Mammalia Jeopardy
General
Mammals
Marsupials &
Monotremes
Placental
Mammals
Mammalian
Orders
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Final Jeopardy
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What three types of glands do
all mammals possess?
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Scent glands, sweat
glands, & mammary
glands
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Compared to other vertebrates,
mammals have heightened senses in
what two areas?
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Hearing & smell
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The umbilical cord and
placenta in placental mammals
replace what parts of the
amniotic egg?
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Allantois, Albumen, Yolk, and Chorion
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Why do zoologists think that
the first mammals were
nocturnal predators?
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Lack of color vision, exceptional
hearing & smell, and endothermy in
most mammals hint at a nocturnal
existence.
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Mammals
Molars &
glands
Ribs reduced &
appearance of hair
Limbs under body
Thermoregulation
Synapsid Reptiles
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Cynodonts
Mammals
Therapsids
Molars &
glands
Pelycosaurs
Ribs reduced &
appearance of hair
Limbs under body
Thermoregulation
Synapsid Reptiles
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What two animals are
the only monotremes
on the planet?
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Platypus & Spiny Echidna
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Name 4 marsupials other
than the opossum.
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Kangaroo, wallaby,
wombat, koala, sugar
glider, etc…
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What are three unique attributes of
monotremes not seen in other
mammals?
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Cloaca/egg laying, no nipples, &
electroreception
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Describe how the present
distribution of marsupials and
monotremes on the earth came
to be.
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1. Monotremes & marsupials first developed during
the Triassic and migrated across Pangaea
2. Australia, Antarctica, and India broke away from
Pangaea
3. Placental mammals developed in Laurasia
4. Antarctica froze and India collided with Asia
flooding it with placental mammals
5. Australia remained habitable and isolated from the
rest of the world
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What is the anatomical
result of the necessity of
marsupials to crawl
from the vagina to the
pouch to complete
development?
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There are no marsupials with
hooves, wings, or flippers.
They must have forearms that
are able to grip in order to
climb into the pouch
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What is the evolutionary
advantage that placental
mammals have over their
marsupial and
monotreme cousins?
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They can carry their
young internally until
they are fully developed
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What are the two largest
Orders of placental
mammals that make up
around 60% of all
mammalian species?
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Rodentia & Chiroptera
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How does one tell the difference
between dolphins and porpoises?
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Dolphin
Porpoise
Teeth
Conical
Spade-like
Dorsal Fin
Hooked
Triangular
Face
Beak
No Beak
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Describe how a cow digests its
food as it passes through the
ruminant stomach?
Rumen & Reticulum
Omasum
Abomasum
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1.
2.
3.
4.
Grass is eaten and moved into the rumen and then
reticulum to pick up bacteria capable of digesting
cellulose
Grass is regurgitated as cud and chewed to help
bacteria break down cellulose
Cud is re-swallowed and moved to omasum where
water and minerals are extracted
Cud moves to abomasum where normal acidic
digestion takes place
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Which mammalian Order is
considered to be the
simplest placental mammal
Order?
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Insectivora
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Elephants are the sole
members of which Order of
mammals (think about the
nose)
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Proboscidea
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What are the two mammalian Orders
that are considered to be completely
aquatic
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Cetacea & Sirenia
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Describe the difference between
Artiodactyls and Perissodactyls and
explain why there are so few
Perissodactyls left on the planet
Artiodactyls
– ruminant stomachs and even-toed
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hooves
Perissodactyls – hindgut fermenters and oddtoed hooves
Due to climate change, the food the
Perissodactyls ate went away leaving mostly the
low-grade grasses that Artiodactyls are able to
eat. Only a few Perissodactyls were able to
adapt and survive until today.
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What is the difference between Simians and
Prosimians and what is the difference
between New-world and Old-world
monkeys? (Give two examples of animals in
each category)
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Prosimians – primitive, nocturnal, solitary primates
such as lemurs & tarsiers
Simians – advanced, diurnal, social primates such as
monkeys and apes
New-world – flat-nosed monkeys with prehensile tails
that live in the Americas such as howler and
spider monkeys
Old-world – narrow-nosed monkeys with vestigial or
absent tails that live in Africa and Asia such as
proboscis monkeys, baboons, and the apes
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Shrew
Asian Elephant
Capybara
White Rhino
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Sea Lion
Wombat
Fossa
Dugong
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Pangolin
Aardvark
Bushbaby
Loris
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Tapir
Civet
Echidna
Mandrill
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Hyrax
Capuchin
Tarsier
Colugo
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Complete the flow-chart that organizes
the Suborders and Superfamilies of
Order Carnivora
Suborder
Superfamily
Caniformia
Canoidea
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Ursoidea
Example
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Skunks, weasels, & raccoons
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Seals, sea lions, & walruses
Feloidea
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Cats
Viverroidea
Hyena, mongoose, & fossa
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Suborder
Superfamily
Example
Caniformia
Canoidea
Dogs, foxes, & wolves
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Ursoidea
Bears
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Musteloidea
Skunks, weasels, & raccoons
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Pinnipedia
Seals, sea lions, & walruses
Feliformia
Feloidea
Cats
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Viverroidea
Civets
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Herpestoidea
Hyena, mongoose, & fossa