Genus & Species Flashcards
Macaca arctoides
Stumped-tailed macaque
Saguinus mystax
Cites status
Research uses
Moustached tamarin
Cites II
Viral hepatitis
Erythrocebus patas
Patas monkey
Alouatta spp.
Howler
Gorilla gorilla
Gorilla
Phodopus sungorus
Djungarian (Siberian) dwarf hamster
Djungarian hamster - refers to both P. sungorus & P. campbelli
Saguinus oedipus
Cites status
Research uses
Cotton-top tamarin
Cites I
Chronic colitis, colon cancer
Zygodontomys brevicauda
Cane mouse
Daubentonia madagascariensis
Aye-aye
Peromyscus leucopus
Listed as reservoir for what disease?
White-footed deer mouse
Lyme Disease (Borreliosis)
Chlorocebus aethiops
African Green Monkey
Oryzias latipes
Medaka
Xenopus laevis & Xenopus tropicalis
African clawed frog (larger) & Western clawed frog (smaller)
Trachemys scripta (former Chrysemys scripta elegans)
Red-eared slider
Onychomys leucogaster
Northern grasshopper mouse
Gallus domesticus
Chicken
Heterocephalus glaber
Naked mole rat
Perodicticus potta
Potto
Meleagris gallapova
Turkey
Peromyscus maniculatus
Common deer mouse
Capra hircus
Goat
Callicebus spp.
Titi monkeys
Psammomys obesus
Obese sand rat
Loris tardigradus
Slender loris
Limulus polyphemus
What test is it used for?
Horseshoe crab
Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) Assay - tests for endotoxin
Hermissenda crassicornis
Pacific sea slug
Didelphis virginiana
Opossum
Anolis carolinensis
American anole
Papio cynocephalus
Yellow baboon
Procavia capensis
Rock hyrax
Callithrix pygmaea
Cites status
Pygmy marmoset
Originally listed as CITES appendix I d/t pet-trade
Downgraded to CITES II
Macaca nigra
Celebes black macaque
Saguinus labiatus
Cites status
Research uses
White-lipped tamarin
Cites II
Viral hepatitis
Macaca nemestrina
Pig-tailed macaque
Brachyteles arachnoides
Woolly spider monkey
Sus scrofa
Swine
Ovis aries
Sheep
Leontopithecus rosalia
Golden lion tamarin
Oryzomys palustris
Rice rat
Neotoma spp
Wood or Pack rat
Trichosurus vulpecula
Brush Tail opossum
Cricetus cricetus
European (black-bellied) hamster
Macaca mulatta
Rhesus macaque
Papio anubis
Olive baboon
Columba livia
Pigeon
Acomys cahirinus
Egyptian spiny mouse
Macaca fascicularis
Cynomolgus macaque (Crab-eating)
Phodopus campbelli
Djungarian (Russian) dwarf hamster
Djungarian hamster - refers to both P. sungorus & P. campbelli
Lagothrix spp.
Woolly monkey
Macropus eugenii
Tamar wallaby
Microtus sp
Vole
Bos indicus
Cattle (Zebu)
Galago spp.
Bush babies
Tursiops truncatus
Atlantic bottlenose dolphin
Mesocricetus auratus
Syrian (golden) hamster
Octodon degus
Degu (trumpet-tailed rat)
Cercocebus torquatus atys
Sooty mangabey
Spermophillus sp
Ground squirrel
Symphalangus syndactylus
Siamang
Macaca fuscata
Japanese macaque
Calomys callosus
Vesper mouse
Thomomys spp.
Western pocket gophers
Mus musculus
Mouse
Cavia porcellus
Guinea pig
Bufo bufo
European (Common) toad
Pan troglodytes
Common chimpanzee
Onychomys torridus
Southern grasshopper mouse
Nycticebus coucang
Slow loris
Danio rerio
Zebrafish
Chinchilla lanigera
Chinchilla - Long-tailed
Callithrix jacchus jacchus
Cites Status
Research uses
Common marmoset
Cites II
Parkinson’s dz, allergic encephalomyelitis (model for MS), idiopathic hemochromatosis
Ochotona sp
Pika
Aplysia californica
Sea hare
Sciurus niger
Fox squirrel
Lemur catta
Ring-tailed lemur
Graphiurus kelleni
African dormouse
Used in monkey pox research
Mystromys albicaudatus
White-tailed rat (South African Hamster)
Cricetus migratorius
Armenian (Gray) hamster
Dasypus novemcinctus
Armadillo
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Rabbit
Odocoilius virginianus
White-tailed deer
Mustela putorius furo
Ferret
Cricetulus griseus
Chinese (striped) hamster
Macaca radiata
Bonnet macaque
Coturnix coturnix japonica
Japanese Quail
Arvicanthis niloticus
Nile grass rat
Papio hamadryas
Hamadryad (sacred) baboon
Saguinus leucopus
Cites status
White-footed tamarin or Silvery-brown bare-faced tamarin
Cites I
Sciuris carolinensis
Gray squirrel
Tamias striatus
Listed as reservoir for what disease?
Eastern chipmunk
Lyme Disease (Borreliosis)
Bufo americanus
American toad
Pongo pygmaeus
Orang-utan
Papio sphinx
Mandrill
Ambystoma tigrinum
Tiger salamander
Sigmodon hispidus & S. fulviventer
Cotton rat
Chinchilla chinchilla (brevicaudata)
Chinchilla - Short tailed
Canis familiaris
Dog
Mastomys natalensis
Multimammate rat (per BB)
aka: multimammate mouse
Saimiri sciureus
Cites appendix status
Uses in research
Squirrel monkey (Guyanese) - gothic arch
Bolivian squirrel monkeys - Saimiri boliviensis - roman arch
Cites status II
Malaria, prion diseases (CJD), labor & delivery
Dipodomys merriami
Special husbandry requirement?
Merriam’s kangaroo rat
Dust bath
Marmota monax
Woodchuck
Monodelphis domestica
Short gray-tailed opossum
Ateles spp.
Spider monkey
Bos taurus
Cattle (domestic)
Hylobates spp.
Gibbons
Cynomys ludovicianus
Prairie dog
Meriones unguiculatus
Mongolian Gerbil (Sand rat, desert rat, antelope rat, jird)
Geomys spp.
Eastern pocket gophers
Dipodomys spectabilis
Special husbandry requirement?
Bannertail kangaroo rat
Dust bath
Mustela vison
Mink
Pan paniscus
Pygmy (bonobo) chimpanzee
Suncus murinus
Musk shrew
Saimiri oerstedii
CITES appendix status
Central American squirrel monkey
CITES I - the only squirrel monkey listed as CITES I, all others are CITES II
Aotus spp.
Cites status
Research uses
Owl/Night monkeys
All owl monkeys listed in BB are Cites II
Malaria (P. falciparum & P. vivax), leishmaniasis, herpesviral oncogenesis, hepatitis A, vision research
Rattus norvegicus
Rat
Felis domesticus
Cat
