Mammalogy

Front 1

All animals belong to which kingom?

Back 1

Animalia

Front 2

All mammals belong to which class?

Back 2

Mammalia

Front 3

Which of the following is a disease primarily transmitted via rodent excrement?

A) histoplasmosis

B) hantavirus

C) rabies

Back 3

hantavirus

Front 4

Name one mammal-bore pathogen transmitted via ticks

Back 4

lyme disease

Front 5

The family Cervidae is characterized by what head ornamentation?

Back 5

Antlers

Front 6

Pronghorn have horns; however, they are the excepion to the rule. What feature of their horn makes them an exception?

Back 6

Pronghorns shed their horns annually ( like antlers ) but are their horns are made of compressed keratin that grows on a bony core

Front 7

Sloths and manatees have an odd number of vertebrae within which vertebral section?

Back 7

cervical

Front 8

What is the common name of the one species of xenarthran found in Missouri?

Back 8

Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)

Front 9

T/F The Endangered Species Act protects the Red Fox

Back 9

false

Front 10

What legislation prohibits the trade of illegally harvested animals, or their products?

Back 10

CITES

Front 11

Baculum come in all different shapes and sizes. Shape/size within a species has high or low variability?

Back 11

Low

Front 12

Out of the following species, which does NOT have baculum? A. Humans B. Racoons C. Mice D. Horse

Back 12

A. humans

Front 13

Your parents give you their field guide for mammals. You notice that shrews are incorrectly placed within Order Insectivora. What is their current Order?

Back 13

Eulipotypla

Front 14

(True/False) Bone growth occurs within the epiphysis of long bones.

Back 14

true

Front 15

(True/False) The pectoral girdle is free-floating.

Back 15

false

Front 16

Back 16

3: clavicle

4: lumbar

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Back 17

7: B

8: palatine

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Back 18

11: warning coloration

12: true

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Back 19

15:

16: nasal bone

Front 20

Back 20

17: young adult

18: artiodactyla

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Back 21

21: 10

22: yes

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Back 22

25: orbit

26: jugal

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Back 23

29:

30:

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Back 24

31: pre-molar

32: molars

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Back 25

33: Chiroptera

34: rabbit (Leporidae)

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Back 26

35: sagittal crest

36: frontal

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Back 27

37:

38:

Front 28

Back 28

39: auditory bulla

40: c

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Back 29

41:

42: marsupialia

Front 30

Which of the five dots in the tree above corresponds tothe most recent common ancestor of a mushroom and asponge?

Back 30

43: D

Front 31

Back 31

44: D

Front 32

Back 32

49: 3/3 1/1 4/4 2/3

50: brachyodont

Front 33

Back 33

51: Rodentia

52:

Front 34

Which belongs to a porcupine?

Back 34

B

Front 35

What is the name of thetype of modified hair thatis used to sense theenvironment via touch?

Back 35

Whiskers

Front 36

Back 36

55: atlas vertebrae

56: femur

Front 37

Back 37

57: Unguligrade

58: lophodont

Front 38

Back 38

59: anapsid

60: mandibles in reptiles are made up of multiple bones where as mammals are made up of a single bone.