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Orders & Families. Flashcards

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

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

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What order are monotremes?

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Monotremata.

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

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Tachyglossidae - echidna.
Ornithorhnchidae - platypus.

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Name both genera belonging to tachyglossidae.

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

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What 7 orders do marsupials belong to?

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  1. Didelphimorphia.
  2. Paucituberculata.
  3. Microbiotheria.
  4. Dasyuromorphia.
  5. Peramelemorphia.
  6. Diprotodontia.
  7. Notoryctemorphia.
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Can you name the family/ies belonging to didelphimorphia and the animals they house?

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Didelphidae - american opossums.

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

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Caenolestidae - marsupial shrews or rat opossums

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

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Microbiotheriidae - monito del monte.

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

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  1. Dasyuridae - antechinus, quolls, and tasmanian devil.
  2. Thylacinidae - tylacine (tazmaninan tiger).
  3. Myrmecobiidae - numbat.
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Can you name the family/ies belonging to
peramelemorphia and the animals they house?
Clue: 2.

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  1. Peramelidae - dry-country bandicoots and bilibies.
  2. Peroryctidae - rainforest bandicoots.
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Can you name the family/ies belonging to
diprotodontia and the animals they house?
Clue: 9.

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  1. Pseudocheridae - ringtail possum.
  2. Tarsipedidae - honey possum.
  3. Burramydidae - pygmy possums and pygmy gliders.
  4. Phalangeridae - cuscuses and phalangers.
  5. Phasocolarctidae - koala.
  6. Petauridae - gliders and stripped possums.
  7. Vombatidae - wombats.
  8. Macropodidae - kangaroos, wallabies and potoroos.
  9. Acrobatidae - feather tail possum.
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Can you name the family/ies belonging to notoryctemorphia and the animals they house?

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Notoryctemorphia - marsupial moles.

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13
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What two orders to ungulates belong to and why are they different?

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  1. Perissodactyla - odd toed ungulates.
  2. Artiodactyla - even toed ungulates.
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Name the 2 sub-orders belong to perissodactyla?

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  1. Hippomorpha.
  2. Ceratomorpha.
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What family/ies belong to hippomorpha?

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Equidae - horses.

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What family/ies belong to ceratomorpha?

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Tarpiridae - tapiers.
Rhinocarotidae - rhinos.

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What families belong to artiodactyla?
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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.

18
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What are the two suborders belonging to cetacea and what seperates them?

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Odontoceti - toothed whales.
Mysticeti - baleen whales.

19
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What families belong to odontoceti and what animals do they house?

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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.

20
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What families belong to mysticeti and what animals do they house?

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

21
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What family belongs to cingulata?

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Dasypodidae - armadillos.

22
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What families belong to pilosa?

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

23
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What family belongs to pholidota?

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Manidea - pangolins.

24
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Name the 3 orders that were once insectivora.

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Afrosoricidae.
Erinaceomorpha.
Soricomorpha.

25
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Name the families that make up afrosoridae.

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Tenrecidae - tenrecs.
Chrysochloridae - golden moles.

26
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Name the family that make up erinaceomorpha.

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Erinaceidae - hedgehogs.

27
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Name the families that make up Soricomorpha.

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

28
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What family belong to dermoptera?

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Cynocephalidae - culogo.

29
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What order do culogos belong to and what does it trandlate to?

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Dermoptera - skinwings.

30
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What order do tree shrews belong to and what does it translate to?

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Scandentia - the climbing ones.

31
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What families belong to scandentia?

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Ptiloceriae - pentailed tree shrew.
Tupaiidae - the rest.

32
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What 3 infra orders belong to primates?

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Lemiriformes.
Tarsiformes.
Simiiformes.

33
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What seven families belong to the infra order lemuriformes?

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

34
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What family belongs to the infraorder tarsiformes?

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Tarsidae - tarsiers.

35
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What eight families belong to the infra order simiiformes?

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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.

36
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What are the two suborders of rodentia?

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

37
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Can you name the 27 families belonging to the order rodentia?

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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.

38
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Can you name the 2 families belonging to lagomorpha?

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Ochotonidae - pikas.
Leporidae - rabbits and hares.

39
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What clades make up carnivora?

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Feliforma.
Caniforma.

40
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What four families belong to feliforma?

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

41
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What eight families belong to caniforma?

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

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