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Mammology exam 1

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mark Catesby 2 trips to the colonies and wrote Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands
Georges Buffon worked with badgers, wrote 44-volume histoire naturelle
carolus Linnaeus Created binomial nomenclature
Thomas jefferson Sent out lewis & clark expedition, publications on ground sloths
Erasmus Darwin established diversity from environments
Thomas malthus established limits to population growth
Charles Lyell founder of modern geology
Lewis & clark expedition First expedition to describe many species of the US
Zebulon pike Sent by Thomas Jefferson, added info about Great Plains and southwest
Spencer Fullerton Baird helped form National Museum of natural history
Edgar Alexander Mearns Published mammals of the Mexican border of the United States
C. Hart Merriam Started North American fauna, first president of American Society of Mammalogists
Martha A. Maxwell Diorama displayed at centennial exhibition
Annie M. Alexander founded Vertebrate natural history museum UC Berkeley
Hilda Margaret Bruce Discovered bruce effect
Joseph Grinnell father of Mammology
William H. Burt Developed concepts of home range and territory
Lee R. Dice Interspecific competition
E. Raymond Hall Taxonomy and distribution of mammals
sherman trap small mammals
tomahawk trap medium mammals
clover trap large mammals
pitfall trap small/medium mammals
padded leghold traps felines
snares canines
mist nets bats
net gun large mammals
tranquilizer dart any size
synapsids mammal like reptiles, Paleozoic era
anapsids No foramen in skulls
diapsids two foramen present in skulls, leads to lizards and snakes
Paleozoic era first era, beginning of plant and vertebrate development
late permian mass extinction separates Paleozoic and mesozoic era
triassic period oldest period in mesozoic era, first true mammals appear
jurassic period middle period in mesozoic era, appearance of archaic animals
cretaceous period most recent period in mesozoic era, separation of marsupials and placental mammals
KPg boundary separates mesozoic era and Cenozoic era
pelycosaurs dumb sprawl, lumbar ribs, elongated spinal support
therapsids evolves into carnivores and herbivores
cynodontia branch of therapsids, contain stemmed mammals
mammalian radiation Pangea breaks up, dinosaurs go extinct, expansion of flora
therians characterized by tribosphenic molars, allows crushing/shearing of food
Hypsodont teeth (herbivores) teeth with high crowns
brachyodont teeth teeth with low crowns
bunodont teeth tubrical tops, rounded
selenodont teeth crescent shaped teeth
lophodont teeth teeth cusp with ridges
endemism restriction of a species range
disjunction GAP in range of related species
palearctic most of Europe and Asia, largest faunal region. Contains 0 endemics but does contain 1 subfamily (blind mole rat)
nearctic North America, biomes similar to palearctic, 2 endemic species (pronghorn antelope, Mountain beaver)
neotropical South America, contains Amazon and tropical scrub forests. 19 endemic species (Giant anteater)
Ethiopian top 1/6th of Africa, mostly isolated islands. contains 18 endemics (aye-aye, aardvark)
oriental tip of South Asia, consistent climate. 5 endemics (tree shrews, hog nosed bats)
Australian Australia, all monotremes & marsupials. 17 endemics (Echidna, red kangaroo)
Oceanic ocean and small islands, includes mostly bats, small rodents, and all aquatic mammals. very small endemics, (pacific white sided dolphin)
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