Carnivores Lecture

What order is “flesh devour”

Carnivora

The two suborders

Feliformia (cats)

Caniformia (dogs)

What kind of callmark dentition does canivores have

Secodont carnassial

Deeply cupped mandibulars called

fossa

A bony opening in some carnivores through which a branch of the carotid artery passes

alisphenooid canal

Two extinct carnivore like groups

Creodonta

Mesonychids

Modern carnivores evolved from early carnivore-morphs of the extinct Family ____ in North America; we call this group ______

Miacidae, Miacids

Helps refine sounds w/n inner ear.

Differences between feliformia and caniformia

Auditory septum bullae

-Feliformia: Will complete in almost all species

-Caniformia: Absent or partial

Family of the African palm civet

Nandiniidae

Stealing the kills of other predators

kleptoparasitism

mate year round

polyestrous

feeding on ants and termites

Myrmecophagous

Two ways cats kill

-Neck biting

-Muzz suffocation/skull biting

“First cat”

Proailurus

Bobcat vs Lynx

Word for western dog

Hesperocyon

How to trap black bears

-Pastry

-Usage of snares/cubby set

-Usage of Culvert Trap

-Imobilization with telazol

-Check tattooed id/ear tag/pit

-Teeth wear and tear

Mesocarnivores noted for noxious anal gland spray of oily, yellow sulfur-alcoholic, compound known as _______ used to deter predators

bulylmercaptan

Family: Mephitidae (skunks and stink badgers)

Area where coming onto land

haul out

Family names that are not found in the us

-Ailuridae

-Eupleridae

-Viverridae

-Hyaenidia

-Herpestidae

The most common name of the living, most primate canid and perhaps of the entire suborder is this species

gray fox

The suborder of carnivora has its more primate living member is

African palm civet

Eupleridae are sweepstakes descendants of this family

Herpestidae

Carnassial par of carnivores

P4M1 carnassial pair

Type of walking for carnivores

Digitigrade and plantigrade

Two species from the racoon family that is found in the us

coati and ringtail

Largest canid in the world

Gray wolf

Most abundant wild carnivore on earth

Red fox