Lab Exam 2 - Rodents, Lagomorphs, Primates, etc. Flashcards
Common name, order, suborder, family, species
ID features
diet, nesting location, distribution/range
American red squirrel
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha
Family: Sciuridae
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Common name, order, suborder, family, species
ID features
diet, nesting location, distribution/range
eastern chipmunk
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha
Family: Sciuridae
Tamias striatus
KY species!
Common name, order, suborder, family, species
ID features
diet, nesting location, distribution/range
eastern fox squirrel
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha
Family: Sciuridae
Sciurus niger
KY species!
Common name, order, suborder, family, species
ID features
diet, nesting location, distribution/range
gray squirrel
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha
Family: Sciuridae
Sciurus carolinensis
KY species!
Common name, order, suborder, family
ID features (skull, legs, tail, vert.)
climate/adaptation
kangaroo rat
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Castorimorpha
Family: Heteromyidae
-massive auditory bullae
-enlarged back legs/feet
-long tail
-fused cervical vertebrae
-modified kidneys for dry climates
Common name, Order, Suborder, Family, Species
ID features (tail, feet, incisors, premolar, colors)
range/distribution/habitat
woodland jumping mouse
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Myomorpha
Family: Dipodidae
Napaeozapus insignis
Ky species!
Common name, Order, Family, species
ID features (tail, feet, incisors, premolar, colors)
range/distribution/habitat
meadow jumping mouse
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dipodidae
Zapus hudsonius
-very long tail w/ blackish tip
-big feet
KY species!
Common name, Order, Suborder, Family, Species
jaw architecture (name and describe)
range/habitat
mountain beaver
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha
Family: Aplodontidae
Aplodontia rufa
-masseter only attaches to zygomatic arch and mandible
Common name, Order, Suborder, Family
ID features
lifestyle, diet, lifestyle adaptation
pocket gopher
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Castorimorpha
Family: Geomyidae
-prominent rounded incisors that it displays when seen
-fossorial, powerful claws for digging
-herbivore
Common name, Order, Suborder, Family, species
ID features
lifestyle, nest location, range
southern flying squirrel
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha
Family: Sciuridae
Glaucomys volans
-large eyes, nocturnal
KY species!
Common name, Order, Family, Subfamily, Species
ID features (color, tail length/color)
range
white-footed mouse
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Peromyscus leucopus
Ky species!
common name, order, suborder, family, species
ID features
jaw architecture
North American beaver
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Castorimorpha
Family: Castoridae
Castor canadensis
Ky species!
common name, order, suborder, family
black-tailed prairie dog
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha
Family: Sciuridae
common name, order, suborder, family
what is special about this species
ID features
capybara
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Family: Caviidae
-world’s largest rodent
-masssive infraorbital foramen
-typical rodent diprotodonty
common name, order, family, subfamily, species
ID features (tail color/length, color, ears)
range/distribution
deer mouse
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Peromyscus maniculatus
KY species!
common name, order, family, subfamily, species
ID features
range/habitat/nest location
eastern harvest mouse
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Reithrodontomys humulis
KY species!
-small, gray-brown pelage, smaller than house mouse
-blackish ears
common name, order, family, subfamily, species
ID features
range/habitat
golden mouse
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Ochrotomys nuttalli
KY species!
common name, order, suborder, family, species
ID features
range, nesting
groundhog
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciurimorpha
Family: Sciuridae
Marmota monax
KY species!
-short tail, robust body, black feet, small dog/cat sized
common name, order, suborder, family, species
ID features
range
house mouse
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Myomorpha
Family: Muridae
Mus musculus
KY species! (non-native)
- small eyes, small body, uniform gray color getting lighter towards ventral
- naked tail
- eats food where located, very trap savvy
common name, order, family, subfamily, species
ID features
range/habitat, nesting, scat
Allegheny wood rat
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Neotoma magister
KY species!
-rat-sized, tail sharply bicolored, long whiskers, grayish/light-brown pelage
common name, order, family, species
range
least shrew
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Species: Cryptotis parva
KY species!