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Mammals of Michigan

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Question 1

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

Question 2

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ALL shrews are insectivores and carnivores
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 3

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

Question 4

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

Question 5

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All shrews are nocturnal and diurnal
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 6

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

Question 7

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

Question 8

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

Question 9

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

Question 10

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

Question 11

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The Star-nosed mole uses its nasal rays to:
Image:
star_nosed_mole (image/jpg)
Answer
  • 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

Question 12

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

Question 13

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

Question 14

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

Question 15

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

Question 16

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

Question 17

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

Question 18

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

Question 19

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

Question 20

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

Question 21

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

Question 22

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

Question 23

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

Question 24

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

Question 25

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

Question 26

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

Question 27

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

Question 28

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

Question 29

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The Eastern Mole has no ears.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 30

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The Eastern Mole has excellent eyesight.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 31

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

Question 32

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

Question 33

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How does the Eastern Mole find its prey?
Answer
  • 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

Question 34

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

Question 35

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

Question 36

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

Question 37

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

Question 38

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

Question 39

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

Question 40

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

Question 41

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

Question 42

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

Question 43

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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.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 44

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

Question 45

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

Question 46

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

Question 47

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

Question 48

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

Question 49

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

Question 50

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

Question 51

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

Question 52

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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)
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 53

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

Question 54

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

Question 55

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

Question 56

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

Question 57

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

Question 58

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

Question 59

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

Question 60

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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.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 61

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

Question 62

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

Question 63

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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.
Answer
  • Southern Red-backed Vole
  • Woodland Vole
  • Meadow Vole
  • Prairie Vole

Question 64

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

Question 65

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

Question 66

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

Question 67

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

Question 68

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

Question 69

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

Question 70

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Voles have shorter tails than mice or rats
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 71

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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)
Answer
  • Deer Mouse
  • Muskrat
  • Woodland Vole
  • Norway Rat

Question 72

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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)
Answer
  • Deer Mouse
  • Muskrat
  • Woodland Vole
  • Norway Rat

Question 73

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

Question 74

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

Question 75

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

Question 76

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

Question 77

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

Question 78

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

Question 79

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

Question 80

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

Question 81

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

Question 82

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

Question 83

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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.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 84

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

Question 85

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

Question 86

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

Question 87

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

Question 88

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

Question 89

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

Question 90

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

Question 91

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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!
Answer
  • Least Shrew
  • Masked Shrew
  • Pygmy Shrew
  • Northern Short-tailed Shrew

Question 92

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The Masked Shrew hibernates in the winter
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 93

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The Masked Shrew transmits rabies.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 94

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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.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 95

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

Question 96

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

Question 97

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

Question 98

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

Question 99

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

Question 100

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