Ungulate lab ID

Question 1

Common name, order, family, scientific name, ID features

Answer 1

American bison
Order: Cetartiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Bison bison
No upper incisors
massive head w/ wide frontals and curved horns
males and females both have horns

Question 2

Common name, order, family, scientific name, ID features/dentition

Answer 2

Cattle
Order: Cetartiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Bos taurus
flattened head
selenodont dentition

Question 3

Common name, order, family, ID features

Answer 3

Chinese water deer
Order: Cetartiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
similar cranial features/dentition to all cervids but w/ long rearward curving upper canines

Question 4

Common name, order, family, scientific name, ID features/dentition

Answer 4

Elk (wapiti)
Order: Cetartiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Cervus canadensis
Upper incisors absent, primitive canines, selenodont cheek teeth

Question 5

Common name, order, family, scientific name, ID features/dentition

Answer 5

Horse
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Equus caballus
upper incisors present
hypsodont height dentition
orbits shifted upward and rearward

Question 6

Common name, order, family, scientific name, ID features/dentition

Answer 6

Javelina/collared peccary
Order: Cetartiodactyla
Family: Tayassuidae
Dicotyles tajacu
upper canines point downward and tightly slotted
flat 45° angled rostrum
bunodont dentition

Question 7

Common name, order, family, scientific name, ID features/dentition

Answer 7

Moose
Order: Cetartiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Alces alces
very long rostrum relative to cranium
similar selenodont dentition to other cervids

Question 8

Common name, order, family, ID features, range/habitat

Answer 8

Mountain goat
Order: Cetartiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
northwestern US, alpine/cold high elevation
keratinized horns

Question 9

Common name, order, family, scientific name, ID features

Answer 9

Mule deer
Order: Cetartiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Odocoileus hemionus
mule-like ears (larger than white-tailed deer)
antlers repeatedly fork

Question 10

Common name, order, family, scientific name, ID features/dentition

Answer 10

Wild or domestic pig
Order: Cetartiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Sus scrofa
bunodont dentition
canines point more downward and wider spaced than javelina
concave face/skull vs. javelina

Question 11

Common name, order, family, scientific name, ID features/dentition

Answer 11

white-tailed deer
Order: Cetartiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus
antlered males, antlers branch off main beam
selenodont cheek teeth, lack upper incisors
anteorbital pits