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18 Cards in this Set
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Subclass Prototheria vs Theria |
Prototheria: egg-laying mammals (Monotremata in here) Theria: non-egg laying mammals |
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Order Monotremata Family Tachyglossidae |
Echidnas Found in Australia, New Guinea |
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Order Monotremata Family Ornithorhynchidae |
Platypus Found in Australia only |
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Marsupial vs Eutherian |
Marsupials have angular process inflected INWARD (no additional holes in palate) Eutherian have angular process pointing POSTERIOR (additional holes in palate) |
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Infraclass Metatheria |
Marsupial mammals
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Order Didelphimorphia |
American Marsupials |
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Order Didelphimorphia Family Didelphidae |
American opossums Found in North/South America tiny auditory bullae |
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Didelphis virginiania |
Virginia opossum Found in North America north of Mexico dat sag crest doe |
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Order Dasyuromorphia |
Dasyurids and marsupial carnivores |
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Order Dasyuromorphia Family Dasyuridae |
Dasyurids (e.g. Tasmanian Devil) Found in Australia, New Guinea Glossy skull, LARGE auditory bullae |
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Order Paucituberculata |
Shrew Opossums |
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Order Paucituberculata Family Caenolestidae |
Shrew Opossums Found in Andean cloud forests, southern Chile costal forests tiny skull, "normal premolar" |
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Family Caenolestidae |
Shrew Opossums
Found in Andean cloud forests, southern Chile costal forests
tiny skull, "normal premolar" |
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Order Diprotodontia Family Potoroidae |
Bettongs, rat kangaroos found in Australia saw-like premolar, no sagittal crest |
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Family Potoroidae |
Bettongs, rat kangaroos
found in Australia
saw-like premolar, no sagittal crest |
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Family Phascolarctidae |
Koala
Found in Australia
upper canines, 4 pronounced cusps |
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Family Vombatidae |
Wombats
Found in Australia
No upper "canines", W shaped molars |
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Family Phalangeridae |
Brushtail possums
Found in Australia, New Guinea
last incisor is canine like, pronounced sagittal crests that spilts |
