Orders & Families. Flashcards
Name the 3 sub-classes and what orders they house.
Prototheria - monotremes.
Metatheria - marsupials.
Eutherian - placentals.
What order are monotremes?
Monotremata.
Name the families belonging to monotremata and what animals they house.
Tachyglossidae - echidna.
Ornithorhnchidae - platypus.
Name both genera belonging to tachyglossidae.
Tachiglossus - short-beaked echidnas.
Zagolossus - long-beaked echidnas.
What 7 orders do marsupials belong to?
- Didelphimorphia.
- Paucituberculata.
- Microbiotheria.
- Dasyuromorphia.
- Peramelemorphia.
- Diprotodontia.
- Notoryctemorphia.
Can you name the family/ies belonging to didelphimorphia and the animals they house?
Didelphidae - american opossums.
Can you name the family/ies belonging to paucituberculata and the animals they house?
Caenolestidae - marsupial shrews or rat opossums
Can you name the family/ies belonging to
microbiotheria and the animals they house?
Microbiotheriidae - monito del monte.
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.
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.
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.
Can you name the family/ies belonging to notoryctemorphia and the animals they house?
Notoryctemorphia - marsupial moles.
What two orders to ungulates belong to and why are they different?
- Perissodactyla - odd toed ungulates.
- Artiodactyla - even toed ungulates.
Name the 2 sub-orders belong to perissodactyla?
- Hippomorpha.
- Ceratomorpha.
What family/ies belong to hippomorpha?
Equidae - horses.
What family/ies belong to ceratomorpha?
Tarpiridae - tapiers.
Rhinocarotidae - rhinos.
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.
