Ch. 19 - Perissodactyla and Cetartiodactyla

Question 1

These two orders include hoofed mammals

Answer 1

Perissodactyla and Cetartiodactyla

Question 2

What is another term for hoofed mammals?

Answer 2

Ungulates

Question 3

How many digits can ungulates have?

Answer 3

1-4

Question 4

What kind of locomotion do ungulates use?

Answer 4

Cursorial

Question 5

This group of mammals is the most economically important

Answer 5

Ungulates

Question 6

What are four important uses of ungulates?

Answer 6

Commerce, economics, domestication, sport hunting

Question 7

These are the odd-toed ungulates

Answer 7

Perissodactyls

Question 8

These are the even-toed ungulates

Answer 8

Cetartiodactyls

Question 9

This ungulate order includes tapirs, horses, and rhinos

Answer 9

Perissodactyla

Question 10

What is the only perissodactyl family in North America?

Answer 10

Equidae

Question 11

What group of perissodactyls is found in South America?

Answer 11

Tapirs

Question 12

What type of fermenters are perissodactyls?

Answer 12

Hindgut fermenters

Question 13

Perissodactyls can forage on this type of range

Answer 13

Poor quality range

Question 14

How many species are in Tapiridae?

Answer 14

4

Question 15

How many species are in Rhinocerotidae?

Answer 15

5

Question 16

Rhinocerotidae are considered the most primitive of large mammals because of this

Answer 16

Dentition

Question 17

What are two reasons why rhinos are vulnerable to population decline?

Answer 17

Low reproductive rates and poor quantity forage

Question 18

How many remaining species of perissodactyls are there?

Answer 18

17

Question 19

Do perissodactyls have true horns?

Answer 19

No

Question 20

How many equids are free-ranging in the western U.S.?

Answer 20

82,000

Question 21

How many species are in Equidae?

Answer 21

8

Question 22

This perissodactyl family includes horses, asses, and zebras

Answer 22

Equidae

Question 23

This order includes camels, llamas, bovids, cervids, giraffes, hippos, and pigs

Answer 23

Cetartiodactyla

Question 24

How many species are in Cetartiodactyla?

Answer 24

> 200

Question 25

What type of fermenters are cetartiodactyls?

Answer 25

Foregut fermenters

Question 26

This is the largest family of cetartiodactyls

Answer 26

Bovidae

Question 27

What are two continents where bovids are not native?

Answer 27

Australia and South America

Question 28

How many species of bovids are there?

Answer 28

300

Question 29

This Cetartiodactyla family includes deer, elk, and moose

Answer 29

Cervidae

Question 30

These cetartiodactyls are closely related to whales

Answer 30

Hippos

Question 31

How many species of hippo are there?

Answer 31

2

Question 32

What are two characteristics of hippo skin?

Answer 32

Almost hairless and highly glandular

Question 33

Hippos experience this through their skin

Answer 33

High evaporative water loss

Question 34

There are 1 billion of these domesticated cetartiodactyls worldwide

Answer 34

Pigs and peccaries