Talk of the Town
This mammal possesses a stridulating organ, consisting of quills rubbing together to produce sounds in a variety of patterns for intraspecific communication. (Family)
Family Tenrecidae
This is the only order of mammals with a single species.
Order Tubulidentata, aadvarks
This mammal has the most extensive patagium of any gliding marsupial or rodent.
Order Dermoptera
Family Cynocephalidae
What are the main differences between rabbits and hares?
Rabbits make furlined burrows and give birth to altricial young, hares make small depressions in the ground called "forms" and have precocial young.
This mammal employs seek and destroy tactics when foraging for termites and ants.
Giant armadillo
In the societies of this mammal, the females are the dominant members of the family, followed by the daughter, son, then mate. (Family)
Family Hylobatidae, gibbons and lesser apes
True or False: Family Chrysochloridae is most closely related to Family Myrmecophagidae than any other family. If false, give the correct answer.
False!
Family Chrysochloridae is most closely related to Family Tenrecidae. Both are included in Order Afrosoricida within Afrotheria.
Nearly all members of Family Talpidae have these mechanosensory organs in the rhinarium.
Eimer's organs
The only mammal that consumes alcohol from nectar of the bertam palm flowers.
Family Ptilocercidae, tree shrews
This mammal uses its long middle finger in percussive foraging. What is this mammal, and what is percussive foraging?
Aye-aye
Uses long middle finger to tap along a branch, sensing for the vibrations of larvae, aided by huge ears
Madagascar has no woodpeckers, aye-aye fills this ecological niche
Only 10% of mammals are monogamous, but within this order, all genera are facultative monogamous.
Order Macroscelidea, elephant shrews
Also accepted:
-Family Hylobatidae, gibbons
-Family Tupaiidae, tree shrews
What are the main differences between suborder Strepsirrhini and Haplorrhini? List two.
Strepsirrhini have a postorbital bar, tooth combs, naked wet nose, nostrils crescentic slits
Haplorrhini have postorbital plate, spatulate incisors, dry hairy noses, ringed nostrils
List three differences between African and Asian elephants.
1. African elephants are larger (shoulder height 4m, weigh up to 7500 kg, Asian weigh up to 4500 kg)
2. African elephant trunk has two tips, Asian has one
3. Asian elephants have concave back, African elephants do not
4. African elephants have larger tusks
5. African elephants have 3 nails on hind foot, Asian have 4
6. African elephants have 20 pairs of ribs, Asian have 19
7. Asian elephants have more ridges on cheekteeth
What does "self-anoint" mean? Why do hedgehogs (Family Erinaceidae) exhibit this behavior?
Hedgehogs put foamy saliva on their spines. Maybe as a sexual attractant, to reduce parasites, to clean spines, or to reduce predation.
Range of the pen-tailed tree shrew.
native to southeast Asia: Thailand, Sumatra, Malay peninsula, Borneo, and some Indonesian islands
Social groups of this family of mammals includes a territorial male, several females, and their offspring.
Family Equidae, zebras
What is the origin of the order Primates?
Eurasian
one of the oldest eutherian orders dating from early Paleocene
How is Family Chrysochloridae adapted for living without water? List at least two traits.
1. Active at night
2. Torpidity
3. Low metabolic rate
4. Efficient kidney
This family of mammals has venom stored in its elbow patches. It sucks the venom from the patch and mixes it in its mouth before delivering a toxic bite.
Family Lorisidae, lorises
What do Sunda flying lemurs use their comb-like teeth for?
To scrape up sap from trees and to strain fruits and flowers of their juice and nectar
This order of mammals produces acoustic signals by tapping their hind feet. The drumming increases when the animal is stressed or threatened.
Order Macroscelidea, elephant shrews
The name "Xenarthra" refers to the presence of this morphological trait.
Two supplemental xenarthrous intervertebral articulations located on the lumbar and some posterior thoracic vertebrae.
Even though Family Tenrecidae has radiated into a wide range of habitats, they still retain some ancestral traits. List three of these traits.
1. no auditory bullae
2. incomplete ZA
3. cloaca
4. incisors and canines are small and unspecialized
5. upper molars are zalambdodont
This males of this mammal eat the feces of females to determine their reproductive status.
Family Trichechidae, manatees
This mammal is the only member of its family that does not burrow.
Collared pika