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Mammalogy Quiz 4
Proboscidia, Rodentia
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
06/22/2012

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Term
traits of rodentia
Definition
-diastems
-overall reduced tooth count
-ever-growing incisors
-most species diverse in any mammalian order
Term
Paramyidae
Definition
earliest rodent on fossil record
Term
What determines classification of rodents?
Definition
jaw musculature
Term
sciuromorpha
Definition
simplest jaw muscles, squirrel-like rodents
Term
hystricomorpha
Definition
porcupine-like rodents
Term
castorimorpha
Definition
beaver-like rodents
Term
myomorphs
Definition
mouse-like rodents, very complex jaw musculature
Term
anomaluromorphs
Definition
scaly-tailed squirrels and springhares
wtf rodents?
Term
Bubonic Plague/ Black Plague
Definition
-spread by fleas on mice and rats
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