Zoology 365
Biology of Mammals
Spring Semester, 2006
Terri McElhinny- Michigan State University
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1. You see a small skull,a hole in the zygomatic arch and complete auditory bullae. Family?
2. Which two families have zalambdodont teeth?
3. You see a skull with pigmented teeth. "Aha" you think, "I know this one". But just to be sure (and because you have nothing else to do), you double check to verify that the skull also lacks a zygomatic arch, has incomplete auditory bullae and a bicuspid first upper incisor. Family?
4. You see a skull with pectinate lower incisors. "Cool", you think, "another gimme". You take a moment just to check that it also has well developed post-orbital processes before answering the question: Family?
5. What Order is Family Erinaceidae in?
6. You are presented with a skull with thread-like zygomatic arch and incomplete auditory bullae. Family?
7. What Order is Family Solenodontidae in?
8. Someone hands you a skull with quadrate teeth, a complete zygomatic arch, a heavily fenestrated palate and huge bullae. Family ?
9. What Order is Family Cynocephalidae in?
10. What Order is Family Tupaiidae in?
11. You're walking along and you stumble across a skull with a well-developed zygomatic arch and quadrate molars, incomplete auditory bullae, and a single fenestration in the palate. What family is this skull from, and where the heck are you?
12. You see a colugo, from the Family Cynocephalidae glide by your nose and land on a tree branch. Where are you?
13. You see a tree shrew, from the Order Scandentia. Where are you?
14. Your wierd Hungarian grandma tells you, with a faraway look in her eyes, that she's always wanted to see the land of the elephant shrew. Where does grandma want to go?
15. Dave Letterman calls you and says "Have you heard of the Tupaiidae diet?"
16. Tell me something about the lifestyle of F. Talpidae.
17. What Order is Family Macroscelididae in?
18. Which two families contain species which have poisonous saliva?
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