Insectivores

Question 1

Subclass

Answer 1

Theria

Question 2

Infraclass

Answer 2

Eutheria

Question 3

Order (Shrews, moles, solenodons)

Answer 3

Soricomorpha

Question 4

Family (Shrews)

Answer 4

Soricidae

Question 5

Family (Moles)

Answer 5

Talpidae

Question 6

Family (Solenodons)

Answer 6

Solenodontidae

Question 7

Order (Hedgehogs)

Answer 7

Erinaceomorpha

Question 8

Order (Sloths, anteaters)

Answer 8

Pilosa

Question 9

Order (Armadillos)

Answer 9

Cingulata

Question 10

Order (Pangolins)

Answer 10

Pholidota

Question 11

Theria

Answer 11

Viviparous mammals, live birth

Question 12

Eutheria

Answer 12

Placental mammals, true placenta

Question 13

Soricomorpha

Answer 13

Diverse order with no obvious synapomorphy other than eating insects.

Question 14

Soricidae

Answer 14

No zygomatic arch, teeth pigmented, upper first incisor hooked and enlarged.

Question 15

Talpidae

Answer 15

Head and forelimbs highly modified for fossorial life.

Question 16

Solenodontidae

Answer 16

Salivary gland produces toxic saliva, use “crude” form of echolocation. Cuba and Haiti

Question 17

Erinaceomorpha

Answer 17

Spines usually present, molars adapt to omnivory.

Question 18

Pilosa

Answer 18

Latin word for “hairy”, distinguishing them from armadillos and pangolins.

Question 19

Cingulata

Answer 19

Hard carapace, only small amounts of hair, teeth reduced to peg like molars.

Question 20

Pholidota

Answer 20

Covered in scales, conical skull lacks teeth.