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