ZOOLOGICAL INFORMATION
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ZOOLOGICAL TERMS 1.                                                                                                  ZT1.
KIND OF ANIMAL.
INVERTEBRATE.                 ANIMALS WITHOUT A BACKBONE, OR SPINE.
VERTEBRATE.                    ANIMALS WITH A BACKBONE, OR SPINE.
AMPHIBIAN.             LAYS JELLY LIKE EGGS, BORN WITH GILLS MOIST SKIN. DEVELOPS LUNGS IN ADULT STAGE.
REPTILE.                  LAYS SHELLED EGGS ON LAND, COLD BLOODED,SCALY, OR BEAR LIVE YOUNG.
BIRD.                         LAYS HARD SHELLED EGGS, WARM BLOODED, FEATHERS, TWO LEGS.
MAMMAL.                                 WARM BLOODED, HAIRY, DRINKS MOTHERS MILK.
MARSUPIAL.                                MAMMALS WHOSE YOUNG DEVELOP IN POUCHES.
UNGULATE. HOOFED                   MAMMALS, ODD TOES, HORSE, EVEN TOES GOAT                                     RODENT.                                           GNAWING MAMMALS, RAT,BEAVER,RABBITS.
PRIMATE.                                     TOP OF THE ANIMAL TREE,MAN,APES,MONKEYS.

FEEDING.
CARNIVOROUS.                           FLESH EATERS, BEARS, DOGS, CATS,WEASELS.
PREDATORS.                          ANIMALS THAT PREY ON ORTHERS, OWLS, WOLVES.
OMNIVOROUS.                            MIXED DIET, FRUIT AND MEAT,KINKAJOU, MAN.
HERBIVOROUS.                                GRASS OR PLANT EATER, ZEBRA, SHEEP, COWS.
BROWSING.                                     FEEDING OFF LEAVES AND BRANCHES, GIRAFFE.
INSECTIVOROUS.                                 INSECT  EATING, HEDGEHOG, ANT EATER.

MOVEMENT.
PLANTIGRADE.        PUTTING DOWN THE HEEL AND TOE FOR WALKING.
DIGITGRADE.                           WALKING ON TOES.
ZYGODACTYLAR.   BIRDS WITH TWO TOES BEHIND AND TWO IN FRONT.

ENVIROMENT.
AQUATIC.                               LIVING IN WATER.
MARINE,.                               LIVING IN SALT WATER.
TERRESTRIAL.                      LIVING MOSTLY ON LAND.
                                  ABOREAL                 SPENDING MOST OF THE TIME IN THE TREES
SOMETIMES A MIXTURE OF NAMES IS USED FOR  EXAMPLE. THE ANACONDA OF SOUTH AMERICA SPENDS ITS TIME DIVIDED BETWEEN WATER AND TREES. IT IS DESCRIBED AS AQUATIC ABOREAL.

GENERAL.
PREHENSILE.          DESCRIBING SOME PART OF THE BODY SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR GRASPING.
MAN THUMB, GIRAFFES TONGUE, MONKEY TAIL.
                 GREGARIOUS.   LIVING TOGETHER IN HERDS, BUFFALO, CATTLE  AND SHEEP. ZEBRA, ELEPHANT.
 

               
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