rodentia II , chiroptera, pholidota, carnivora I (feliformia)
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geographic range for zapodidae
north africa and central asia
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family zapodidae (jerboas, birch mice, jumping mice)
superfamily dipodoidea
suborder myomorpha
order rodentia
clade glires
* hystricomorphous IO * nasals extend anterior to incisors
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family zapodidae (jerboas, birch mice, jumping mice)
superfamily dipodoidea
suborder myomorpha
order rodentia
clade glires
* hystricomorphous IO * nasals extend anterior to incisors
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family cricetidae (voles, new world mice and rats)
suborder myomorpha
order rodentia
clade glires
* number of cusp rows - 2 * sometimes zigsaggy prismatic teeth
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family cricetidae (voles, new world mice and rats)
suborder myomorpha
order rodentia
clade glires
* number of cusp rows - 2 * sometimes zigsaggy prismatic teeth
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family cricetidae (voles, new world mice and rats)
suborder myomorpha
order rodentia
clade glires
* number of cusp rows - 2 * sometimes zigsaggy prismatic teeth
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family cricetidae (voles, new world mice and rats)
suborder myomorpha
order rodentia
clade glires
* number of cusp rows - 2 * sometimes zigsaggy prismatic teeth
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family cricetidae (voles, new world mice and rats)
suborder myomorpha
order rodentia
clade glires
* number of cusp rows - 2 * sometimes zigsaggy prismatic teeth
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family cricetidae (voles, new world mice and rats)
suborder myomorpha
order rodentia
clade glires
* number of cusp rows - 2 * sometimes zigsaggy prismatic teeth
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family cricetidae (voles, new world mice and rats)
suborder myomorpha
order rodentia
clade glires
* number of cusp rows - 2 * sometimes zigsaggy prismatic teeth
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family cricetidae (voles, new world mice and rats)
suborder myomorpha
order rodentia
clade glires
* number of cusp rows - 2 * sometimes zigsaggy prismatic teeth
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family muridae (gerbils, hamsters, old world mice and rats)
suborder myomorpha
order rodentia
clade glires
* number of cusp rows - 3
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family muridae (gerbils, hamsters, old world mice and rats)
suborder myomorpha
order rodentia
clade glires
* number of cusp rows - 3
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family muridae (gerbils, hamsters, old world mice and rats)
suborder myomorpha
order rodentia
clade glires
* number of cusp rows - 3
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family muridae (gerbils, hamsters, old world mice and rats)
suborder myomorpha
order rodentia
clade glires
* number of cusp rows - 3
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family muridae (gerbils, hamsters, old world mice and rats)
suborder myomorpha
order rodentia
clade glires
* number of cusp rows - 3
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family muridae (gerbils, hamsters, old world mice and rats)
suborder myomorpha
order rodentia
clade glires
* number of cusp rows - 3
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family muridae (gerbils, hamsters, old world mice and rats)
suborder myomorpha
order rodentia
clade glires
* number of cusp rows - 3
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family muridae (gerbils, hamsters, old world mice and rats)
suborder myomorpha
order rodentia
clade glires
* number of cusp rows - 3
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geographic range for family hystricidae
southern europe, sub-saharan africa, southwestern and souther asia, indonesia, philippines
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family hystricidae (old world porcupines)
suorder hystricomorpha
order rodentia
clade glires
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geographic range for family erethizontidae
temperate north american forests, tropical forests of central and south america
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family erethizontidae (new world porcupines)
suborder hystricomorpha
order rodentia
clade glires
* paraoccipital process short * zygo arches strongly built * enlarged auditory bullae * cheekteeth w wide folds (look kinda like fancy salad scoopers)
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family erethizontidae (new world porcupines)
suborder hystricomorpha
order rodentia
clade glires
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geographic range for family chinchillidae
south american, southern ecuador to southern chile and argentina
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family chinchillidae
suborder hystricomorpha
order rodentia
clade glires
* lacrimal enlarged * lacrimal canal opens on side of rostrum * enlarged auditory bullae * cheekteeth have bars running side-side (as opposed to front-back)
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family chinchillidae
suborder hystricomorpha
order rodentia
clade glires
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geographic range for family caviidae
temperate south america, excluding amazon basin and most of chile, from panama south
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family caviidae
suborder hystricomorpha
order rodentia
clade glires
* molar toothrows converge in front * bullae enlarged * cheekteeth simple, made of 2 enamel prisms
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family caviidae
suborder hystricomorpha
order rodentia
clade glires
* molar toothrows converge in front * bullae enlarged * cheekteeth simple, made of 2 enamel prisms
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geographic range for family erinaceidae
old world; eurasia and africa; absent from new world, australia
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family erinaceidae (hedgehogs, moonrats, gymnures)
order eulipotyphla
clade laurasiatheria
* first upper incisor large, canine-like * upper molars quadritubercular w short, rounded cusps
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family erinaceidae (hedgehogs, moonrats, gymnures)
order eulipotyphla
clade laurasiatheria
* first upper incisor large, canine-like * upper molars quadritubercular w short, rounded cusps
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geographic range for family soricidae
eurasia, africa, north america, northwester south america, absent in australasia
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family soricidae (shrews)
order eulipotyphla
clade laurasiatheria
* 2 condyles on mandible * no zygo arch or auditory bullae * cheekteeth dilambdodont - W teeth
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family soricidae (shrews)
order eulipotyphla
clade laurasiatheria
* 2 condyles on mandible * no zygo arch or auditory bullae * cheekteeth dilambdodont - W teeth
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geographic range for family talpidae
north america and eurasia
absent in south america, africa, australasia
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family talpidae (moles)
order eulipotyphla
clade laurasiatheria
1 broken zygo arch
* zygo arch present * auditory bullae present * molars dilambdodont - W molars * upper incisors do not have cusps at the base * first upper incisor directed downward and backward
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family talpidae (moles)
order eulipotyphla
clade laurasiatheria
2 broken zygo arch
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family pteropodidae (flying foxes, old world fruit bats)
order chiroptera
clade alurasiatheria
* large postorbital process * simple cheekteeth * angular process absent or broad and low * 1-2I/0-2i
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family pteropodidae (flying foxes, old world fruit bats)
order chiroptera
clade alurasiatheria
* 2nd digit free, w claw * large postorbital process * simple cheekteeth * angular process absent or broad and low * 1-2I/0-2i
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family pteropodidae (flying foxes, old world fruit bats)
order chiroptera
clade alurasiatheria
* 2nd digit free, w claw * large postorbital process * simple cheekteeth * angular process absent or broad and low * 1-2I/0-2i
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geographic range for family pteropodidae
old world tropics: africa, india, southeast asia, australasia, many indian and pacific ocean islands
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family pteropodidae (flying foxes, old world fruit bats)
order chiroptera
clade alurasiatheria
* large postorbital process * simple cheekteeth * angular process absent or broad and low * 1-2I/0-2i
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family pteropodidae (flying foxes, old world fruit bats)
order chiroptera
clade alurasiatheria
* large postorbital process * simple cheekteeth * angular process absent or broad and low * 1-2I/0-2i
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family phyllostomidae (new world leaf-nosed or fruit bats)
order chiroptera
clade laurasiatheria
* leaf nose * tail may or may not be free
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geographic range for family phyllostomidae
new world, from southwestern u.s. to argentina
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family phyllostomidae (new world leaf-nosed or fruit bats)
order chiroptera
clade laurasiatheria
* leaf nose * tail may or may not be free
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family phyllostomidae (new world leaf-nosed or fruit bats)
order chiroptera
clade laurasiatheria
* premaxillae complete, fused to each other and maxillae, palatal branches isolating 2 palatal foramina * no postorbital process * 1-2I/0-2i
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family phyllostomidae (new world leaf-nosed or fruit bats)
order chiroptera
clade laurasiatheria
* premaxillae complete, fused to each other and maxillae, palatal branches isolating 2 palatal foramina * no postorbital process * 1-2I/0-2i
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family phyllostomidae (new world leaf-nosed or fruit bats)
order chiroptera
clade laurasiatheria
* leaf nose * tail may or may not be free
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family phyllostomidae (new world leaf-nosed or fruit bats)
order chiroptera
clade laurasiatheria
* leaf nose * tail may or may not be free
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family phyllostomidae (new world leaf-nosed or fruit bats)
order chiroptera
clade laurasiatheria
* premaxillae complete, fused to each other and maxillae, palatal branches isolating 2 palatal foramina * no postorbital process * 1-2I/0-2i
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family phyllostomidae (new world leaf-nosed or fruit bats)
order chiroptera
clade laurasiatheria
* premaxillae complete, fused to each other and maxillae, palatal branches isolating 2 palatal foramina * no postorbital process * 1-2I/0-2i
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family phyllostomidae (new world leaf-nosed or fruit bats)
order chiroptera
clade laurasiatheria
* leaf nose * tail may or may not be free
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family molossidae (free-tailed bats)
order chiroptera
clade laurasiatheria
* free tail * tragus small or ansent * ears fold forward
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family molossidae (free-tailed bats)
order chiroptera
clade laurasiatheria
* free tail * tragus small or ansent * ears fold forward
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geographic range for family molossidae
cosmopolitan (n and s america, southern eurasia, africa, australia)
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family molossidae (free-tailed bats)
order chiroptera
clade laurasiatheria
* premaxillae with nasal branches; with or without palatal branches * 1I/1-3i * may or may not have split palate
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family molossidae (free-tailed bats)
order chiroptera
clade laurasiatheria
* premaxillae with nasal branches; with or without palatal branches * 1I/1-3i * may or may not have split palate
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family vespertilionidae (common bats - wow good help)
order chiroptera
clade laurasiatheria
* tail enclosed in uropatagium * prominent tragus * no nose leaf
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family vespertilionidae (common bats - wow good help)
order chiroptera
clade laurasiatheria
* tail enclosed in uropatagium * prominent tragus * no nose leaf
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family vespertilionidae (common bats - wow good help)
order chiroptera
clade laurasiatheria
* tail enclosed in uropatagium * prominent tragus * no nose leaf
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geographic range for family vespertilionidae
cosmopolitan (n and s america, eurasia, africa, australia)
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family vespertilionidae (common bats - wow good help)
order chiroptera
clade laurasiatheria
* premaxillae separate, lacking palatal branches * split palate * 1-2I/2-3i * no postorbital process
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family vespertilionidae (common bats - wow good help)
order chiroptera
clade laurasiatheria
* premaxillae separate, lacking palatal branches * split palate * 1-2I/2-3i * no postorbital process
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geographic range for family manidae
tropical africa, southern and southeast asia, including indonesia
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family manidae (pangolins or scaly anteaters)
order pholidota
clade laurasiatheria
* no teeth * no jugal or parietal bones
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geographic range for family felidae
every continent except australia and antarctica; absent from greenland, madagascar, new guinea, new zealand; domestic cat widely introduced
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family felidae (cats)
suborder feliformia
order carnivora
clade laurasiatheria
* lacks alisphenoid canal * carnassial pair * generally short, blunt rostrum * postorbital process
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geographic range for family viverridae
Africa; through southern palearctic; much of oriental region
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family viverridae (civets, genets, etc)
suborder feliformia
order carnivora
clade laurasiatheria
* diagonal divistion on bullae, points towards teeth * last molar not constricted * well-developed carnassial * post-orbital process short
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family viverridae (civets, genets, etc)
suborder feliformia
order carnivora
clade laurasiatheria
* diagonal divistion on bullae, points towards teeth * last molar not constricted * well-developed carnassial * post-orbital process short
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geographic range for family herpestidae
throughout africa, middle east, arabian peninsula, southeast asia and indonesia
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family herpestidae (mongooses)
suborder feliformia
order carnivora
clade laurasiatheria
* horizontal division on auditory bullae * post orbital long and often forming complete bar
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family herpestidae (mongooses)
suborder feliformia
order carnivora
clade laurasiatheria
* horizontal division on auditory bullae * post orbital long and often forming complete bar
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geographic range for family hyaenidae
africa, except sahara and congo basin; middle east from turkey through arabian peninsula to india