Mammalia Flashcards
(4 cards)
1
Q
What 3 orders account for over 70% of mammalian species
A
Rodentia - 40.5%
Chiroptera - 22.2%
Eulipotyphia - 8.8%
2
Q
What does chiroptera mean
A
Chiro is old English for hand
Pteron is Greek for wing
Chiroptera is the mammals whose hands have formed wings - bats
3
Q
What is the order Eulipotyphla?
A
This is the 3rd largest group of mammals - composed of small insect eating placental mammals such as the hedgehog, shrew, and mole
4
Q
What order of mammalia?
A
Eulipotyphla- previously referred to as insectovora, they were reclassified into this order which is Latin for truly lacking a blind gut - the blind gut referring to the cecum. Hedgehogs, moles, shrews
