“The Cougar Physiology” 10/15/2012 The Cougar Physiology Kingdom: Animalia‚ Phylum: Chordata‚ Class: Mammalia‚ Order: Carnivor‚ Family: Felidae‚ Genus: Felis‚ Species: Concolor‚ or otherwise known as‚ Cougar. Cougars are also known as the Mountain Lion or puma and have the largest natural range distribution throughout the western hemisphere. This paper will cover characteristics of the cougar‚ the ancestry to the Cougar‚ and what adaptations the cougar has gone through to survive in its habitat
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organisms and includes all plants‚ animal and microorganisms of the world. The father of taxonomy is Aristotle. Linnaeus differed from Arostotle because he used five kingdoms to classify instead of two. A taxon is a taxonomic category or group‚ such as phylum‚ order‚ family‚ genus‚ or species. The broadest taxon is kingdom and and the most specific taxon is species. Binomial nomenclature is a system for naming plants and animals by means of two latin names. The first indicationg the genus and the second
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Amur Leopard Classification: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Genus: Panthera Species: Panthera pardus Subspecies: P. p. orientalis Conservation Status: ➠ Critically Endangered Appearance: Amur leopards are much smaller than tigers‚ with males weighing 50-60 kg‚ and females a lighter 30-35 kg‚ with body length reaching about 1.5 m. Though the Amur leopard is similar in stature and strength to other leopards‚ there are differences between
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viewing areas will help the conservation of the addax as it will help educate the public on the animal. Part 1 The Addax Nasomaculatus‚ which is also named the white antelope or the screw horn antelope‚ is a member of the Animalia Kingdom‚ Chordata Phylum‚ Mammalia Class‚ Artiodactyla Order‚ Bovidae Family‚ Hippotraginae Subfamily and the Addax Genus‚ making its species Addax Nasomaculatus. The Addax is critically endangered with no more than 500 left in the wild.
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all plants are autotrophic) * Some algae are multicellular and this is what we study about in chp 3…algae -> plants * Three different categories are based on their method of obtaining nutrition Animal- Like= Protozoa * 4 different phylum: ciliophora (ciliates)‚ zoomastigina (flagellates)‚ sporozoa‚ sarcodina * Heterotrophic and some are parasites (sporozoa) * Parasites: Organisms that benefit from living in or on other organisms at the expense of that organism * Phyla
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University of Phoenix Material Vertebrates and Invertebrates Worksheet PART 1: Compare vertebrates and invertebrates. Directions: In the graphic below‚ compare vertebrates and invertebrates by: Create a list of 5 characteristics that make vertebrate and invertebrates different Create a list of 5 characteristics that make vertebrate and invertebrates similar differences similarities The notochord in vertabrates became a spine. All at one time had a notochord. Invertabrates have no spine‚
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and quantitative data. Think about how you can increase the sample size of your observations to minimize the effect of confounding variables. The animal Hydra oligactis‚ the animal we are using this week‚ is a planarian. Planarians are in the phylum Platyhelminthes (which means “flat worm”)‚ which contains about 25‚000 species‚ most of which are in the tapeworm and fluke groups. These are parasitic‚ living in other organisms where they can cause serious disease such as schistosomiasis (See Sadava
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Funguslike Protists * heterotrophs‚ decomposers * called slime molds and water molds Dog Vomit Slime Mold Mushroom Plantlike Protists: Red‚ Brown‚ Green Algae Green Algae: Phylum Chlorophyta Unicellular green algae‚ Colonial (volvox)‚ Multicellular (ulva‚ sea lettuce) Spirogyra live in water‚ multicellular named after a spiral shaped chloroplast autotrophic Diatoms (Plantlike Protist) produce thin cell walls of silicon‚ main component
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Salmonella (eubacteria) Life Cycle(s) and Reproduction * http://salmonellies.blogspot.ca/2011/11/life-cycle.html L -in order for salmonella to reproduce or survive‚ it must have a host -only certain strains of salmonella bacteria can life for a semi-long period outside a host body -once salmonella has entered the body (through contaminated foods or coming in contact with infected feces) the bacteria will begin to grow R -salmonella reproduces asexually through binary fission Binary fission-
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Plato to Darwin to DNA – A Brief History by Esther I. Muehlbauer is about the overall history of thoughts and concepts that developed our world throughout time. Muehlbauer touches on the most important aspects of life and the evolution of humans from ancient philosophers to the current twenty-first century. From natural philosophers such as Socrates and Aristotle to Francis Bacon in the Scientific Revolution‚ all of them have had a large impact on how our world works. Chapter three discusses the
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