Questão
What body part does the Water Shrew use to help remove water from its velvety fur?
Responda
  • nails
  • pencil-like snout
  • fringe of hairs on its hind feet
  • white belly

Questão 11

Questão
The Star-nosed mole uses its nasal rays to:
Image:
star_nosed_mole (image/jpg)
Responda
  • Feel for worms underground
  • Detect electrical fields given by prey
  • Manipulate, capture and eat it's food
  • ALL of the above
  • NONE of the above

Questão 12

Questão
The Star-nosed Mole stores fat in its:
Responda
  • Nasal Rays
  • Snout
  • Belly
  • Tail

Questão 13

Questão
The Star-nosed Mole's genus name "Condylura" is Greek and means:
Responda
  • Star-nose
  • Knobby tail
  • Stubby feet
  • nappy fur

Questão 14

Questão
The Star-nosed Moles species name, "cristata" means:
Responda
  • Crest
  • Tuft
  • ALL of the above
  • NONE of the above

Questão 15

Questão
The main food of the Star-nosed mole are:
Responda
  • A. Earthworms
  • B. Insects
  • C. Deer Mice
  • D. Both A and B
  • E. None of the above

Questão 16

Questão
When the Star-nosed Mole is born, its "star" nose is enclosed in a thin translucent membrane.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 17

Questão
Highly sensitive tactile organs found on the Star-nosed Mole's nasal rays are called:
Responda
  • Eimer's Organs
  • Elmer's Organs
  • Eyer's Organs
  • Extra Organs

Questão 18

Questão
The Star-nosed mole swims using its feet and tail.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 19

Questão
The Star-nosed Mole hibernates in the winter.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 20

Questão
Who spends more time above ground, the Eastern or the Star-nosed Mole?
Responda
  • Eastern Mole
  • Star-nosed Mole

Questão 21

Questão
The Star-nosed Mole likes to eat crustaceans and fish, the Eastern Mole does not.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 22

Questão
Who digs better, the Eastern Mole or the Star-nosed Mole?
Responda
  • Eastern Mole
  • Star-nosed Mole

Questão 23

Questão
Who is a better SWIMMER, the Eastern or the Star-nosed Mole?
Responda
  • Eastern Mole
  • Star-nosed Mole

Questão 24

Questão
The Star-nosed Mole is the only mole in Michigan that swims.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 25

Questão
This mole is known for its front feet, which look like human hands - with palms turned outwards.
Responda
  • Star-nosed Mole
  • Eastern Mole

Questão 26

Questão
I am the largest mole species in Michigan
Responda
  • Star-nosed Mole
  • Eastern Mole

Questão 27

Questão
I am the only mole species found ONLY in the lower peninsula of Michigan.
Responda
  • Star-nosed Mole
  • Eastern Mole

Questão 28

Questão
I am the most subterranean mammal in Michigan, I spend 99% of my life underground.
Responda
  • Star-nosed Mole
  • Eastern Mole
  • Southern Bog Lemming
  • Deer Mouse

Questão 29

Questão
The Eastern Mole has no ears.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 30

Questão
The Eastern Mole has excellent eyesight.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 31

Questão
Which mole has the shortest tail?
Responda
  • Eastern Mole
  • Star-nosed Mole

Questão 32

Questão
The "nap" of the Eastern Mole's FUR can go either forward or backward, making it easier to move in its tunnel.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 33

Questão
How does the Eastern Mole find its prey?
Responda
  • A. By smelling with its FLEXIBLE SNOUT
  • B. By sensing vibrations with its WHISKERS
  • C. BOTH of the above answers are correct
  • D. None of the above answers are correct

Questão 34

Questão
What body part allows the Eastern Mole to easily change directions in its tunnels?
Responda
  • Flexible Snout
  • Hand-like feet
  • Narrow pelvis
  • Stubby tail

Questão 35

Questão
The Eastern Mole can dig ____________________ in loose soil.
Responda
  • 1 foot per minute
  • 2 feet per minute
  • 3 feet per minute
  • 4 feet per minute

Questão 36

Questão
The tunnels that the Eastern Mole makes is beneficial for the environment.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 37

Questão
BOTH mole species in Michigan will dig their winter tunnels deeper than in the summer, in order to be beneath the FROST LINE.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 38

Questão
The Eastern Mole times its activities with the rising and setting of the sun.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 39

Questão
Which feet does the Eastern Mole use to dig, which ones does it use to push away the dirt (excavate)?
Responda
  • A. Front to dig, Back (hind) feet to push the dirt way
  • B. Back to dig, Front feet to push the dirt away

Questão 40

Questão
Who am I?
Image:
southern_red_backed_vole (image/jpg)
Responda
  • Southern Red-backed Vole
  • Woodland Vole
  • Meadow Vole
  • Prairie Vole

Questão 41

Questão
Check the box of the (2) Voles that co-exist together and have overlapping habitats:
Responda
  • Southern Red-Backed Vole
  • Woodland Vole
  • Meadow Vole
  • Prairie Vole

Questão 42

Questão
The Southern Red-backed Vole is a very common vole.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 43

Questão
The Southern Red-backed Vole is found in Michigan and North of Michigan. There is a NORTHERN Red-backed Vole that looks similar and is found in northern Canada and Alaska.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 44

Questão
The Southern Red Backed Vole is found in southern Michigan
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 45

Questão
Check all the animals that eat the Southern Red-backed Vole:
Responda
  • Foxes
  • Short-tailed Weasels
  • Coyotes
  • Hawks
  • Owls

Questão 46

Questão
All voles are active year-round and do NOT hibernate.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 47

Questão
The Southern Red-backed Vole lives the longest of all the voles species in Michigan.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 48

Questão
If populations of Red-backed Voles drop, what happens to the birds of prey in the area?
Responda
  • They die
  • They will move to another area, since the Southern Red-backed is a major food source for them.

Questão 49

Questão
The Southern Red-backed Vole is "subnivean", what does that mean?
Responda
  • It comes out at night
  • It carries on with life under the snow

Questão 50

Questão
These two vole species will follow the same trails above ground (surface trails).
Responda
  • Southern Red-backed Vole
  • Woodland Vole
  • Meadow Vole
  • Prairie Vole

Questão 51

Questão
The Southern Red-backed Vole will commonly enter homes and cabins in search of warmth.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 52

Questão
The Southern Red-backed Vole may store roots, shoots and fungi for later consumption. Underground fungi is an important and much sought-after food source.
Image:
southern_red_backed_vole (image/jpg)
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 53

Questão
All VOLE species have large pouch in their digestive tract call a "Cecum", it contains microscopic bacteria (microflora) which helps break down:
Responda
  • The cellulose found in green plants
  • The particles in underground fungi

Questão 54

Questão
Voles have shorter, rounder snouts and shorter tails than mice.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 55

Questão
The Southern red-backed Vole is born red.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 56

Questão
What subfamily is the Southern Red-backed Vole in?
Responda
  • Rodentia
  • Arvicolinae
  • Muridae

Questão 57

Questão
The Woodland Vole lives in deciduous forests that have a "duff", what does "duff" mean?
Responda
  • A layer of pine needles on the forest ground.
  • Layer of decaying leaves, grasses, twigs or branches on the forest floor.

Questão 58

Questão
All voles are diurnal AND nocturnal, meaning they are active during the day AND at night.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 59

Questão
In what type of forest will you find the Woodland Vole?
Responda
  • Deciduous
  • Coniferous

Questão 60

Questão
The Woodland vole is nicknamed "pine vole" and it's Latin name "pinetorum" is because it is commonly found in the pine forests of Michigan.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 61

Questão
The Woodland Vole lives a "fossorial" life of digging, what does "fossorial" mean?
Responda
  • dirt
  • rocks
  • underground

Questão 62

Questão
The Woodland Vole's genus name "Microtus" is Greek and refers to its ___________________.
Responda
  • Short tail
  • Small ears
  • Big Butt
  • Big ears

Questão 63

Questão
This vole is easiest to identify, it has a dark brown back that changes from lighter brown below its belly. It's short tail is two colors, dark on top and lighter bellow.
Responda
  • Southern Red-backed Vole
  • Woodland Vole
  • Meadow Vole
  • Prairie Vole

Questão 64

Questão
This vole species in Michigan is the only one that doesn't seem to have a "peak and crash" population cycle.
Responda
  • Southern Red-backed Vole
  • Woodland Vole
  • Meadow Vole
  • Prairie Vole

Questão 65

Questão
This vole species in Michigan is the only one that doesn't seem to have a "peak and crash" population cycle.
Responda
  • Southern Red-backed Vole
  • Woodland Vole
  • Meadow Vole
  • Prairie Vole

Questão 66

Questão
The Woodland Vole is a "semi-colonial" mammal.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 67

Questão
Who am I?
Image:
woodland_vole (image/jpg)
Responda
  • Southern Red-backed Vole
  • Woodland Vole
  • Meadow Vole
  • Prairie Vole

Questão 68

Questão
Who am I?
Image:
woodland_vole (image/jpg)
Responda
  • Southern Red-backed Vole
  • Woodland Vole
  • Meadow Vole
  • Prairie Vole

Questão 69

Questão
Who am I?
Image:
Woodland_Vole_6814735 (image/jpg)
Responda
  • Southern Red-backed Vole
  • Woodland Vole
  • Meadow Vole
  • Deer Mouse

Questão 70

Questão
Voles have shorter tails than mice or rats
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 71

Questão
This is a ball-shaped nest with a hollow center, made of dried grasses and often below ground in a network of tunnels. Which type of mammal is this?
Image:
vole_nest (image/jpg)
Responda
  • Deer Mouse
  • Muskrat
  • Woodland Vole
  • Norway Rat

Questão 72

Questão
This is a ball-shaped nest with a hollow center, made of dried grasses and often below ground in a network of tunnels. Which type of mammal is this?
Image:
vole_nest (image/jpg)
Responda
  • Deer Mouse
  • Muskrat
  • Woodland Vole
  • Norway Rat

Questão 73

Questão
My nickname is "meadow mouse" or ""field mouse" but I'm not a mouse, I'm a __________________!
Responda
  • Meadow Vole
  • Meadow Jumping Mouse
  • House Mouse

Questão 74

Questão
Who am I?
Image:
meadowvole01m (image/jpg)
Responda
  • Southern Red-backed Vole
  • Woodland Vole
  • Meadow Vole
  • Prairie Vole

Questão 75

Questão
Who am I?
Image:
meadowvole01m (image/jpg)
Responda
  • Southern Red-backed Vole
  • Woodland Vole
  • Meadow Vole
  • Prairie Vole

Questão 76

Questão
Which vole is the only one that does not eat insects (is not an insectivore)?
Responda
  • Southern Red-backed Vole
  • Woodland Vole
  • Meadow Vole
  • Prairie Vole

Questão 77

Questão
Which vole species will grind its teeth and drum its hind feet when threatened?
Responda
  • Southern Red-backed Vole
  • Woodland Vole
  • Meadow Vole
  • Prairie Vole

Questão 78

Questão
What does the Meadow Vole use to mark its territory?
Responda
  • urine
  • feces
  • spray

Questão 79

Questão
Female Meadow Voles are territorial, males are not.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 80

Questão
Which Michigan Mammal is the "Most Prolific Mammal on Earth"?
Responda
  • Deer Mouse
  • House Mouse
  • Meadow Vole

Questão 81

Questão
The population cycle of the Woodland Vole changes up or down every 2-5 years, it is unknown why.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 82

Questão
Who am I?
Image:
prarie_vole (image/jpg)
Responda
  • Southern Red-backed Vole
  • Woodland Vole
  • Meadow Vole
  • Prairie Vole

Questão 83

Questão
The Prairie Vole is found in dry prairies, in Michigan there are not many dry prairies ... that's why it is the least common vole in Michigan.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 84

Questão
The Prairie Vole lives in dry habitats, the Meadow Vole tends to live in wetter habitats.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 85

Questão
The Prairie Vole is monogamous, it has the same mate for life.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 86

Questão
How does the Prairie Vole parents find their babies when its dark outside?
Responda
  • By the ultrasonic sound their babies produce
  • By the smell that their babies produce

Questão 87

Questão
Prairie Vole populations will increase when there is enough rain and grass is plentiful.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 88

Questão
Which vole do you think made this runway?
Image:
runway_prarie_vole (image/png)
Responda
  • Southern Red-backed Vole
  • Woodland Vole
  • Meadow Vole
  • Prairie Vole

Questão 89

Questão
What is the least common vole in Michigan?
Responda
  • Southern Red-backed Vole
  • Woodland Vole
  • Meadow Vole
  • Prairie Vole

Questão 90

Questão
I am the smallest shrew species in Michigan.
Responda
  • Least Shrew
  • Masked Shrew
  • Northern Short-tailed Shrew

Questão 91

Questão
When chased, this shrew's heart can beat up to 1,200 beats per minute ... so it can die from fright before it's even captured!
Responda
  • Least Shrew
  • Masked Shrew
  • Pygmy Shrew
  • Northern Short-tailed Shrew

Questão 92

Questão
The Masked Shrew hibernates in the winter
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 93

Questão
The Masked Shrew transmits rabies.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 94

Questão
The Masked Shrew is a desirable animal to have around your home and yard because it eats many harmful insects and keeps populations of mice in check.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 95

Questão
Other than bats, what other Michigan Mammal uses ECHOLOCATION (ultrasonic clicks) to detect objects (in its dark tunnels).
Responda
  • Pygmy Shrew
  • Least Shrew
  • Northern Short-tailed Shrew

Questão 96

Questão
The Northern Short-tailed Shrew can live more than 48 hours without food and water.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 97

Questão
The Northern Short-tailed Shrew marks its territory with (mark three):
Responda
  • Urine
  • Feces
  • Oily Secretions from gland near the base of its tail.
  • Saliva

Questão 98

Questão
I am the only shrew species with good vision, most shrews have poor vision.
Responda
  • Least Shrew
  • Pygmy Shrew
  • Arctic Shrew
  • Water Shrew

Questão 99

Questão
I can run across water, thanks to the fringe of hairs on my hind feet, which trap oxygen and increase the surface area.
Responda
  • Muskrat
  • Water Shrew
  • Beaver
  • Southern-bog Lemming

Questão 100

Questão
After diving, the Water Shrew can rise quickly to the water's surface, thanks to:
Responda
  • Its ability to hold its breath
  • The air trapped in its fur
  • Its "flipper like" hind feet

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