Taxonomy

Question 1

Chiroptera

Answer 1

Very high diversity (1500 species, second only to rodents)
Cosmopolitan outside of polar regions
Highest diversity in tropics (especially the Amazon)
Generally small size, includes some of the smallest mammals

Question 2

Yinpterochiroptera

Answer 2

flying foxes, some microbats, horseshoe bat, false vampire bat

Question 3

Yangochiroptera (Microbats)

Answer 3

Leaf-nosed bats, vampire bats, burrowing bats, disk-winged bats

Question 4

Eulipotyphla

Answer 4

Solenodons, “true” moles, hedgehogs, shrew (high diversity)

Question 5

(Glires) Lagomorpha

Answer 5

hares, rabbits, pikas (high diversity)

Question 6

(Glires) Rodentia

Answer 6

Very high diversity (2500+ species), Cosmopolitan, with hotspots in central Africa & SE Asia

Question 7

Rodentia: Hystricomorpha

Answer 7

Porcupines, capybaras, chinchillas, guinea pigs, naked mole-rats (high diversity)

Question 8

Rodentia: Sciuromorpha

Answer 8

(ground, prairie, flying, tree) Squirrels, groundhogs, mountain beavers (high diversity)

Question 9

Rodentia: Anomaluromorpha

Answer 9

Springhares, scaly-tailed squirrels (low diversity)

Question 10

Rodentia: Castorimorpha

Answer 10

Beavers, gophers, kangaroo rats (high diversity)

Question 11

Rodentia: Myomorpha

Answer 11

Jerboas, voles, lemmings, hamsters, mice, rats (very high diversity)

Question 12

Scandentia

Answer 12

tree shrews (medium diversity)

Question 13

Dermoptera

Answer 13

Colugos (kubongs, “flying lemurs”) (low diversity)

Question 14

Primates: Strepsirrhini

Answer 14

Lorises, bushbabies, galagos, lemurs (high diversity, all on madagascar) (high diversity)

Question 15

Primates: Haplorhini

Answer 15

Gibbons, Orangutans, gorilla, chimpanzee, bonobo (old and new world monkeys, apes) (high diversity)