Mam Exam 2 Taxon and Species

Laurasiatheria

Includes Orders: Eulipotyphla (shrews), Chiroptera (bats)

Eulipotyphyla

Species Diversity: high, shrews, moles, hedgehods, selenodons

Found in: N. Am, Eurasia, Africa

Key Features: primitive teeth, insectivores, very high metabolisms

Chiroptera

Species Diversity: HIGH, Bats

Found in: cosmopolitan

Key Features:patagium, echolocation in some species, only true flying mammals

Yingpterochiroptera

Species Diversity: high, megabats (Flying Foxes and some microbats)

Found in: cosmo

Key Features: secondary evolution of echolocation in the microbat sp.

Pteropodiae (Ying subsp)

Megabats, ex. Flying Foxes

Non-Pteropodiae (Ying subsp)

Microbats of Ying

Yangochiroptera

Species Diversity: high, includes microbats such as myotis sp.

Found in: cosmo

Key Features: laryngeal echolocation

Euarchontoglires

Includes Orders: Euarchonta (Scandentia, Primates, Dermoptera) and Glires (lagomorphs and rodenta)

Euarchonta

Orders: Scandentia, Dermoptera, Primates

Scandentia

Species Diversity: low, tree shrews

Found in: SE Asia

Dermoptera

Species Diversity: LOW flying lemurs/Colugos

Found in: Southeast Asia

Key Features: Patagium for gliding

Primates

Includes: Strepsirhinni (wet nose )and Haplorhinni (dry nose)

Strepsirhinni

Species Diversity: high div, true lemurs, tarsiers, and bushbabies

Found in: Madagascar and Africa

Key Features: wet noses, tooth combs, and smaller brain-body ratio

Haplorhinni

Species Diversity: high, monkeys and apes

Found in: tropical americas, Africa and S asia

Key Features: dry noses, large brain-body ratio, diurnal

New World Monkeys

Species Diversity: high, tamarins

Found in: Americas

Key Features: flat nose with side nostrils, arboreal sp, smaller

Old World Monkeys

Species Diversity: high, proboscius monkey

Found in: Africa and Asia

Key Features: large/long noses with downward nostrils, both arboreal and terrestrial

Hominidae Clade

Includes the great apes, orangutans, Gorillas, Bonobos, Chimps, Humans

Glires

Includes Orders: Lagomorpha and Rodentia

Lagomorpha

Species Diversity: high, rabbits, hares, pikas

Found in: cosmo

Key Features: diastema gap in mouth, swiss cheese holes in maxilla

Rodentia

Species Diversity: THE HIGHEST, mice, beavers, squirrels, porcupines

Found in: Cosmo

Key Features: Diastema, chisel incisors, very diverse and specialize in a range of things

Hystricomorpha (suborder)

Species Diversity: high, porcupine, capybara

Sciuromorpha

Species Diversity: high, squirrels and chipmunks

Anamalomorpha

Species Diversity: low, springhares and scaly-tailed squirrels

Castorimorpha

Species Diversity: low/med, beavers, pocket gophers

Myomorpha

Species Diversity: HIGH, rats, mice, jerboas, voles