History of Mammalogy

Question 1

The first animal to be domesticated in Europe, Asia, Africa

Answer 1

Dogs

Question 2

The first animal to be domesticated in South America

Answer 2

Guinea pig

Question 3

Affects of agriculture

Answer 3

People could settle in one place
Populations grew
Dependence on mammals changed for agricultural uses

Question 4

Aristotle’s study on mammals

Answer 4

Informal classification scheme

Experimented on male and female deer

Question 5

Pliny the elder

Answer 5

Wrote about natural history and described animals

Centered natural history around humans

Question 6

Galen

Answer 6

Studied primate anatomy

Question 7

John Ray

Answer 7

First individual to define a species

Father of British Natural History

Question 8

Mark Catesby

Answer 8

Studied flora and fauna of the Americas

Question 9

Linneus

Answer 9

Created binomial nomenclature

Question 10

Georges Cuvier

Answer 10

Founded the study of animal anatomy

Question 11

Charles Lyell

Answer 11

Fought against the established system and challenged the age of the earth

Question 12

Georges Buffon

Answer 12

Believed the circumference of head related to intelligence

Question 13

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 13

Vice President of the American Philosophy Institute

Question 14

Lewis and Clark

Answer 14

Found bison, brown bears, squirrels

Question 15

Zebulon Pike

Answer 15

Found Pike’s peak in Colorado