Smol animals Flashcards
Ornithodelphia
Duckbill platypus, echidna No external pinna Cloaca present Teeth only in young Aquatic or digging Mammary field without nipples Oviparous
Metatheria
Marsupials: kangaroo, wallaby, opossum Primitive placenta Heterodont Viviparous Marsupium containing mammary glands
Red kangaroo
Macropus rufus
Infraclass Eutheria
Placentals
Shrew and hedgehog order, suborders
Eulipotypha Soricomorpha Erinaceomorpha Pentadactyl and plantigrade Claws Heterodont Minute eyes
Forest shrew
Myosorex varius
Lesser red musk shrew
Crocidura hirta
South African hedgehog
Atelerix frontalis
Golden mole order and suborder
Order Afrosoridae Suborder Chrysochloridea Nonfunctional eyes covered with skin and fur Leather like pad protects nostrils Live underground Dense fur Digging claws
Grants golden mole
Eremitalpa granti
Juliana’s golden mole
Neamblysomus julianae
Elephant shrews order
Macroscelidae All in Africa Drum with hind leg when nervous Diurnal Trunk like snout
Eastern rock elephant shrew
Elephantulus myurus
Rabbits and hares order
Lagomorpha
Incisors ever growing
Sides of maxilla fenestrated
Hind legs longer than forelimbs
Cape hare
Lepus capensis
Riverine rabbit
Bunolagus monticularis
Hyrax order
Hyracoidea Upper incisors grow from persistent pulp Digits end in small hooves and soles covered with firm pads -helps cling to rocks Forefoot = 4 toes, hindfoot = 3.
Rock hyrax
Procavia capensis
Tree hyrax
Dendrohyrax arboreus
Rodents order
Rodentia
Limbs plantigrade
No canines
Incisors grow from persistent pulp
Cape porcupine
Hystrix africaeaustralis
Greater cane rat
Thryonomys swinderianus
Springhare
Pedetes capensis
Brown rat
Rattus norvegicus
