Mammals Lab Final

Question 1

Families in Rodentia

Answer 1

Sciuridae, Muridae, Castoridae, Erethizontidae, Geomyidae, Dipodidae, Heteromyidae, Cricetidae

Question 2

What types of mammals does the family Sciuridae include?

Answer 2

Squirrels, Chipmunks and Marmot

Question 3

Which mammals does family Muridae include?

Answer 3

Rats and Mice

Question 4

Which mammals does family Castoridae include?

Answer 4

Beaver

Question 5

Which mammals does family Erethizontidae include?

Answer 5

Porcupine

Question 6

Which mammals does family Geomyidae include?

Answer 6

Gophers

Question 7

Which mammals does family Dipodidae include?

Answer 7

Jumping Mice

Question 8

Which mammals does family Heteromyidae include?

Answer 8

Pocket Mouse

Question 9

Which mammals does Cricetidae include?

Answer 9

Deer Mice, Voles, Lemming and Muskrat

Question 10

Which mammals does family Leporidae include?

Answer 10

Rabbits and Hares

Question 11

Which mammals does family Cetacea include?

Answer 11

Belugas

Question 12

Which mammals does family Cervidae include?

Answer 12

Caribou, Deer, Moose, Elk

Question 13

Which mammals does family Antilocapridae include?

Answer 13

Pronghorn

Question 14

Which mammals does family Bovidae include?

Answer 14

Bison

Question 15

Eastern Chipmunk

Answer 15

Tamias striatus

Question 16

Least chipmunk

Answer 16

Tamias minimus

Question 17

Marmot

Answer 17

Marmota monax

Question 18

Richardson’s ground squirrel

Answer 18

Spermophilus richardsonii

Question 19

Arctic ground squirrel

Answer 19

Spermophilus parryii

Question 20

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel

Answer 20

Spermophilus tridecemlineatus

Question 21

Franklin’s ground squirrel

Answer 21

Spermophilus franklinii

Question 22

Eastern fox squirrel

Answer 22

Sciurus niger

Question 23

Red squirrel

Answer 23

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Question 24

Northern flying squirrel

Answer 24

Glaucomys sabrinus

Question 25

Norway rat

Answer 25

Rattus norvegicus

Question 26

American beaver

Answer 26

Castor canadensis

Question 27

Common porcupine

Answer 27

Erethizon dorsatum

Question 28

Plains pocket gopher

Answer 28

Geomys bursarius

Question 29

Northern pocket gopher

Answer 29

Thomomys talpoides

Question 30

Meadow jumping mouse

Answer 30

Zapus hudsonius

Question 31

Woodland jumping mouse

Answer 31

Napaeozapus insignis

Question 32

Olive-backed pocket mouse

Answer 32

Perognathus fasciatus

Question 33

Deer mouse

Answer 33

Peromyscus maniculatus

Question 34

Richardson's collared lemming

Answer 34

Dicrostonyx richardsoni

Question 35

Common muskrat

Answer 35

Ondatra zibethicus

Question 36

Prairie vole

Answer 36

Microtus ochrogaster

Question 37

Meadow vole

Answer 37

Microtus pennsylvanicus

Question 38

Eastern cottontail

Answer 38

Sylvilagus floridanus

Question 39

Snowshoe hare

Answer 39

Lepus americanus

Question 40

Arctic hare

Answer 40

Lepus arcticus

Question 41

White-tailed jackrabbit

Answer 41

Lepus townsendii

Question 42

Beluga

Answer 42

Delphinapterus leucas

Question 43

Caribou

Answer 43

Rangifer tarandus

Question 44

Mule deer

Answer 44

Odocoileus hemionus

Question 45

White-tailed deer

Answer 45

Odocoileus virginianus

Question 46

Moose

Answer 46

Alces alces

Question 47

Elk

Answer 47

Cervus canadensis

Question 48

Pronghorn

Answer 48

Antilocapra americana

Question 49

Bison

Answer 49

Bison bison

Question 50

Families in Lagomorpha

Answer 50

Leporidae

Question 51

Families in Cetacea

Answer 51

Monodontidae

Question 52

Families in Artiodactyla

Answer 52

Cervidae, Antilocapridae, Bovidae

Question 53

Perissodactyla

Answer 53

Horse

Question 54

Closest relative of elephant?

Answer 54

Hyrax

Question 55

Suborder Ruminantia

Answer 55

Cervids, Bovids, Antilocapridae, Tragulidae, Moschidae,

Question 56

Muridae skull identified by

Answer 56

first molar is larger

Question 57

Order Rodentia characteristics

Answer 57

Gnawing, cosmopolitan, 40% of all species, incisors rootless and evergrowing, incisor enamel anterior and lateral

Question 58

Order Lagomorpha characteristics

Answer 58

Cosmopolitan, coprophagous, peg-teeth, hypsodont teeth, 2 incisors rootless evergrowing, digitigrade front plantigrade back legs

Question 59

Order Cetacea characteristics

Answer 59

front limbs modified as flippers, vestigial hips, many bones replaced by cartilage, pachyosteosclerosis (no ext ear), store oxygen in muscles

Question 60

Order Artiodactyl characteristics

Answer 60

even-toed ungulates

Question 61

Star-nosed mole

Answer 61

Condylura cristata

Question 62

Arctic shrew

Answer 62

Sorex arcticus

Question 63

Pygmy shrew

Answer 63

Sorex hoyi

Question 64

Water shrew

Answer 64

Sorex palustris

Question 65

Montane shrew

Answer 65

Sorex monticolus

Question 66

Northern short-tailed shrew

Answer 66

Blarina brevicauda

Question 67

Red bat

Answer 67

Lasiurus borealis

Question 68

Silver-haired bat

Answer 68

Lasionycteris noctivagans

Question 69

Hoary bat

Answer 69

Lasiurus cinereus

Question 70

Polar bear

Answer 70

Ursus maritimus

Question 71

Brown bear

Answer 71

Ursus arcticus

Question 72

Gray wolf

Answer 72

Canis lupis

Question 73

Coyote

Answer 73

canis latrans

Question 74

Gray fox

Answer 74

Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Question 75

Least weasel

Answer 75

Mustela nivalis

Question 76

Mink

Answer 76

mustela vison

Question 77

Marten

Answer 77

martes americana

Question 78

Fisher

Answer 78

martes pennanti

Question 79

wolverine

Answer 79

gulo gulo

Question 80

american badger

Answer 80

taxidea taxus

Question 81

northern river otter

Answer 81

lontra canadensis

Question 82

raccoon

Answer 82

procyon lotor

Question 83

striped skunk

Answer 83

mephitis mephitis

Question 84

puma

Answer 84

puma concolor

Question 85

lynx

Answer 85

lynx canadensis

Question 86

order of shrews and moles

Answer 86

eulipotyphla

Question 87

mole family

Answer 87

talpidae

Question 88

shrew family

Answer 88

soricidae