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Lab Exam 2 - Rodents, Lagomorphs, Primates, etc. Flashcards

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Common name, order, suborder, family, species
ID features
diet, nesting location, distribution/range

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American red squirrel
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha
Family: Sciuridae
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

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eastern chipmunk
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha
Family: Sciuridae
Tamias striatus
KY species!

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Common name, order, suborder, family, species
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diet, nesting location, distribution/range

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eastern fox squirrel
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha
Family: Sciuridae
Sciurus niger
KY species!

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diet, nesting location, distribution/range

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gray squirrel
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha
Family: Sciuridae
Sciurus carolinensis
KY species!

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Common name, order, suborder, family
ID features (skull, legs, tail, vert.)
climate/adaptation

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kangaroo rat
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Castorimorpha
Family: Heteromyidae
-massive auditory bullae
-enlarged back legs/feet
-long tail
-fused cervical vertebrae
-modified kidneys for dry climates

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Common name, Order, Suborder, Family, Species
ID features (tail, feet, incisors, premolar, colors)
range/distribution/habitat

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woodland jumping mouse
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Myomorpha
Family: Dipodidae
Napaeozapus insignis
Ky species!

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Common name, Order, Family, species
ID features (tail, feet, incisors, premolar, colors)
range/distribution/habitat

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meadow jumping mouse
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dipodidae
Zapus hudsonius
-very long tail w/ blackish tip
-big feet
KY species!

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Common name, Order, Suborder, Family, Species
jaw architecture (name and describe)
range/habitat

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mountain beaver
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha
Family: Aplodontidae
Aplodontia rufa
-masseter only attaches to zygomatic arch and mandible

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Common name, Order, Suborder, Family
ID features
lifestyle, diet, lifestyle adaptation

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pocket gopher
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Castorimorpha
Family: Geomyidae
-prominent rounded incisors that it displays when seen
-fossorial, powerful claws for digging
-herbivore

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Common name, Order, Suborder, Family, species
ID features
lifestyle, nest location, range

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southern flying squirrel
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha
Family: Sciuridae
Glaucomys volans
-large eyes, nocturnal
KY species!

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Common name, Order, Family, Subfamily, Species
ID features (color, tail length/color)
range

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white-footed mouse
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Peromyscus leucopus
Ky species!

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common name, order, suborder, family, species
ID features
jaw architecture

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North American beaver
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Castorimorpha
Family: Castoridae
Castor canadensis
Ky species!

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common name, order, suborder, family

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black-tailed prairie dog
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha
Family: Sciuridae

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common name, order, suborder, family
what is special about this species
ID features

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capybara
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Family: Caviidae
-world’s largest rodent
-masssive infraorbital foramen
-typical rodent diprotodonty

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common name, order, family, subfamily, species
ID features (tail color/length, color, ears)
range/distribution

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deer mouse
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Peromyscus maniculatus
KY species!

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common name, order, family, subfamily, species
ID features
range/habitat/nest location

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eastern harvest mouse
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Reithrodontomys humulis
KY species!
-small, gray-brown pelage, smaller than house mouse
-blackish ears

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common name, order, family, subfamily, species
ID features
range/habitat

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golden mouse
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Ochrotomys nuttalli
KY species!

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common name, order, suborder, family, species
ID features
range, nesting

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groundhog
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciurimorpha
Family: Sciuridae
Marmota monax
KY species!
-short tail, robust body, black feet, small dog/cat sized

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common name, order, suborder, family, species
ID features
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house mouse
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Myomorpha
Family: Muridae
Mus musculus
KY species! (non-native)
- small eyes, small body, uniform gray color getting lighter towards ventral
- naked tail
- eats food where located, very trap savvy

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common name, order, family, subfamily, species
ID features
range/habitat, nesting, scat

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Allegheny wood rat
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Neotoma magister
KY species!
-rat-sized, tail sharply bicolored, long whiskers, grayish/light-brown pelage

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common name, order, family, species
range

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least shrew
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Species: Cryptotis parva
KY species!

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common name, order, suborder, family, subfamily, species
ID features
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meadow vole
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Myomorpha
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Microtus pennsylvanicus
KY species!
-silver-tipped belly hair, tail 2x length of hind foot, small ear, sharply bicolored tail

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common name, order, suborder, family, subfamily, species
ID features
range/habitat use/diet

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muskrat
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Myomorpha
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Ondatra zibethicus
KY species!
-prismatic teeth

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common name, order, suborder, family, species
id features
special adaptations
body shape
range/habitat/diet

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North American porcupine
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Family: Erethizontidae
Erethizon dorsatum
-quills (mod. hair w/ barbs)
-short stout body
-huge infraorbital foramen

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common name, order, suborder, family, species ID features
Norway rat Order: Rodentia Suborder: Myomorpha Family: Muridae Rattus norvegicus KY species! (non-native) -rat shape, gray-brown pelage, brownish feet, tail shorter than head+body
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common name, order, suborder, family, species ID features habitat
nutria Order: Rodentia Suborder: Hystricomorpha Family: Myocastoridae Myocastor coypus -beaver-like skull but huge infraorbital foramen -wetlands -rounded tail differentiates it from muskrat (keeled) -invasive
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common name, order, suborder, family, subfamily, species ID features range
pine vole Order: Rodentia Suborder: Myomorpha Family: Cricetidae Subfamily: Arvicolinae Microtus pinetorum KY Species! -tail not sharply bicolored, tail just longer than hind foot, russet brown back, chestnut/gray/cinnamon belly
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common name, order, suborder, family, subfamily, species ID features range
red-backed vole Order: Rodentia Suborder: Myomorpha Family: Cricetidae Subfamily: Arvicolinae Myodes gapperi KY species! -broad reddish band on dorsum and along cheeks -tail longer than hind foot
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common name, order, suborder, family, subfamily, species ID features range
southern bog lemming Order: Rodentia Suborder: Myomorpha Family: Cricetidae Subfamily: Arvicolinae Synaptomys cooperi KY species! -tuft of black hair on hind foot -short tail (<1/3 body length) -dorsal gray-brown/grizzled
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common name, order, suborder ID features diet, range
tarsier Order: Primates Suborder: Haplorrhini -huge orbit:cranium ratio
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common name, order, family ID features range
American pika Order: Lagomorpha Family: Ochotonidae -no supraorbital process, fenestration on maxilla only, 2nd peg like incisors
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common name, order, family, species ID features range/habitat
Appalachian cottontail Order: Lagomorpha Family: Leporidae Sylvilagus obscurus KY species! -black streaked on dorsal -shorter rounder ears w/ black border -black spot between ears
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common name, order, family, species ID features range/habitat
eastern cottontail Order: Lagomorpha Family: Leporidae Sylvilagus floridanus KY species! -lacks black spot between ears -triangular supraorbital process -maxilla + parietal fenstration -duplicodonty -longer ears
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common name, order, family, species ID features
jackrabbit Order: Lagomorpha Family: Leporidae Lepus spp.
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common name, order, suborder, parvorder, family ID features
Siamang gibbon Order: Primates Suborder: Haplorrhini Parvorder: Catarrhini (old world) Family: Hylobatidae -post-orbital plate -reduced num. of premolars -enlarged braincase
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common name, order, family, species ID features range/habitat
snowshoe hare Order: Lagomorpha Family: Leporidae Lepus americanus -supraorbital process wing-like -skull length >70mm -intraparietal lobe absent
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common name, order, suborder, parvorder ID features range
woolly monkey Order: Primates Suborder: Haplorrhini Parvorder: Platyrrhini (new world) -post-orbital plate -enlarged braincase -12 premolars -South America
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common name, order, family
aardvark Order: Tubulidentata Family: Orycteropodidae -Africa -myrmecophagous -cylindrical (hexagonal) peg-like teeth, lack enamel, lack canines and incisors -extensive turbinates
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common name, order, family, species ID features range/lifestyle/diet
eastern mole Order: Eulipotyphla Family: Talpidae Scalopus aquaticus KY species! -big forefeet -flattened skull
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common name, order, family, species ID features range
long-tailed shrew Order: Eulipotyphla Family: Soricidae Sorex dispar Ky species!
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common name, order, family, species ID features range
northern short-tailed shrew Order: Eulipotyphla Family: Soricidae Blarina brevicauda KY species! -short tail and snout -smooth dark gray fur
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common name, order, family, species ID features range
pygmy shrew Order: Eulipotyphla Family: Sorcidae Sorex hoyi KY species! -smallest shrew -longer tail
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common name, superorder, order, family ID features range
3-toed sloth Superorder: Xenarthra Order: Pilosa Family: Bradypodidae -rootless, molariform peg-like teeth -lacks caniniform premolar (2-toed sloth would have this) -south Central America
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common name, superorder, order, famiy, species ID features range diet
9-banded armadillo Superorder: Xenarthra Order: Cingulata Family: Dasypodidae Dasypus novemcinctus KY species! -molariform, rootless, peg-like teeth -jointed armor (carapace, made of scutes) -insectivore
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common name, order ID features teeth description range, diet
colugo ("flying lemur") Order: Dermoptera -large orbits -pectinate lower incisors -*hole in zygomatic arch* -trenchant molars w/ sharp cusps (w-shaped but vertical) -southeast Asia -frugivore
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common name, order, family ID features diet teeth description
Cuban selenodon Order: Eulipotyphla Family: Selenodontidae -grooved lower incisors to deliver venom -zalambdadont cheek teeth -no zygomatic arch -omnivorous
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common name, superorder, order, family ID features range
giant anteater Superorder: Xenarthra Order: Pilosa Family: Myrmecophagidae -toothless -myrmecophagous -South America
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common name, order, suborder, family ID features range diet
lemur Order: Primates Suborder: Strepsirrhini Family: Lemuridae -lacks postorbital plate -long rostrum -pectinate lower incisors -Madagascar -omnivorous
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order, family, common name for each dentition description and replacement strategy for each
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common name, order, family ID features diet range
rock hyrax Order: Hyracoidea Family: Procaviidae -incisiform tusks w/ space between -herbivore -Africa
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common name, order, family, species ID features range
smoky shrew Order: Eulipotyphla Family: Soricidae Sorex fumeus KY species! -long snout -bicolor tail -masking around eyes
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common name, order, family ID features cheek teeth pattern defensive/communication adaptation range
streaked tenrec Order: Afrosoricida Family: Tenrecidae -incomplete zygomatic arch -lack auditory bullae -zalamdodont cheek teeth -stridulating quills -Madagascar
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Describe the 4 rodent jaw architechtures and which groups have them
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shrew vs mole vs vole vs mouse
shrew: no zygomatic arch or auditory bullae; first upper incisor like a raptor beak; tooth pigment; tiny body mole: flattened skull, has zygomatic arch and auditory bullae, large forefeet vole: tail length 1-2 inches mouse: tail length 2.5-6 inches

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