Mammalogy taxonomic ID: Didelphimorphia Eulipotyphla Cingulata Lagomorpha

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<p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Big sagittal crest on skull</span></p>

Big sagittal crest on skull

Virginia Opossum Didelphimorphia Didelphidae Didelphis virginiana

<p>Virginia Opossum Didelphimorphia Didelphidae Didelphis virginiana</p>
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<p></p><ul><li><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Largest shrew (Big body)</span></p></li><li><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Short tail (less than half of body length)</span></p></li></ul><p></p>


  • Largest shrew (Big body)

  • Short tail (less than half of body length)


Southern Short-tailed Shrew Eulipotyphla Soricidae Blarina carolinensis

<p>Southern Short-tailed Shrew Eulipotyphla Soricidae Blarina carolinensis</p>
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<ul><li><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Small body</span></p></li><li><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Short tail (less than half of body length)</span></p></li></ul><p></p>

  • Small body

  • Short tail (less than half of body length)


Least Shrew Eulipotyphla Soricidae Cryptotis parva

<p>Least Shrew Eulipotyphla Soricidae Cryptotis parva</p>
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<ul><li><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Long pointed nose</span></p></li><li><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Long tail (Tail at least half its body length)</span></p></li></ul><p></p>

  • Long pointed nose

  • Long tail (Tail at least half its body length)


Southeastern Shrew Eulipotyphla Soricidae Sorex longirostris

<p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Southeastern Shrew </span>Eulipotyphla Soricidae Sorex longirostris</p>
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what is unique about shrew skulls?

No zygomatic arch

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<p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Skull: Very thin zygomatic arch</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Pelet: Nape where hairs go either direction</span></p>

Skull: Very thin zygomatic arch

Pelet: Nape where hairs go either direction

Eastern Mole Eulipotyphla Talpidae Scalopus aquaticus

<p>Eastern Mole Eulipotyphla Talpidae <span style="background-color: transparent;">Scalopus aquaticus</span></p>
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<p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Skull: homodont detention, long narrow rostrum</span></p>

Skull: homodont detention, long narrow rostrum

Nine-banded Armadillo Cingulata Dasypodidae Dasypus novemcinctus

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<ul><li><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Smaller pelt and more gray (less red)</span></p></li><li><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Skull: Projection above the orbit makes a lobe</span></p></li></ul><p></p>

  • Smaller pelt and more gray (less red)

  • Skull: Projection above the orbit makes a lobe


Eastern Cottontail Lagomorpha Leporidae Sylvilagus floridanus

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<ul><li><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Larger pelt, rusty reds, and more black</span></p></li><li><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Skull: doesnt have lobe and no separation of the process</span></p></li></ul><p></p>

  • Larger pelt, rusty reds, and more black

  • Skull: doesnt have lobe and no separation of the process


Swamp Rabbit Lagomorpha Leporidae Sylvilagus aquaticus

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Rabbits vs rodent skull?

rabbits have the second row of upper incisor teeth