Mammals Practica

order monotremata

echidna and platypus

order didelphimorphia

opossum

order paucituberculata

shrew opossum

order microbiotheria

monito del monte

order notoryctemorphia

marsupial mole

order dasyuromorphia

tasmanian devil and tasmanian tiger

order paramelemorphia

bilbie and bandicoot

order diprotodontia

wombat and kangaroo

order afrosoricida

tenrec and golden mole

order erinaceomorpha

hedgehog

order sorciomorpha

mole and shrew

order sirenia

dugong and manatee

order cingulata

armadillo

order pilosa

anteater and sloth

order scandentia

tree shrew

order macroscelidea

elephant shrew

order dermoptera

colugo or flying lemur

suborder strepsirrhini

have rhinarium- lemur, potto, loris

suborder haplorrhini

no rhinarium- tariser and simian

family hominidae

great ape

order rodentia

rodent

order lagomorpha

rabbit, hare, pika

order chiroptera

bat

suborder megachiroptera

fruit bat

suborder microchiroptera

microbat

order pholidota

pangolin

order tubulidentata

aardvark

order carnivora

carnivore

order perissodactyla

odd toed ungulate- rhino, horse, tapir

order artiodactyla

even toed ungulate- deer, pig, giraffe, cetacean

order hyracoidea

hyrax

order cetacea

whale, dolphin, porpoise

order proboscidea

elephant

family bovidae

true horn

family cervidae

antlers

5 types of outgrowths

true horn, antler, prong horn, giraffe horn, rhino horn

family antilocapridae

pronghorn

suborder ruminata

ruminant (cervidae, bovidae)

suborder mysteceti

baleen whale

suborder odontoceti

toothed whale

family tachyglossidae

echidna

family ornithorhyncidae

platypus

bunodont tooth

4 major cusps that oppose directly (primate)

lophodont tooth

cusps fused into lophs (elephant)

selenodont tooth

cusps fused into crescent ridges (deer)

suborder suiformes

non-ruminant artiodactylids (hippo, peccary, pig)

suborder tylopodia

3 chambered stomach artiodactylids (camel, alpaca, guanaco)

family leporidae

rabbit and hare

family ochotonidae

pika

ossicone

giraffe horn

pinniped

fin foot (seal)

fissiped

split foot- all carnivores besides seals

family otariidae

eared seal (sea lion, fur seal)

family phocidae

true seal