Mammalogy Lab 3
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Mammalogy Lab 3
Monotremata, marsupials, cingulata, and pilosa
Subclass Prototheria
• Egg Laying Mammals• Order Monotremata- Monotremes– Family- Tachyglossidae- Echidnas– Family Ornithorhynchidae- Platypus
Family Tachyglossidae-Echidnas
Family Ornithorhynchidae- Platypus
Subclass Theria
• Therian mammals• Infraclass Metatheria- Marsupial mammals– Order Didelphimorphia- American marsupials• Family Didelphidae- American Opossums
– Species: Didelphis Virginiana- Virginia Opossum
Family Didelphidae
Infraclass Metatheria
– Order Paucituberculata- shrew opossums• Family Caenolestidae- shrew opossums
Family Caenolestidae
Infraclass Metatheria
– Order Microbiotheria• Family Microbiotheriidae (monito del monte)
Family Microbiotheriidae
Infraclass Metatheria
– Order Notoryctemoriphia• Family Notoryctidae (marsupial moles)
Family Notoryctidae
Infraclass Metatheria
– Order Dasyuromorphia (marsupial carnivores)• Family thylacinidae- tasmanian wolf• Family myrmecobiidae- numbat• Family Dasyuridae- dasyurids (tasmanian devil)
Family Thylacinidae
Family myrmecobiidae
Family Dasyuridae
Infraclass Metatheria
– Order Peramelemorphia (bandicoots and bilbies)• Family Thylacomyidae – bilbies• Family peramelidae- bandicoots and echymiperas
Family Thylacomyidae
Family Peramelidae
Infraclass Metatheria– Order Diprotodontia (kangaroos, possums, wallabies, and
relatives)• Family Phascolarctidae-koala• Family Vombatidae-wombat• Family Burramyidae-pygmy possums• Family phalangeridae-brushtail possums and cucuses• Family pseudocheiridae-ringtail possums• Family petauridae-gliders, leadbeater’s possum, striped possums• Family tarsipedidae- honey possum• Family acrobatidae- feathertail gliders and pygmy gliders• Family hypsiprymnodontidae- musky rat kangaroo• Family potoroidae-bettongs, potoroos, rat kangaroos• Family macropodidae- kangaroos, wallabies, and relatives
Family phascolarctidae
Family Vombatidae
Family Burramyidae
Family Phalangeridae
Family Pseudocheiridae
Family Petauridae
Family Tarsipedidae
Family Acrobatidae
Family Hypsiprymnodontidae
Family Potoroidae
Family Macropodidae
Infraclass Eutheria
• Order cingulata– Family Dasypodidae• Species: Dasypus novemcinctus-nine-banded armadillo
Family Dasypodidae
Infraclass Eutheria
• Order Pilosa-endentates– Suborder Folivora-Sloths• Family Bradypodidae-three toed sloths• Family Megalonychidae-two toed sloths
– Suborder Vermilingua-anteaters• Family cyclopedidae-silky anteaters• Family Myrmecophagidae-American anteaters
Family Bradypodidae
Family Megalonychidae
Family Cyclopedidae
Family Myrmecophagidae