Mammalogy Lab 3

Monotremata, marsupials, cingulata, and pilosa

Subclass Prototheria

• Egg Laying Mammals• Order Monotremata- Monotremes– Family- Tachyglossidae- Echidnas– Family Ornithorhynchidae- Platypus

Family Tachyglossidae-Echidnas

Family Ornithorhynchidae- Platypus

Subclass Theria

• Therian mammals• Infraclass Metatheria- Marsupial mammals– Order Didelphimorphia- American marsupials• Family Didelphidae- American Opossums

– Species: Didelphis Virginiana- Virginia Opossum

Family Didelphidae

Infraclass Metatheria

– Order Paucituberculata- shrew opossums• Family Caenolestidae- shrew opossums

Family Caenolestidae

Infraclass Metatheria

– Order Microbiotheria• Family Microbiotheriidae (monito del monte)

Family Microbiotheriidae

Infraclass Metatheria

– Order Notoryctemoriphia• Family Notoryctidae (marsupial moles)

Family Notoryctidae

Infraclass Metatheria

– Order Dasyuromorphia (marsupial carnivores)• Family thylacinidae- tasmanian wolf• Family myrmecobiidae- numbat• Family Dasyuridae- dasyurids (tasmanian devil)

Family Thylacinidae

Family myrmecobiidae

Family Dasyuridae

Infraclass Metatheria

– Order Peramelemorphia (bandicoots and bilbies)• Family Thylacomyidae – bilbies• Family peramelidae- bandicoots and echymiperas

Family Thylacomyidae

Family Peramelidae

Infraclass Metatheria– Order Diprotodontia (kangaroos, possums, wallabies, and

relatives)• Family Phascolarctidae-koala• Family Vombatidae-wombat• Family Burramyidae-pygmy possums• Family phalangeridae-brushtail possums and cucuses• Family pseudocheiridae-ringtail possums• Family petauridae-gliders, leadbeater’s possum, striped possums• Family tarsipedidae- honey possum• Family acrobatidae- feathertail gliders and pygmy gliders• Family hypsiprymnodontidae- musky rat kangaroo• Family potoroidae-bettongs, potoroos, rat kangaroos• Family macropodidae- kangaroos, wallabies, and relatives

Family phascolarctidae

Family Vombatidae

Family Burramyidae

Family Phalangeridae

Family Pseudocheiridae

Family Petauridae

Family Tarsipedidae

Family Acrobatidae

Family Hypsiprymnodontidae

Family Potoroidae

Family Macropodidae

Infraclass Eutheria

• Order cingulata– Family Dasypodidae• Species: Dasypus novemcinctus-nine-banded armadillo

Family Dasypodidae

Infraclass Eutheria

• Order Pilosa-endentates– Suborder Folivora-Sloths• Family Bradypodidae-three toed sloths• Family Megalonychidae-two toed sloths

– Suborder Vermilingua-anteaters• Family cyclopedidae-silky anteaters• Family Myrmecophagidae-American anteaters

Family Bradypodidae

Family Megalonychidae

Family Cyclopedidae

Family Myrmecophagidae