Lecture 1 Objectives

Question 1

how are mammals classified

Answer 1

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Question 2

what is in the order Monotremata

Answer 2

echidnas and platypus

Question 3

what is in the order Didelphimorphia

Answer 3

opossums

Question 4

what is in the order Dasyuromorphia

Answer 4

tasmanian wolf, numbat, dasyures

Question 5

what is in the order diprotodontia

Answer 5

koala, wombats, kangaroos, possums

Question 6

what is in the order Soricomorpha

Answer 6

shrews and moles

Question 7

what is in the order Afrosoricida

Answer 7

tenrecs and golden moles

Question 8

what is in the order macroscelidea

Answer 8

elephant shrews

Question 9

what is in the order Erinaceomorpha

Answer 9

hedgehogs, and gymnures

Question 10

what is in the order scandentia

Answer 10

tree shrews

Question 11

what is in the order scandentia

Answer 11

tree shrews

Question 12

what is in the order Dermoptera

Answer 12

colugos

Question 13

how do we read a cladogram vs. a phylogram and why are the characters

Answer 13

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Question 14

describe the methods for plotting categorical vs. numerical data (frequency distributions, scatter plots, bar graphs, etc)

Answer 14

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Question 15

describe the basics of statistical significance

Answer 15

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