Order Carnivora Flashcards
1
Q
Family Ailuridae
A
Red panda
- similar feeding/habits as panda
- small
2
Q
Family Mephitidae
A
Skunks
- adapted for digging (long claws, short/stout limbs)
- strong forelimbs
- nocturnal
- excellent sense smell
- pungent anal glands
3
Q
Family Procyonidae
A
Raccoons
- omnivores
- bw 1-20Kg
- agile climbers
- carnasials (last premolar/1st molar) shearing action lost
- plantigrade walkers
- dextrous
- prehensile tail in southern species
4
Q
Family Mostelidea
A
Otters, badgers, wolverines, weasles
- long bodied
- mandible sandyle nearly locks into glenoid fossa
- mostly carnivores
5
Q
Sea Otters
A
carnasals are crushing (not shearing) due to diet
can use tools to break crusteceans and mollusks
nearly/fully aquatic
thick fur
keystone species
