Miscelaneous Animals Flashcards
1
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Flying lemur order
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Dermoptera Limbs for volant locomotion For and hind limbs same length Only claws and digits extend beyond membrane 2 vaginal openings
2
Q
Bats order and suborders
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Chiroptera Yinpterochiroptera Yangochiroptera Limbs for flight Calcar present Additional flap of skin in ear Strong shoulder girdle, reduced pelvic girdle Radius longer than humerus
3
Q
Wahlbergs epauletted fruit bat
A
Epomophous wahlbergi
4
Q
Egyptian fruit bat
A
Rousettus aegyptiacus
5
Q
Rusty pipistrelle
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Pipistrellus rusticus
6
Q
Schreibers long-fingered bat
A
Miniopterus schreibersii
7
Q
Sloths, armadillos, anteaters order
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Edentata
Limbs for terrestrial, arboreal, fossorial movement
Separate radius and ulna
Canines and incisors absent
8
Q
Pangolin order
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Pholidota Forefeet have long digging claws with short legs Longer, stouter hind legs Tapered skull No teeth in adults Scales
9
Q
Pangolin
A
Manis temminckii
10
Q
Apes, baboons, monkeys, bushbabies, lemurs
A
Primates Plantigrade limbs Pentadactyl Thumbs and great toes are opposable Well developed clavicle Arboreal adaptions
11
Q
Humans
A
Homo sapiens
12
Q
Chacma baboon
A
Papio ursinus
13
Q
Vervet monkey
A
Ceropithecus aethiops
14
Q
Lesser bushbaby
A
Galago moholi
15
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Dolphins, porpoises, tooth whales, baleen whales, orcasorder and suborders
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Cetacea Mysticeti Odontoceti Simplified teeth or absent Limbs for aquatic Reduced nasals Tail flattened with flukes
