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All of the characteristics below are featured in mammals except:

Endothermic

Uricotelic

Four chambered heart

Hair

None

Which of the following is NOT one of the three major groups (subclasses) of mammals:

Placental

Monotremes

Marsupials

Endothermic vertebrates

None

The only carnivorous Texas species that does not have well-developed canines is which animal?

Bobcat

Javelina

Black bear

Raccoon

None

How many species of mammals are found in Texas?

181

490

184

223

None

Rodents are the largest of all mammalian orders in Texas and worldwide. What is the second largest order?

Insectivora or moles and shrews

Artiodactyla or hoofed

Chiroptera or bats

Carnivora or carnivores

None

Which three Artiodactyla or hoofed animals have been extirpated in Texas?

Bison, Peccary, Javelina

White Tail Deer, American Elk, Mule Deer

Wild Horses, Mountain Goat, Mountain Sheep

Mountain Sheep, Bison, American Elk

None

A __________ is commonly aimed less at determining the actual number of individuals in a population than at estimating an index of abundance from a certain sampling size.

Roadside count

Census

Population estimate

Capture-recapture study

None

What are the five categories of traps described in unit 16?

body-gripping, fish weir, snares, dead-fall, leg-hold

Live traps, nets, snap traps, nets, dead-fall

leg-hold, deadfalls, nets, body-gripping, snap traps

Snares, snap traps, body-gripping, leg-hold, live traps

None

The greatest threat to mammals in Texas is ___________.

Pollution

Vehicular collisions

Hunting

Habitat destruction

None

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