Mammalogy Lab 4 Flashcards
Armadillos Family
Dasypodidae
Nine-Banded Armadillo
Dasypus novemcinctus
Distinguishing features of Armadillos
Only cheek teeth, armor, and conical skull
Endentates Order
Pilots
Sloth Suborder
Folivora
Three-toed Sloth Family
Bradypodidae
Two-toed Sloths Family
Megalonychidae
Anteater Suborder
Vermilingua
Silky Anteater Family
Cyclopedidae
American Anteater Family
Myrmecophagidae
Tenrecs and Golden Moles Order
Afrosoricida
Tenrecs
Tenrecidae
Golden Mole Family
Chrysochloridae
Pangolin Order
Pholidota
Pangolin Family
Manidae
Gymnures and Hedgehogs Order
Erinaceomorpha
Insectivores Order
Soricomorpha
Solenodon Family
Solenodontidae
Shrew Family
Soricidae
Least Shrew
Cryptotis parva
Desmans, moles, and relatives Family
Talpidae
Eastern Mole
Scalopus aquaticus
Armadillos Order
Cingulata