Mammal Prac Flashcards by Sean Schultze

Infraclass Ornithodelphia

Duckbill platypus: ornithorhynchus anatinus, echidna
Cloaca
Teeth only in young
No external pinna or ear

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Infraclass Metatheria

Marsupials: kangaroo, wallaby, opossum
Numerous teeth
Viviparous
Primitive placenta
Precocial

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Red kangaroo

Micropus rufus

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Suborder Soricomorpha

Forest shrew: Myosorex varius

Lesser red musk shrew: crocidura hirta

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Suborder Erinaceomorpha

South African hedgehog: Atelerix frontalis

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Golden moles

Order Afrosoricida

Suborder Chrysochloridea

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Grants golden mole

Eremitalpa granti

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Juliana’s golden mole

Neamblysomas julianae

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Elephant shrew order

Eastern rock elephant-shrew

Macroscelidae

Elephantulus myurus

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Flying lemur order

Dermoptera

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Bats

Chiroptera
Suborder Yinpterochiroptera
Suborder Yangochiroptera

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Suborder Yinpterochiroptera

Wahlbergs epauletted fruit bat
-Epomophorus wahlbergi
Egyptian fruit bat
-Rousettus aegyptiacus

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Suborder Yangochiroptera

Rusty pipistrelle
-Pipistrellus rusticus
Shreibers long-fingered bat
-Miniopterus schreibersii

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Rodents

Oder Rodentia
Cape porcupine - Hystrix africaeaustralis
Greater cane rat- Thryonomys swinderianus
Springhare - Pedetes capensis
Brown rat - Rattus norvegicus

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Rabbits and hares

Order Lagomorpha
Cape hare - Lepus capensis
Riverine rabbit - Bungolagus monticularis

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Order primates

Apes, baboons, monkeys, lemurs, bush babies

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Chacma baboons

Papio ursinus

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Vervet monkey

Cercopithecus aethiops

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Lesser bushbaby

Galago moholi

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Sloths, armadillos and anteaters

Order Edentata

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Pangolin

Order Pholidota

Manis temminckii

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Dolphins, porpoises, tooth whales, baleen whales, orcas

Order Cetacea
Suborder Mysticeti (baleen whales)
Suborder Odontoceti (toothed whales)

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Suborder Mysticeti

Southern right whale - Eubalaena australis

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Sperm whale

Physeter macroceohalus

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Killer whale

Orcinus orca

Heavisides dolphin

Cephalorhyncus heavisidii

Common bottlenose dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

Dugong and manatees | Dugong species

Order Sirenia | Dugong dugon

Carnivores

Order Carnivora | Lions, tigers, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, jackal, otter, cats, dogs, pinnipeds

Lion

Panthera leo

Leopard

Panthera padrus

Cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus

Caracal

Caracal caracal

African wild cat

Felis lybica

Family Hyaenidae

Spotted hyena - Crocuta crocuta | Aardwolf - Proteles cristatus

Bat-eared Fox

Otocyon megalotis

Wild dog

Lycaon pictus

Black-backed jackal

Canis mesomelas

African clawless otter

Aonyx capensis

Honey badger

Mellivora capensis

Striped polecat

Ictonyx striatus

Suricate

Suricata suricatta

Seals, sea lions, walruses superfamily

Pinnipedia

Southern elephant seal

Microunga leonia

South African fur seal

Arctoceohalus pusillus

Subantarctic fur seal

Arctoceohalus tropicalis

Aardvark

Order Tubulidentata | Orycteropus afer

Hyrax order

Hyracoidea

Rock hyrax

Procavia capensis

Tree hyrax

Dendrohyrax arboreus

South African Elephant

Proboscidae | Loxodonta africana

Antelope, giraffe, pigs, hippo

Order Artiodactyla

Bushpig

Potamochoerus larvatus

Warthog

Phacochoerus africanus

Giraffe

Giraffa camelopardalis

Blue wildebeest

Connochaetus taurinus

Sable

Hippotragus niger

Springbok

Antidorcas marsupialis

Klipspringer

Oreotragus oreotragus

Steenbok

Rhaphicerus campestris

Kudu

Tragelaphus strepsiceros

Waterbuck

Kobus ellipsiprymnus

Horses, zebra, tapers, rhinoceros

Order Perissodactyla

White rhino

Ceratotherium simum

Black rhino

Diceros bicornis

Mountain zebra

Equus zebra

Plains zebra

Equus quagga

Mammal Prac Flashcards

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