Ungulates

Question 1

Give the 2 orders contained within the Super order Ungulates

Answer 1

Perissodactyla

Artiodactyla (now cetartiodactyla)

Question 2

Give the defining features of the Perissodactyla, (odd toed ungulates)

Answer 2

Axis of foot passes through 3rd largest toes

Question 3

Give the defining features of the Artiodactyla (cetartiodactyla)
Even toed ungulates

Answer 3

Axis of foot passes between 3rd and 4th toes

Question 4

Give the species contained within the Perissodactyla,

Answer 4

Asses, Horses, Zebras, tapirs, rhinoceroses

Question 5

Why do young tapirs (P) have markings ?

Answer 5

Enables them camouflage

Question 6

Give the crucial role of tapirs in the habitat

Answer 6

Seed dispersal, many plants reliant on tapirs

Question 7

How many species of rhinoceroses exist ?

Answer 7

5

Question 8

Give the main threats to rhinos causing rapid decline in their numbers.

Answer 8

Poaching for medicine and ivory status symbols 
Fragmented populations (javan)

Question 9

Give the benefit of a rhinoceroses ability to excrete backwards

Answer 9

Directs urine away from where the rhinocerose is eating

Question 10

Which order, Artiodactyla or Pessodactyla is more diverse ?

Answer 10

The Artiodactyla, even toed ungulates

Question 11

Give the number of families and species within the atriodactyla

Answer 11

196 species within 10 families

Question 12

Give the 3 main families of Cetartiodactyla

Answer 12

Pigs, Peccaries and hippopotamuses
Camels and llamas
Ruminants
Whales

Question 13

Give the key adaption of a ruminates digestive system

Answer 13

A fermentation chamber within multichambered stomachs to aid with cellulose digestion

Question 14

Give the species contained within the ruminates

Answer 14

Chevrotains, musk deer, deer, giraffes and okapi, pronghorn, bovids.

Question 15

List the variety of species found within the Bovids.

Answer 15

Antelopes, duikers, gazelles, cattle, sheep, goats

Domesticated forms are beginning to outcompete wild types.

Question 16

Give the features of the family Cervidae.

Answer 16

True deer

Have antlers made of bone which shed and regrow annually

Question 17

What is the purpose of antlers, found in the family cervidae ?

Answer 17

Intersexual selection, carried by males

Carried to interlock as a test of strength, last resort.

Question 18

Give the one species in the cervidae family, where both male and female have antlers

Answer 18

Reindeer, used to dig craters in the snow to reach lichens and vegetation in winter.

Question 19

Describe the head adaptions of the family Bovidae (cattle, sheep, goats, antelopes)

Answer 19

Have horns, Made of bone.

Question 20

Give the defining difference between the Cervidae and the Bovidae

Answer 20

Bovidae- have horns, for life
Cervidae, have antlers which are shed and regrown annually
Both made of bone.

Question 21

Describe the mating strategy of most deer (i.e red)

Answer 21

Males defend a group of females or a resource that females use.

Question 22

Describe the mating stratergies of fallow deer.

Answer 22

Males defend territories, females come to them.