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L2: Diversity Flashcards

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1
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How many lineages of mammal are there?

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3

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What are the 3 lineages of mammal?

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Monotremes, Marsupials, Eutherians

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3
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How many orders of mammals are there?

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29

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What order are duck-billed platypus’?

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Monotremata

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Name two species of Monotremata.

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Duck-billed platypus, Echidna

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How many orders of Metatheria (Marsupials) are there?

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7

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What order are Opossums?

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Didelphimorphia

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What order are shrew opossums?

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Paucituberculata

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What order are Monito del Monte?

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Microbiotheria

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What order are Quolls, Numbats, Devils, Thylacine?

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Dasyuromorphia

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What order are bandicoots, bilbies?

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Peramelemorphia

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What order are marsupial moles?

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Notoryctemorphia

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What are the 2 species of marsupial mole?

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Itjaritjari, Kakarratul

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What order are wombats, koalas, possums, kangaroos?

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Diprotodontia

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What order are tenrecs, otter shrews?

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Afrosoricida

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What order are elephant shrews?

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Macroscelidea

17
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What order are aardvarks?

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Tubulidentata

18
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What order are elephants?

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Proboscideans

19
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What order are manatees and dugongs?

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Sirenia

20
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What order are hyrax?

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Hyracoidea

21
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What order are the armadillos?

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Cingulata

22
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What order are the anteaters, sloths?

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Pilosa

23
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What order are the flying lemurs?

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Dermoptera

24
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What order are the tree shrews?

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Scandentia

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What order are the Lemurs, Lorises, pottos, galagos, tarsiers?

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Primates

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What order are the squirrels, mice, cavys?

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Rodentia

27
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What order are the pikas, rabbits?

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Lagomorpha

28
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What order are the hedgehogs, moon rats?

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Erinaceomorpha

29
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What order are the moles?

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Soricomorpha

30
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What order are the bats?

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Chiroptera

31
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What order are the pangolins?

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Pholidota

32
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What order are the carnivores?

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Carnivora

33
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What order are the even-toed ungulates? (Horses, rhinos etc)

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Perissodactyla

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What order are the odd-toed ungulates? (Pigs, camels etc)

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Artiodactyla

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What order are dolphins, whales etc?

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Cetacea

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