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Mammalolgy - McMillian BYU
to prepare for Senior Seminar Mammalogy Quiz
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
01/25/2011

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Term
CLASS
Definition
MAMMALIA (mammals, about 5,416 species)
Term
SUBCLASS (2)
Definition
PROTOTHERIA, THERIA
Term
SUBCLASS PROTOTHERIA

ORDER?
Definition
MONOTREMATA (Echidnas, duck-billed platypus)
Term
Echidnas, duck-billed platypus
Order?
Definition
MONOTREMATA
Term
SUBCLASS THERIA
INFRACLASS (2)?
Definition
METATHERIA, EUTHERIA
Term
INFRACLASS METATHERIA
How many Orders?
Definition
7
Term
(Opossums)Order?
Definition
DIDELPHIMORPHIA
Term
ORDER DIDELPHIMORPHIA
FAMILY ? (Virginia opossum)
Definition
DIDELPHIDAE
Term
(Shrew opossums)Order?
Definition
ORDER PAUCITUBERCULATA
Term
(Monito del monte) Order?
Definition
ORDER MICROBIOTHERIA
Term
(Marsupial mice and cats, Tasmanian wolf, numbat)order?
Definition
ORDER DASYUROMORPHIA
Term
(Bandicoots)Order?
Definition
ORDER PERAMELEMORPHIA
Term
(Marsupial mole)
Definition
ORDER NOTORYCTEMORPHIA
Term
(Wombats, possums, wallabies, and kangaroos)
Definition
ORDER DIPROTODONTIA
Term
(Moles, shrew, and solenodons)
Definition
ORDER SORICOMORPHIA
Term
ORDER SORICOMORPHIA
family? (Moles)
family?(Shrews)
Definition
FAMILY TALPIDAE
FAMILY SORICIDAE (Shrews)
Term
(Tenrecs and golden moles)
Definition
ORDER AFROSORICIDA
Term
(Hedgehogs)
Definition
ORDER ERINACEOMORPHA
Term
(Elephant shrews)
Definition
ORDER MACROSCELIDEA
Term
(Tree shrews)
Definition
ORDER SCANDENTIA
Term
(Flying lemurs or colugos)
Definition
ORDER DERMOPTERA
Term
Bats
Definition
ORDER CHIROPTERA
Term
FAMILY(Free-tailed bats)
Definition
MOLOSSIDAE
Term
FAMILY (most common group of insectivorous bats)
Definition
VESPERTILIONIDAE
Term
(Lemurs, monkeys, apes, and man)
Definition
ORDER PRIMATES
Term
FAMILY (Humans, Apes)
Definition
HOMINIDAE
Term
(Dogs, bears, panda, raccoons, weasels, mongooses, hyenas, cats
seals, sea lions, walrus)
Definition
ORDER CARNIVORA
Term
FAMILY (Raccoon, ringtail, coati)
Definition
PROCYONIDAE
Term
FAMILY (Skunks)
Definition
MEPHITIDAE
Term
FAMILY (Marten, fisher, weasels, mink, badgers, otters)
Definition
MUSTELIDAE
Term
FAMILY (Bears)
Definition
URSIDAE
Term
FAMILY (Wolves, dogs, foxes, jackals)
Definition
CANIDAE
Term
FAMILY (Cats)
Definition
FELIDAE
Term
ORDER(Hyraxes)
Definition
HYRACOIDEA
Term
ORDER (Elephants)
Definition
PROBOSCIDEA
Term
ORDER (Manatees, dugong, sea cow)
Definition
SIRENIA
Term
FAMILY (Manatees)
Definition
TRICHECHIDAE (ORDER SIRENIA)
Term
ORDER (Horses, asses, zebras, tapirs, and rhinos)
Definition
PERISSODACTYLA
Term
FAMILY(Feral horses and burros in SW US)
Definition
EQUIDAE
Term
ORDER (pigs, hippos, camels, deer, giraffe, cattle, and pronghorn)
Definition
ARTIODACTYLA
Term
FAMILY (Pronghorn)
Definition
ANTILOCAPRIDAE
Term
FAMILY (Bison, mountain goat, muskox, mountain sheep)
Definition
BOVIDAE
Term
FAMILY (Wapati, deer, moose, caribou)
Definition
CERVIDAE
Term
FAMILY (Javelinas or peccaries)
Definition
TAYASSUIDAE
Term
FAMILY (Feral hogs or wild boar)
Definition
SUIDAE
Term
ORDER (Armadillos)
Definition
CINGULATA
Term
ORDER CINGULATA (Armadillos)
FAMILY? (9-banded armadillo)
Definition
DASYPODIDAE
Term
ORDER (American anteaters and sloths)
Definition
PILOSA
Term
ORDER (Pangolins or scaly anteaters)
Definition
PHOLIDOTA
Term
ORDER (Aardvark)
Definition
TUBULIDENTATA
Term
ORDER (Whales, dolphins, porpoises, and narwal)
2 Suborders?
Definition
CETACEA
SUBORDER MYSTICETI (baleen whales)
SUBORDER ODONTOCETI (toothed whales)
Term
ORDER (Rats, mice, squirrels, beaver, porcupine, and others)
Definition
RODENTIA
Term
FAMILY (Mountain beaver)
Definition
APLODONTIDAE
Term
FAMILY (Porcupine)
Definition
ERETHIZONTIDAE
Term
FAMILY (Mice, rats, voles, lemmings, muskrats)
Definition
CRICETIDAE
Term
FAMILY (Nutria)
Definition
MYOCASTORIDAE
Term
FAMILY (Pocket gophers)
Definition
GEOMYIDAE
Term
FAMILY (Kangaroo rats and pocket mice)
Definition
HETEROMYIDAE
Term
FAMILY (Zapus princeps – Western jumping mouse)
Definition
DIPODIDAE
Term
FAMILY (Chipmunks, marmots, squirrels, prairie dogs)
Definition
SCIURIDAE
Term
FAMILY (Beaver)
Definition
CASTORIDAE
Term
ORDER (Pikas, rabbits, and hares)
Definition
LAGOMORPHA
Term
FAMILY (Pikas)
Definition
OCHOTONIDAE
Term
FAMILY (Hares and rabbits)
Definition
LEPORIDAE
Term
Equidae
Definition
Equus caballus – Horse
Equus asinus – Burro
Term
Antilocapridae
Definition
Antilocapra americana - Pronghorn
Term
Bovidae
Definition
Oreamnos americanus – Mountain goat
Ovis canadensis – Bighorn sheep
Bison bison – American bison
Term
Cervidae
Definition
Odocoileus hemionus – Mule deer
Odocoileus virginianus – Whitetail deer
Cervus elaphus – Elk
Alces alces – Moose
Term
Mephitidae
Definition
Mephitis mephitis – Striped skunk
Spilogale gracilis – Western spotted
Term
Mustelidae
Definition
Martes americana – American marten
Martes pennanti – Fisher
Mustela erminea – Ermine
Mustela frenata - Long-tailed weasel
Mustela nigripes – Black-footed ferret
Neovison vison – Mink
Gulo gulo – Wolverine
Taxidea taxus – Badger
Lontra canadensis – Northern river otter
Term
Procyonidae
Definition
Bassariscus astutus – Ringtail
Procyon lotor – Racoon
Term
Ursidae
Definition
Ursus americanus – Black bear
Ursus arctos – Grizzly bear
Term
Felidae
Definition
Puma concolor – Mountain lion
Lynx canadensis – Lynx
Lynx rufus – Bobcat
Term
Canidae
Definition
Canis latrans – Coyote
Canis lupus – Gray wolf
Vulpes vulpes – Red fox
Vulpes macrotis – Kit fox
Urocyon cinereoargenteus – Gray fox
Term
Molossidae – Free-tailed bats
Definition
Tadarida brasiliensis – Brazilian free-tailed bat
Term
Vespertilionidae – Vesper bats
Definition
Myotis lucifugus – Little brown bat
Myotis thysanodes – Fringed myotis
Myotis evotis – Long-eared myotis
Lasionycteris noctivagans – Silver-haired bat
Pipistrellus hesperus – Western pipistrelle
Eptesicus fuscus – Big brown bat
Lasiurus cinereus – Hoary bat
Corynorhinus townsendii – Townsend’s big-eared bat
Term
Leporidae
Definition
Brachylagus idahoensis – Pygmy rabbit
Sylvilagus nuttallii – Mountain cottontail
Sylvilagus audubonii – Desert cottontail
Lepus americanus – Snowshoe hare
Lepus townsendii – White-tailed jackrabbit
Lepus californicus – Black-tailed jackrabbit
Term
Ochotonidae
Definition
Ochotona princeps – American Pika
Term
Cricetidae – New world mice, rats, voles, lemmings
Definition
Reithrodontomys megalotis – Western harvest mouse
Peromyscus maniculatus – Deer mouse
Peromyscus crinitus – Canyon mouse
Peromyscus boylii – Brush mouse
Peromyscus truei – Pinon mouse
Onychomys leucogaster – Northern grasshopper mouse
Neotoma lepida – Desert woodrat
Neotoma cinerea – Bushy-tailed woodrat
Microtus montanus – Montane vole
Microtus longicaudus – Long-tailed vole
Ondatra zibethicus – Muskrat
Term
Heteromyidae – Pocket mice, kangaroo mice, kangaroo rats
Definition
Perognathus parvus – Great Basin pocket mouse
Perognathus longimembris – Little pocket mouse
Microdipodops megacephalus – Dark kangaroo mouse
Dipodomys ordii – Ord’s kangaroo rat
Dipodomys microps – Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat
Dipodomys merriami – Merriam’s kangaroo rat
Term
Erethizontidae
Definition
Erethizon dorsatum – North American porcupine
Term
Dipodidae
Definition
Zapus princeps – Western jumping mouse
Term
Castoridae
Definition
Castor canidensis – American Beaver
Term
Geomyidae
Definition
Thomomys talpoides – Northern pocket gopher
Thomomys bottae – Botta’s pocket gopher
Term
Family Sciuridae
Definition
Tamias minimus – Least chipmunk
Marmota flaviventris – Yellow-bellied marmot
Ammospermophilus leucurus – White-tailed antelope squirrel
Spermophilus armatus – Uinta ground squirrel
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus – Thirteen-lined ground squirrel
Spermophilus spilosoma – Spotted ground squirrel
Spermophilus lateralis – Golden-mantled ground squirrel
Cynomys lecurus – White-tailed prairie dog
Cynomys parvidens – Utah prairie dog
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus – Red squirrel
Glaucomys sabrinus – Northern flying squirrel
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