WIS 2040 Practice study set Topic 1-18
A facial disc is a characteristic of the _____. - ANS - owls
"When first considered for listing under the ESA, the black-tailed prairie dog was assigned a
priority number of_____
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WIS 2040 Practice study set Topic 1-18
A facial disc is a characteristic of the _____. - ANS - owls
"When first considered for listing under the ESA, the black-tailed prairie dog was assigned a
priority number of_________. " - ANS - 8
"In Louisiana, authorities recently hoped to persuade the public to _________. " - ANS - eat
nutria meat
By the late 1950's there were roughly_________ nutria in the US. - ANS - 20 million
The cost of removing 300 prairie dogs from the Lubbock site was $______ . - ANS - $17,000
The black-tailed prairie dog is protected by state law in several states. - ANS - FALSE
The _________prairie dog is listed as endangered. - ANS - Utah
The _________ is a once commercially important native North American furbearer that weighs
about 2 lbs. - ANS - muskrat
Black footed ferrets are vulnerable to _________ as well as sylvatic plague. - ANS - canine
distemper
"Once thought to be extinct, a population of black-footed ferrets was found in _______ in 1964."
- ANS - South Dakota
Petitioners originally sought an "emergency" _________ categorization for the black-tailed
prairie dog in 1994. - ANS - candidate 2
The state of Louisiana constructed _________ plants to process nutria for human consumption. -
ANS - 6
The largest population of re-introduced Black-footed ferrets (164 individuals) is in
___________. - ANS - South Dakota
The ________ prairie dog inhabits the short-grass prairie zone of the Great Plains. - ANS -
black-tailed
About 150 nutria were able to escape from "escape proof" cages in Louisiana in 1940
following_________. - ANS - a hurrica
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