Orders & Families. Flashcards by Leaf Stead

Name the 3 sub-classes and what orders they house.

Prototheria - monotremes.
Metatheria - marsupials.
Eutherian - placentals.

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What order are monotremes?

Monotremata.

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Name the families belonging to monotremata and what animals they house.

Tachyglossidae - echidna.
Ornithorhnchidae - platypus.

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Name both genera belonging to tachyglossidae.

Tachiglossus - short-beaked echidnas.
Zagolossus - long-beaked echidnas.

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What 7 orders do marsupials belong to?

Didelphimorphia.
Paucituberculata.
Microbiotheria.
Dasyuromorphia.
Peramelemorphia.
Diprotodontia.
Notoryctemorphia.

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Can you name the family/ies belonging to didelphimorphia and the animals they house?

Didelphidae - american opossums.

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Can you name the family/ies belonging to paucituberculata and the animals they house?

Caenolestidae - marsupial shrews or rat opossums

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Can you name the family/ies belonging to
microbiotheria and the animals they house?

Microbiotheriidae - monito del monte.

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Can you name the family/ies belonging to
dasyuromorphia and the animals they house?
Clue: 3.

Dasyuridae - antechinus, quolls, and tasmanian devil.
Thylacinidae - tylacine (tazmaninan tiger).
Myrmecobiidae - numbat.

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Can you name the family/ies belonging to
peramelemorphia and the animals they house?
Clue: 2.

Peramelidae - dry-country bandicoots and bilibies.
Peroryctidae - rainforest bandicoots.

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Can you name the family/ies belonging to
diprotodontia and the animals they house?
Clue: 9.

Pseudocheridae - ringtail possum.
Tarsipedidae - honey possum.
Burramydidae - pygmy possums and pygmy gliders.
Phalangeridae - cuscuses and phalangers.
Phasocolarctidae - koala.
Petauridae - gliders and stripped possums.
Vombatidae - wombats.
Macropodidae - kangaroos, wallabies and potoroos.
Acrobatidae - feather tail possum.

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Can you name the family/ies belonging to notoryctemorphia and the animals they house?

Notoryctemorphia - marsupial moles.

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What two orders to ungulates belong to and why are they different?

Perissodactyla - odd toed ungulates.
Artiodactyla - even toed ungulates.

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Name the 2 sub-orders belong to perissodactyla?

Hippomorpha.
Ceratomorpha.

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What family/ies belong to hippomorpha?

Equidae - horses.

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What family/ies belong to ceratomorpha?

Tarpiridae - tapiers.
Rhinocarotidae - rhinos.

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What families belong to artiodactyla?
Clue:

Suids - swine.
Tayassuids - peccaries.
Hippopotamidae - hippos.
Camelidae - camels and llamas.
Tragulidae - chevorotians.
Moschidae - musk deer.
Cervids - deer.
Giraffids - giraffs and okapi.
Antilocapridae - pronghorn.
Bovidae - antelope, cattle, sheep, etc.

What are the two suborders belonging to cetacea and what seperates them?

Odontoceti - toothed whales.
Mysticeti - baleen whales.

What families belong to odontoceti and what animals do they house?

Lipotidae - yangzee river dolphin.
Iniidae - amazon/pink riverdolphin.
Platanistidae - ganges and indus dolphin.
Pontoporiidae - la plata dolphin.
Delphinidae - other dolphins, pilot and killer whale.
Monodotidae - beluga and narwhals.
Physteridae - spermwhale.
Kogidae - dwarf and pygmy sperm whale.
Ziphiidea - beaked whale.

What families belong to mysticeti and what animals do they house?

Eschrichtidae - grey whales.
Balenoptera - rorquals.
Baleanidae - right whales.
Newobalenedae - pygmy right whales.

What family belongs to cingulata?

Dasypodidae - armadillos.

What families belong to pilosa?

Myrmecophagidae - true anteaters.
Bradypodidae - three toed sloth.
Magalonychidae - two toes sloth.

What family belongs to pholidota?

Manidea - pangolins.

Name the 3 orders that were once insectivora.

Afrosoricidae.
Erinaceomorpha.
Soricomorpha.

Name the families that make up afrosoridae.

Tenrecidae - tenrecs. Chrysochloridae - golden moles.

Name the family that make up erinaceomorpha.

Erinaceidae - hedgehogs.

Name the families that make up Soricomorpha.

Soricidae - shrews. Talpidae - moles. Solenodontidae - solenodons. Nesophontidae - nesophontids.

What family belong to dermoptera?

Cynocephalidae - culogo.

What order do culogos belong to and what does it trandlate to?

Dermoptera - skinwings.

What order do tree shrews belong to and what does it translate to?

Scandentia - the climbing ones.

What families belong to scandentia?

Ptiloceriae - pentailed tree shrew. Tupaiidae - the rest.

What 3 infra orders belong to primates?

Lemiriformes. Tarsiformes. Simiiformes.

What seven families belong to the infra order lemuriformes?

Galagonidae - galagos and bushbabies. Loridae - lorises. Daubentonidae - ayeaye. Indridae - indri, sifakas and wooly lemurs. Lepilemiridae - sportive lemurs. Lemuridae - typical lemurs. Cheirogaleidae - mouse lemurs.

What family belongs to the infraorder tarsiformes?

Tarsidae - tarsiers.

What eight families belong to the infra order simiiformes?

Callitrichidae - marmosets and tamarins. Aotidae - night monkeys. Pithiciidae - titis, sakis and uakaris. Atelidae - spider, howler and wooley monekeys. Cebidae - capuchin and squirrel monkeys. Cercopithiciidae - old world monkeys. Hylobatidae - gibbons. Hominidae - great apes.

What are the two suborders of rodentia?

Sciruognathi - squirrels and mouse like forms. Hystricognathi - porcupine and cavy like forms.

Can you name the 27 families belonging to the order rodentia?

Abrocomidae - chinchilla rats. Agoutidae - pacas. Anomaluridae - scaly-tailed flying squirrels. Aplodontidae - mountain beaver. Bathyergidae - mole rats. Capromyidae - hutias. Castoridae - beavers. Caviidae - guinea pigs & cavies. Chinchillidaem - chinchillas. Ctenodactylidae - gundis. Ctenomyidae - tuco-tucos. Dasyproctidae - agoutis & Acouchis. Dinomyidae - pacarana. Dipodidae - jumping mice etc. Echimyidae - spiny rats. Erethizontidae - new world porcupines. Geomyidae - pocket gophers. Heteromyidae - kangaroo rats etc. Hystricidae - old world porcupines. Muridae - rats, mice, gerbils. Myocastoridae - coypu. Myoxidae - dormice. Octodontidae - degus. Pedetidae - springhaas. Petromuridae - rock rats. Sciuridae - squirrels. Thryonomyidae - cane rats.

Can you name the 2 families belonging to lagomorpha?

Ochotonidae - pikas. Leporidae - rabbits and hares.

What clades make up carnivora?

Feliforma. Caniforma.

What four families belong to feliforma?

Fellidae - cats. Hyaenidae - hyenas. Viverridae - civetes and ganets. Herpestidae - mongooses.

What eight families belong to caniforma?

Canidae - dogs. Ursidae - bears. Otariidae - eared seals. Odobenidae - walruses. Phocidae - true seals. Procyonidae - racoons. Mustelidae - weasles and badgers etc. Mephitidae - skunks.