What animals are Chiroptera? | Bats |
What makes Chiroptera unique? | Hollow bones, Keeled sternum, Echolocation, Flight |
What animals are Lagomorph? | Pikas, rabbits, Hares, |
What are the unique characteristics of Lagomorpha? | 4 upper incisors, 2 lower.
Incisors grow throughout life
Diastemus |
What kind of young to Hares have? Rabbits? | Hares have precocial, Rabbits have altricial |
What is the largest order of mammals? | Rodentia |
Characteristics of Rodentia? | 2 upper, 2 lower incisors
Grow throughout life |
What are the 7 families of Rodentia? | Squirrel, Gopher, Beaver, Porcupine, New World, Old World |
What mammals are Cetacea? | Whales, Dolphins, Proposes, etc. Strictly aquatic mammals. |
Unique characteristics of Cetacea? | hairless, fusiform, Flippers, Blubber |
Toothed Cetacea whales characteristics? | Homodont teeth, One blow hole, Use echolocation |
Baleen whale characteristics? | No teeth, Baleen upper jaw, Two blow holes, most large |
What are the 6 Families of Carnivora? | Dog, Bear, Ringtail, Weasel, Cat, Sea Lion |