Mammalogy Lab Practical 1

List the Kingdom of mammals

Animalia

List the class of mammals

mammalia

How is Rabies transmitted

saliva

how is Hantavirus transmitted

infected feces, urine, saliva, nesting materials

how is Histoplasmosis transmitted

inhaling spore stage of fungus, typically when animals come in contact with droppings of other animals

Mammal-borne pathogen transmitted via ticks

Lyme

Specimen with pleurodont dentition

iguana

Agouti hair

two or more bands of pigmentation (ex: raccoon, rabbits, squirrels)

Species of Cingulata found in Missouri

nine-banded armadillo

order of deer

Artiodactyls

Endangered Species Act of 1973

establishes protections for fish, wildlife, and plants that are listed as threatened or endangered; provides for adding species to and removing them from the list of threatened and endangered species, and for preparing and implementing plans for their recovery

Marine Mammal Protection Act

establishes a moratorium on taking and importing marine mammals, including parts and products.

Lacey Act

protects both plants and wildlife by creating civil and criminal penalties for a wide array of violations. Most notably, the Act prohibits trade in wildlife, fish, and plants that have been illegally taken, possessed, transported or sold.

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species

an international agreement, signed by 184 parties in 1973, designed to ensure that international trade in animals and plants does not threaten their survival in the wild.

order of shrews

Eulipotyphla

Metatherian order found in Missouri

Opposum - Didelphis virginiana

Animals in order Chiroptera

Bats

Animals in order Soricomorpha

shrews, moles

animals in order didelphimorphia

marsupials - Virginia Opossums

Animals in order Monotremata

platypus and echidnas

animals in order pholidota

pangolins

animals in order Pilosa

sloths and anteaters

specimen in order Carnivora

bears, dogs, skunks, weasels

specimen in subclass Theria

eutherians (placental mammals) and metatherians (marsupials), excludes monotremes (egg laying)

subclass and infraclass of marsupials

Theria , metatheria

subclass and infraclass of monotremes

prototheria

process of bone growth for mammals

ossification

brachydont teeth

humans

hypsodont teeth

horse

order and infraclass of mice and rats

Rodentia , muridae (?)

purpose of whiskers/vibrassae

food acquisition, prey attack, aggression and attack behavior, facial expression in intraspecies communications, dispersion of pheromones, maintaining head position in swimming, and a wide range of environmental monitoring

selodont, bunodont, and lophodont teeth

selenodont - deer

bunodont - raccoon, bear

lophodont - manatees, rodents

anapsid, diapsid, synapsid

Anapsids have no openings, synapsids have one opening, and diapsids have two openings.

skull parts

post cranial skeleton

dental formula of mammals

Ex: I 2/2; C 2/2; P 3/3; M 4/5