Mammalogy Practice Lab Exam

BIOLOGY 4630 -- MAMMALOGYSAMPLE LAB EXAM -- 23 March 2011Student name _______________________________________ Student no. ______________________+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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1. A. Name the labeled structures on the photograph of skin histology.

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Practice Lab ExamWednesday, March 23, 20112:53 PM

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B-1. Common name of this Provincial species _____________________________________________ B-2. Describe colour pattern on a single dorsal hair (1 word) _________________________________

2. A-1.This is the hair of an albino lab rabbit. Draw the hair, and label hair structures that you see.

B-2. Is the hair pigmented? ____________________

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B. Name four integumentary adaptations for aquatic life.1 _________________________________________________________________________________2 _________________________________________________________________________________3 _________________________________________________________________________________4 _________________________________________________________________________________

3. A. Common name of this Provincial species______________________________________________

4. A. Common name of this specimen_____________________________________________________

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C. Is anterior to the right or to the left ?

B. What are the marked structures composed of?

Genus__________________________ Species__________________________________________5. A. Scientific name of this specimen:

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B. Name three types of vibrissae visible on the specimen.

6. A. Name the structures and indicate which family they occur in. 3

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7. A. Family name of this Provincial species ________________________________________________

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B. Name three integumentary adaptations for arboreality and volant locomotion.1 ________________________________________________________________________________2 ________________________________________________________________________________3 ________________________________________________________________________________

B. Name the three main cusps on the last upper molar.

1 ___________________________________ 2 ____________________________________3 ___________________________________ C. What term describes this kind of molar? _______________________________________________

8. A. Order name _____________________________________________________________________

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9. What is the dental formula of this specimen?

7. A. Family name of this Provincial species ________________________________________________

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10. What is the dental formula of this specimen?

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11. What is the dental formula of this specimen?

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12. What is the dental formula of this specimen?

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13. What is the dental formula of this specimen?

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bunodont ___ selenodont ___ hypsodont ___ heterodont ___ brachyodont___ homodont ___

14. Check all terms that apply to the dentition.

bunodont ___ selenodont ___ brachyodont ___ lophodont ___ creodont ___ carnassial ___

15. Check all terms that apply to the dentition.

bunodont ___ selenodont ___ brachyodont ___ lophodont ___ creodont ___ carnassial ___

16. Check all terms that apply to the dentition.

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17. Name the marked structures.

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18. Name the marked structures.

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19. Name the marked structures.

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19. Label all of the following:

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Name? Native?1 ______________________________________________________ _____2 _______________________________________________________ _____ 3_______________________________________________________ _____

21. What are the common names of these Newfoundland specimens? Native (“X”)?

Name? Native?1 ______________________________________________________ _____2 _______________________________________________________ _____3_______________________________________________________ _____

22. What are the common names of these Newfoundland specimens? Native (“X”)?

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Name? Native?1 ______________________________________________________ _____2 _______________________________________________________ _____3_______________________________________________________ _____

23. What are the common names of these Labrador specimens? Native (“X”)?

______________________________________________________________24. You find this bone on an Arctic Ocean beach. What is the species’ common name?

______________________________________________________________25. You find this bone on an ocean beach. What taxon does it represent?

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