Transcript Animals of Yellowstone - Yellowstone Teacher Project

Animals of
Yellowstone
The Grey Wolf
Animal Classifications
Classification
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Grey Wolf
Eukara
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Canidae
Canis
lupis
Habitat Characteristics
• Food Web
• Foods/Method of
Feeding
• Offspring
Food Web
History of the Wolf and Yellowstone
1872
1926
1940’s
1973
1995-1996
• Yellowstone
National Park
created
• Wolves in
decline
• No legal
protection
for wolves
• Wolf
population
absent from
Yellowstone
• Campaign to
reintroduce
Wolves
begins
• Endangered
Species Act
passed
• Opened road
to legal
reintroduction
• Wolves
reintroduced
into
Yellowstone
Ecological Impact of Reintroduction
ELK
POPULATION
DECLINE
CHANGE IN
FLORA
CHANGE IN
PREDATORS
RISE IN
RISE IN
WOLF KILL
FLORA
OF COYOTES
FOXES
BEAVERS
SCAVENGERS
Removal from Endangered Species List
• 2008 status changed from Endangered
Experimental Population Non Essential
• 2009 - State wildlife authorities
enacted quota based hunting seasons
on wolves
• Wolves within park boundaries still
fully protected
The Grey Wolf
Assignment: Choose an Animal of
Yellowstone National Park
•
•
BISON
BEAR (BLACK AND
GRIZZLIES)
• MOOSE
• ELK
• BADGER
• OTTER
• DEER ( MULE DEER,
PRONG HORN DEER,
WHITE TAIL)
• BIG HORN SHEEP
Assignment Overview
• Select another animal from Yellowstone (bear, buffalo, etc)
• Prepare a PowerPoint Presentation that includes:
• Animal Classifications:
– Domain
– Kingdom
– Phylum
– Class
– Order
– Family
– Genus,
– Species
– Interesting facts related to the animal
and Yellowstone National Park
Questions
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