Alpacas have pointed ears and droopy tails. Used most often for their fleece.
Llamas have banana shaped ears and raised tails. Used for labor, meat, and fleece
100
True or False? Domestic reindeer bones are easily differentiated from wild bones.
False
100
What are the three primary uses of elephants?
labor, warfare, and ivory
200
How do you differentiate the bones of domestic from wild camelids?
Guanaco and llamas have spatulate shaped incisors. Vicuna and Alpacas have parallel-sided incisors.
200
Cockfights in Bali are symbolized to be what?
Men fighting
200
What animal is the largest domesticate in north Arabia?
The camel
200
What are the four main uses of water buffalo?
Transport, agricultural labor, milk, meat
200
True or false: The domestic dog is the only domestic canid
True
300
When were camelids likely domesticated?
Between 4600 and 4000 BP
300
When was the turkey likely domesticated?
between 800 and 100 BC (Present in Tehuacan by AD 180)
300
The first morphologically different dogs are found where?
At the end of the ice age at sites like Oberkassel in Germany (14000 BP) and also in the Natufian society of the near east.
300
Where are the earliest domestic dogs in the New World?
Koster site in Illinois (8500 BP)
300
Who is Anubis?
A canid headed god who is associated with the afterlife and consequently mummification
400
Who is the only subspecies of guinea fowl to be domesticated?
Helmeted guinea fowl
400
Describe the famous Natufian dog burial
burial at Ain Mallaha (12,000 BP) -puppy buried with an older human female
400
During what time period did pet-keeping become common?
The Victorians created the concern for animals. In 1868, Queen Victoria was a partisan of animals and a devoted pet keeper
400
The history of most breeds date to what century?
19th century
500
What pre-adaptive traits to domestication does guinea fowl have?
Extremely territorial and monogamous
500
What are some distinguishing characteristics of reindeer?
Both sexes have antlers, young don't have spots, feet are wide and splayed (hooves are divided). The coat has thick hairs for insulation and the nose as well for feeding. Hooves click for communication.
500
Archaeologically, domestics dogs are distinguished in what ways?
Most obvious in the muzzle, which becomes shorter and wider, with crowded teeth. Small mandibles
500
Chickens increase in frequency over time but jump in importance after what time period?
After the revolution
500
What is the scientific name for the domestic guinea fowl?