History of Mammalogy
Considered the Father of Texas Mammalogy
Who is Vernon O. Bailey?
This era is when synapsids became the dominant fauna
What is the Paleozoic?
This is a group or lineage closely related to the group under study in a phylogenetic tree.
What is the outgroup?
What is movement?
When lookin at dolphins, we see this modified to become the flippers.
What are the bones of the manus and forearm?
Considered to be the father of American Mammalogy
Who is C. Hart Merriam?
Other than a single temporal opening in the skull, this modification was also made to the synapsid skull
What is the jaw muscles moving outside the braincase?
Cladograms can be created based on these two types of data.
What are morphological (physical) characters and/or DNA/proteins?
The Neopallium and corpus callosum are mammalian characteristics that support the development of this in mammals
What is higher intelligence?
Arctic foxes have special modifications to this in order to stay camouflaged in the winter and summer months.
What is the pelage (fur coat)?
She collaborated with Joseph Grinnell to from the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at U.C. Berkeley
Who is Annie Alexander?
This was the major trait that separated cynodonts from therapsids
What is an enlarged dentary bone?
A tree that includes a single ancestral stock and all of its descendants is known as this.
What is monophyletic?
These glands are what gives mammals their name.
What are mammary glands?
This feature of bats help with the hearing specializations needed for echolocation.
What are big ears or ears shaped like satellite dishes?
His contributions to the natural world include developing the binomial nomenclature system of naming organisms
Who is Carolus Linnaeus?
During this era, mammals started to diversify into different niches.
What is the Cenozoic?
This happens when there is independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs. Bird wings and bat wings are a good example.
What is convergent evolution?
Mammals are the only animals that have this for energy storage.
What is adipose tissue?
This organ helps with olfaction, especially common in cats.
What is Jacobson's organ?
She helped found modern taxidermy and prepared more than 100 mammal specimens for Colorado museums
Who is Martha A. Maxwell?
This is the main force driving mammalian evolution.
What is maintaining homeostasis?
Having a placenta separates these two groups of mammals
What are the marsupials (metatherians) and the placental mammals (eutherians)?
One of the 3 modifications to the circulatory system that help increase efficiency of oxygen distribution in mammals.
What are separate systemic and pulmonary circuits, 4-chambered heart, or biconcave red blood cells?
These type of teeth can be found in horses and cows and are usually good for feeding on tall grasses.