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(clethrionomys gapper) This rodent is a relative of the muskrat and lemming. This vole is found only in cove forests at higher altitudes in the mountains of South Carolina. It is semifossorial using...
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(sorex cinereus) This insectivore is related to the common moles. It is one of the smallest mammals found in the United States weighing between 2-5 g. It is constantly active with a very high...
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(peromyscus maniculatus) This rodent is the most important prey item for the avian and mammalian predators that frequent the cove forest. This specis is the most widespread of North American rodents...
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(Terrapene carolina) This turtle is very common and is highly terrestrial. The males have red eyes and the bottom of the shell (plastron) is scoped out; while the females have brown/yellow eyes and a...
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(Elaphe obsoleta) The rat snake is one of the most diurnal of snakes found in the cove forest. This snake is a very adept climber and is frequently found climbing trees and nesting in tree cavities...
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Naturalist Rudy Mancke looks at the skull of the loggerhead sea turtle.
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“L” is for Loggerhead Turtle. State Reptile. The loggerhead turtle, a threatened species, is one of the world’s eight living species of turtles and evolved some sixty-five million to seventy million...
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"R" is for the Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia.
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Produced in Spanish, this series contains 20 lessons on the intermediate level for teachers to use in foreign language science study. The largest living cat is the Amur, or Siberian, tiger. These cats...
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Produced in Spanish, this series contains 20 lessons on the intermediate level for teachers to use in foreign language science study. This segment explores the largest and most powerful of the African...
