Fact File On Five Living Organisms

1. Fact File On Five Living Organisms Ravin Madurawe 6/2 Science

2. Table Of Contents • Echidna • Platypus • Amanita Pantherina Mushroom • Snowshoe Rabbit • Liger

3. Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus Common Name Scientific Name The Echidna

4. Introduction • Tachyglossidae family • Egg-laying mammals (monotremes) • Live in Australia and New Guinea • Named after monster in Greek Mythology • Powerful diggers • Protects its self with its spines • Marsupials (an animal with a pouch) • Lower Body temperature than other mammals

5. What do they look like • Between 1-8 cm long • Covered with coarse hair and spines • Snout which is the mouth & nose • Their snouts are long and slim. • Strong & short thighs • Sharp claws • Tiny mouth with tootless jaws • Long stick tounge

6. How they feedand Their Food • They feed by tearing open soft logs and anthills • Their main food are inscents • Catch preys by using their tounge

7. The Eggs and Young • Soft-Shelled Eggs • Leathery Eggs • 22 days after mating the egg develops directly into the female pouch • 10 days to hatch • Sucks milk • Approximately 1.45 cm • When the young’s spines grow it goes into the wild (around several months old) • When they are several months old they start to eat incests • Young drink milk

8. Bibliography • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echidna • http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/Echidnas • http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebPages/BHAN-5357K5?open • http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebPages/BHAN-53573T?open

9. Common Name Scientific Name Platypus Ornithorhynchus Anatinus The Platypus

10. Introduction • Found in Australia • Egg Laying animal (Monotremes) • Marsupials (An animal with a pouch) • Lower Body temperature • Smooth swimming technique • Semi-aquatic

11. What do they look like • Duck Bill • Webbed Feet • Smooth Body • Broad Tail-White Tip • Muzzle/Bill • 45 cm – 60 cm in length • Weigh up to 2.7 kg • Dark Brown and Golden • Waterproof coat • Long Claws

12. How they feedand Their Food • Use their electro-sensitive bill to locate and search for food • Use electro-perception • Worms • Insects • Crustaceans • Mollusks • Tadpoles • Use Horny Pads instead of teeth

13. Eggs and Young • 12 - 14 days after mating 1-3 eggs are laid • 10 - 12 days to hatch • Young drink milk • Born Blind • After around 6 weeks the young go out into the wild and get their eye sight • Between June and October is the breeding season for platypus

14. The Call

15. Bibliography • http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebPages/BHAN-53573T?open • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus

16. Common Name Scientific Name Panther Mushroom Amanita Pantherina The Panther Mushroom

17. Introduction • Found in North America and Europe • Poisonous • Ring on stem • Volva on stem • Grows in woods • Grows on the ground

18. Description • Bronze or Pale-orange cap • Cap with 2-6 white circles in diameter • Stem 6-10 cm long • Stem 1-2½ cm diameter

19. Bibliography • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_pantherina • http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5551.asp

20. Scientific Name Common Name Lepus americanus Snowshoe Rabbit & Varying Hare Snowshoe Rabbit

21. Introduction • Genus Lepus • Species americanus • Lives in forest areas • Lives in mid west US also • Weighs 3-4 pounds • Larger than other rabbits • 85% wild of snowshoe hares don’t live longer than a year

22. Description • 15-20 inches long • Fur on the bottom of feet • White helps it camouflage in winter

23. Behaviors • Run 27 mph • Jump 10 feet high • Swim to escape enemies • Moves round grass lands in Summer • Solitary • Active • Spend great deal of time grooming • Long naps • Like dust baths to remove “ectoparasites” from fur

24. Food • Plants • Bark • Twigs • Buds • Forbs • Bluegrass • Brome • Ever greens • vetches

25. Food (continued) • asters • jewelweed • wild strawberry • pussy-toes • dandelions • clovers • daisies • horsetails • birches • Willows

26. Reproduction and Young • Breeding season March-August • Gestation lasts 36 days • Has 2-8 young at a time • Young are called “Litter”

27. Bibliography • www.blueplanetbiomes.org/snowshoe_rabbit.htm • http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Lepus_americanus.html

28. Common Name Scientific Name Liger (no official scientific name) Liger

29. Introduction • Cross between a male lion and a female tiger • They may inherit a mane from the lion parent • some adult lions keep faint markings on their mane • These markings may be black, dark brown or sandy • The background color may be yellowish-brown, sandy or golden • their under parts are pale • The actual pattern and color depends on which breed their parents were • Eat all kinds of meat

30. Description • tiger-like striping pattern • lion-like yellowish-brown fur • black, dark brown and sandy markings • Under parts are pale

31. Breeding

32. The Call

33. Bibliography • http://www.sierrasafarizoo.com/animals/liger.htm • http://www.votk.org/pictures/index.php • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger • http://www.bigcatrescue.org/ligers.htm • http://www.liger.org/