Mammalogy Rodent Quiz p2

cricetidae

What family are new world lemmings, voles, muskrats, rats, etc. in?

muridae

What family are old world mice and rats in?

zapodidae

What family are jumping mice in?

geomyidae

What family are pocket gophers in?

heteromyidae

What family are kangaroo rats and mice in?

lagomorpha

What order are rabbits and pikas in?

leporidae

What family are rabbits and hares in?

cricetidae

What family is the eastern woodrat in?

cricetidae

What family is the marsh oryzomys in?

cricetidae

What family is the white-footed mouse in?

cricetidae

What family is the hispid cotton rat in?

muridae

What family is the house mouse in?

muridae

What family is the brown rat in?

zapodidae

What family is the meadow jumping mouse in?

southern red-backed vole

Myodes gapperi

nearctic brown lemming

Lemmus trimucronatus

nearctic collared lemming

Dicrostonyx groenlandicus

meadow vole

Microtus pennsylvanicus

woodland vole

Microtus pinetorum

eastern woodrat

Neotoma floridana

common muskrat

Ondatra zibethicus

marsh oryzomys

Oryzomys palustris

white-footed mouse

Peromyscus leucopus

hispid cotton rat

Sigmadon hispidus

house mouse

Mus musculus

brown rat

Rattus norvegicus

meadow jumping mouse

Zapus hudsonicus

plains pocket gopher

Geomys bursarius

botta’s pocket gopher

Thomomys bottae

northern pocket gopher

Thomomys talpoides

ord’s kangaroo rat

Dipodomys ordii

eastern cottontail

Sylvilagus floridanus

woodland vole

What species is this?

meadow vole

What species is this?

white-footed deermouse

What species is this?

house mouse

What species is this?

ord’s kangaroo rat

What species is this?

meadow jumping mouse

What species is this?

southern red-backed vole

What species is this?

northern pocket gopher

What species is this?

plains pocket gopher

What species is this?

botta’s pocket gopher

What species is this?

muskrat

What species is this?

eastern cottontail

What species is this?

nearctic brown lemming

What species is this?

nearctic collared lemming

What species is this?

eastern woodrat

What species is this?

marsh oryzomyz

What species is this?

hispid cotton rat

What species is this?

cricetidae

What family does this skull belong to?

heteromyidae

What family does this skull belong to?

cricetidae

What family does this skull belong to?

cricetidae

Which family’s skull has the following features?

• Infraorbital canal medium and V-shaped

• Crowns of molars cuspidate or prismatic*** or rounded folds of enamel

• Cuspidate upper cheekteeth have 2 rows of longitudinally arranged series of cusps

• ***We only have these for lab!

muridae

Which family’s skull has the following features?

• Infraorbital canal medium and V-shaped

• Crowns of molars cuspidate*** or prismatic or rounded folds of enamel

• Cuspidate upper cheekteeth have 3 rows of longitudinally arranged series of cusps

• ***We only have these for lab!

zapodidae

Which family’s skull has the following features?

• Infraorbital canal cantid (to the side), large, and oval in shape

• Zygomatic plate narrow and horizontal

• Nasal extending anteriorly well beyond level of upper incisors

• Auditory bullae not inflated

geomyidae

Which family’s skull has the following features?

• Infraorbital canal small and compressed against side of rostrum, also piercing the rostrum and opening laterally

• Zygomatic plate broad and tilted strongly upward

• Nasals not extending anteriorly b