Lectures 21-24

Question 1

sciuromorpha

Answer 1

squirrel like, chipmunks

Question 2

myomorpha

Answer 2

mouse like

Question 3

notomys

Answer 3

hopping mice, arid adapted, 5 extinctions, endemic

Question 4

pseudomys

Answer 4

pebble ice and false mice, endemic

Question 5

hydromys

Answer 5

water rat, rakali

Question 6

xeromys

Answer 6

false water rat, mangroves n mud nests

Question 7

leporilus

Answer 7

stick nest, endemic

Question 8

zyzomys

Answer 8

lose skin, fur n tail

Question 9

mesembriomys

Answer 9

tree rats

Question 10

melomys

Answer 10

first climate change extinction

Question 11

conilusu

Answer 11

rabbit rats

Question 12

uromys

Answer 12

white tailed, scaly naked rats

Question 13

pogonomys

Answer 13

prehensile tail

Question 14

leggadina

Answer 14

short tailed

Question 15

rodent threats

Answer 15

introduced predators, hunting, grazing, disease, land use changes, fire

Question 16

threats to macquarie island

Answer 16

invasives, pollution, fisheries, climate change, disease

Question 17

types of disease

Answer 17

cancer (devil), bacteria (buruli), virus (beak and feather), parasitic protist (toxo), parasitic arthropod (mange), fungal (chytrid), nutritional (angel wing), captivity (aspergillosis)

Question 18

epidemiological triangle

Answer 18

environment, agent, host

Question 19

key disease implications

Answer 19

population level dynamics management, consideration of translocations, welfare, human health, domestic health, trophic cascades

Question 20

transmission rates

Answer 20

environmental conditions, population density, vector prevalence, population health