WLDL 378 Mammalogy Lab: Bones, Structures & Terms

What is this structure

Manubrium

What is this structure?

Calcar

What is the top structure?

Periotic Bone

What is the bottom structure?

Auditory Bulla

Define Polyprotodont:

Multiple pairs of incisors. (i.e., Didelphis virginiana)

Define Diprotodont:

One pair of incisors, jutting outwards.

Define Diphyodont

Define Dilambdodont

What is this structure?

Frontal Orbital Process

What is the structure just under the needletip?

Sagittal Crest

What is this structure?

Parietal Ridge.

What is this structure?

Occipital Ridge

What is this bone?

Premaxilla/Premaxillary

What is this bone?

Maxilla/Maxillary

What is this structure?

Zygomatic Arch

What bone is this?

Squamosal

What is this bone?

Jugal Bone

What is this bone?

Palatine

What is this structure?

Incisive Foramen

What is this structure?

Foramen Magnum

What is this bone?

Basisphenoid

What is this bone?

Presphenoid

What is this bone?

Vomer

What are these bones?

Pterygoid bones.

What is this structure?

Alisphenoid canal.

What is this structure?

Auditory Bulla.

What is this bone?

Dentary Bone.

What is this structure?

Coronoid Process.

What is this structure?

Articular Process.

What is this structure called?

Angular Process.

What tooh morphology is this?

Tribosphenic

What tooth morphology is this?

Lophodont

What tooth morphology is this?

Bunodont

What is this tail structure?

Uropatagium

All Wisconsin bats like this hoary bat from Fort McCoy are in this family.

Vesperrilionidae: The bats that scream through their nose.

Vampire bats are in the same family as New World fruit bats like the Jamaican fruit bat.  Name this family.

Phyllostomidae: the bats that scream through their mouth.

What is this structure?

Tympanic Ring.

Define Syndactylous:

Having fused hind digits.

Define Schitzodactylous

Having some toes pointing forward and others pointing backward. (i.e., koalas)

What tooth morphology does this mammal have?

Lophodont

What is the term for the thick hair on this shrew’s feet?

Fimbriated Hairs.

What is bone C?

Humerus

What is bone A?

Scapula

What is bone B?

Ulnus

What is structure D?

Olecranon process

What tooth morphology does this mammal have?

Quadrate

What is structure B called?

Tympanic Ring

What is structure A?

Glenoid Fossa

What is structure B?

Acromion Process.

What is structure D?

Coracoid process.

What is structure C?

Scapular spine

What is structure A?

Metapophysis.

What is structure B?

Neural Spine

What is structure C?

Zygopophysis

What is structure D?

Xenarthrous process

What is this bone?

Lacrimal

What family does this skull belong to?

What family does this skull belong to?

What order does aardvark belong to?

Tubulidentata

What does the family Dasypodidae consist of?

Armadillos

What order do pangolins belong to?

Pholidota

What does the family Myrmecophagidae consist of?

Myrmecophagidae

What does the family Megalonychidae consist of?

Sloths.

What interesting tooth morphology does this animal have?

Caniform premolars.

What is structure B?

Calcaneum.

What is structure E?

Acromion process.

What animal is this?

Pangolin

What animal is this?

Giant Anteater.

What animal is this?

Southern Tramandua.