Lab - Mammals Management & General Info Flashcards
Label the bat parts
Compare evolutionary adaptations between reptiles and synapsids
What are 6 key adaptations among modern mammals?
Neocortex: increased sensory perception, cognition, motor commands, spatial reasoning, language
Describe the phylogeny of Synapsids and Diapsids as they evolved from Tetrapods
Define altricial
Hatched or born in an undeveloped state, requiring care and feeding from parents
Define patagium
A membrane or fold of skin between the forelimbs and hind limbs on each side of a bat or gliding mammal.
Define crepuscular
Active in twilight hours (dawn or dusk)
Define hoarding and describe 2 types
Hoarding or caching in animal behavior is the storage of food in locations hidden from the sight of both conspecifics and members of other species.
Scatter: food hidden in many locations
Larder: food hidden in single location
Define granivorous
Feeds on grain or seeds (nuts included here)
Describe the 2 digestive strategies used by mammalian herbivores
These adaptations enable breakdown of cellulose, enabled by bacterial activity
Compare browsers and grazers
Describe the dietary spectrum including:
Herbivores
Hypocarnivores
Omnivores
Mesocarnivores
Hypercarnivores
% shown is % of meat that makes up the diet
Differentiate between carnivore, carnivoran, and predator
What are the 5 main mammal management priorities?
Name and describe 9 types of traps or capture techniques used to manage mammals. What 4 types of information can be obtained by using these traps?
What are 8 marking techniques used for mammals? What 5 types of information can be obtained by using these techniques?
What are 4 strategies used for estimating population sizes? What management responses might be taken based on that data?
What are examples of some wildlife diseases we might manage for? What is the typical management response to disease?
What are some examples of wildlife damage that must be managed? What are 4 common management responses to wildlife damage?
What types of assessments are done with regards to habitat management? Why? What are 3 types of surveys used and what tools are used for each?
What are 6 habitat management practices used to manipulate vegetative composition?
In what cases do we use captive rearing/breeding programs? What might we use translocation for (3 examples)?
