Mammalogy Lab 9
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Mammalogy Lab 9
Tubulidentata, Perissodactyla, Cetacea
Once again…
• Kingdom Animalia– Phylum Chordata• Subphylum Vertebrata
– Class Mammalia» Subclass Theria
• Infraclass Eutheria
Order Tubulidentata
• Family Orycteropodidae- Aardvark
Family Orycteropodidae
Order Perissodactyla
• Family Equidae- Asses, horse, and zebras– Equus asinus- ass– Equus caballus- horse
• Family Tapiridae- Tapirs• Family Rhinocerotidae- rhinoceroses
Equus asinus
Equus caballus
Family Tapiridae
Family Rhinocerotidae
Order Cetacea
• The order Cetacea is split into two Suborders and they are:– Suborder Mysticeti– Suborder Odontoceti
Suborder Mysticeti
• Family Balaenidae- Right whales– Eubaleana glacialis- North Atlantic right whale
• Family Balaenopteridae- rorquals– Balaenoptera acutorostrata- Common minke
whale– Balaenoptera edeni- Bryde’s whale– Balaenoptera musculus- Blue whale– Blalaenoptera physalus- fin whale– Megaptera novaeangliae- Humpback whale
Eubalaena glacialis
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Balaenoptera edeni
Balaenoptera musculus
Balaenoptera physalus
Megaptera novaeangliae
Suborder Mysticeti
• Family Eschrichtiidae- gray whale• Family Neobalaenidae- pygmy right whale
Family Eschrichtiidae
Family Neobalaenidae
Suborder Odontoceti• Family Delphinidae- Dolphins, killer whales, pilot whales, and relatives
– Delphinus delphis- short-beaked saddleback dolphin– Feresa attenuata- pygmy killer whale– Globicephala macrorhynchus- Short-finned pilot whale– Grampus griseus- risso’s dolphin– Orcinus orca- killer whale– Peponocephala electra- melon-headed whale– Pseudorca crassidens- false killer whale– Stenella attenuata- pantropical spotted dolphin– Stenella clymene- clymene dolphin– Stenella coeruleoalba- striped dolphin– Stenella frontalis- Atlantic spotted dolphin– Stenella longirostris- spinner dolphin– Steno bredanensis- rough-toothed whale– Tursiops truncatus- bottle-nosed dolphin
Delphinus delphis
Feresa attenuata
Grampus griseus
Orcinus orca
Stenella coeruleoalba
Steno bredanensis
Tursiops truncatus
Suborder Odonoceti
• Family Monodontidae- beluga and narwhal• Family Phocoenidae- porpoises• Family Physeteridae- sperm whales– Kogia breviceps- pygmy sperm whale– Kogia simus- dwarf sperm whale– Physeter catodon- sperm whale
• Family Platanistidae- Indian river dolphins• Family Iniidae- river dolphins
Family Monodontidae
Family Phocoenidae
Physeter catodon
Family Platanistidae
Family Iniidae
Suborder Odontoceti
• Family Ziphiidae- beaked whales– Mesoplodon densirostris- Blainsville’s beaked
whale– Mesoplodon europaeus- Gervais’s beaked whale– Ziphius cavirostris- Cuvier’s beaked whale