Taxonomy Flashcards
Mustela putorius furo
Domestic Ferret
Mesocricetus auratus
Syrian hamster/Golden hamster
Octodon degu
Degu
Chinchilla lanigera
Long-tailed Chinchilla
Cavia porcellus
Guinea pig
Rattus norvegicus
Norway Rat
Meriones unguiculatus
Mongolian Gerbil
Mus musculus
Domestic mouse
Cynomys ludovicianus
Black tailed prairie dog
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Domestic rabbit/European rabbit
Petaurus breviceps
Sugar glider
Atelerix albiventris
African Pygmy Hedgehog
Which ECM species is a member of Order Lagomorpha?
The rabbit
Which rodent species are members of Order Rodentia, Suborder Myomorpha?
Rats, mice, gerbils and hamsters
Which pet rodent species are members of Order Rodentia, Suborder Hystricomorpha?
Guinea pig, chinchilla and degu
Which pet rodent species are members of Order Rodentia, Suborder Scuiromorpha?
Black tailed prairie dog
Phodopus sungorus
Russian dwarf hamster/Winter white dwarf hamster/Djungarian hamster/Dzungarian hamster/striped dwarf hamster/Siberian hamster
(If there was ever an argument for learning scientific names so you no what species they are talking about, no matter what common name they are using, this is it)
Phodopus campbelli
Campbell’s dwarf hamster
Phodopus roborovskii
Roborovski (“Robo”) hamster
Cricetulus griseus
Chinese dwarf hamster
Mephitis mephitis
Striped skunk
Procyon lotor
Raccoon
Sus scrofa domesticus
The domestic pig - all mini pigs and pot-bellied pigs are breeds of domestic pig, not separate species
Sus = pig
Scrofa = breeding sow
What Mammalian Order do hedgehogs belong to?
Eulipotyphla (“truly fat and blind” - I am not kidding)
They share their Order with shrews and moles. Older sources will tell you that they are Order Insectivora. Most of the former members of this Order were moved to other Orders as molecular analysis showed that most were not actually related to each other.
What mammalian order do Sugar Gliders belong to?
Diprotodontia (“two forward teeth”, referring to the fact that members of this order have a pair of large, procumbent incisors on the lower jaw)
This is the largest extant (living) order of marsupials, including the kangaroos, wallabies, possums, koala, wombats, as well as the extinct “marsupial lion”
