Vertebrate Zoology Lab Quiz 3 - Specimens

Covers taxidermied mammals only. Does not include the genus Bradypus (Three-toed Sloths). Also does not include mammal osteology which may be included on the quiz. Each card has a picture, then flip it to view the specimen's common name, genus and species, and order.

American Mink

Neogale vison

Carnivora

Opossum

Didelphis marsupialis

Didelphimorphia

Eastern Cottontail

Sylvilagus floridanus

Lagomorpha

White-nosed Coati

Nasua narica

Carnivora

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

Artiodactyla

Nine-banded Armadillo

Dasypus novemcinctus

Cingulata

Coyote

Canis latrans

Carnivora

American Red Squirrel

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Rodentia

Eastern Gray Squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

Rodentia

Striped Skunk

Mephitis mephitis

Carnivora

Raccoon

Procyon lotor

Carnivora

North American Beaver

Castor canadensis

Rodentia

Muskrat

Ondatra zibethicus

Rodentia

Groundhog

Marmota monax

Rodentia

Eastern Chipmunk

Tamias striatus

Rodentia

Gray Fox

Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Carnivora

Big Brown Bat

Eptesicus fuscus

Chiroptera

Eastern Red Bat

Lasiurus borealis

Chiroptera

Eastern Mole

Scalopus aquaticus

Eulipotyphla

Northern Short-tailed Shrew

Blarina brevicauda

Eulipotyphla

White-footed Mouse

Peromyscus leucopus

Rodentia

Southern Red-backed Vole

Clethrionomys gapperi

Rodentia

Southern Flying Squirrel

Glaucomys volans

Rodentia

(Image courtesy of a classmate. Thank you!)

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

Carnivora

Collared Anteater or Southern Tamandua

Tamandua tetradactyla

Pilosa