Mammal Prac Flashcards
Infraclass Ornithodelphia
Duckbill platypus: ornithorhynchus anatinus, echidna
Cloaca
Teeth only in young
No external pinna or ear
Infraclass Metatheria
Marsupials: kangaroo, wallaby, opossum Numerous teeth Viviparous Primitive placenta Precocial
Red kangaroo
Micropus rufus
Suborder Soricomorpha
Forest shrew: Myosorex varius
Lesser red musk shrew: crocidura hirta
Suborder Erinaceomorpha
South African hedgehog: Atelerix frontalis
Golden moles
Order Afrosoricida
Suborder Chrysochloridea
Grants golden mole
Eremitalpa granti
Juliana’s golden mole
Neamblysomas julianae
Elephant shrew order
Eastern rock elephant-shrew
Macroscelidae
Elephantulus myurus
Flying lemur order
Dermoptera
Bats
Chiroptera
Suborder Yinpterochiroptera
Suborder Yangochiroptera
Suborder Yinpterochiroptera
Wahlbergs epauletted fruit bat
-Epomophorus wahlbergi
Egyptian fruit bat
-Rousettus aegyptiacus
Suborder Yangochiroptera
Rusty pipistrelle
-Pipistrellus rusticus
Shreibers long-fingered bat
-Miniopterus schreibersii
Rodents
Oder Rodentia
Cape porcupine - Hystrix africaeaustralis
Greater cane rat- Thryonomys swinderianus
Springhare - Pedetes capensis
Brown rat - Rattus norvegicus
Rabbits and hares
Order Lagomorpha
Cape hare - Lepus capensis
Riverine rabbit - Bungolagus monticularis
Order primates
Apes, baboons, monkeys, lemurs, bush babies
Chacma baboons
Papio ursinus
Vervet monkey
Cercopithecus aethiops
Lesser bushbaby
Galago moholi
Sloths, armadillos and anteaters
Order Edentata
Pangolin
Order Pholidota
Manis temminckii
Dolphins, porpoises, tooth whales, baleen whales, orcas
Order Cetacea Suborder Mysticeti (baleen whales) Suborder Odontoceti (toothed whales)
Suborder Mysticeti
Southern right whale - Eubalaena australis
Sperm whale
Physeter macroceohalus
Killer whale
Orcinus orca
Heavisides dolphin
Cephalorhyncus heavisidii