mammal skulls mammals are divided into three groups. note all mammals feed their young with milk....
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Mammal Skulls
Mammals are divided into three groups. Note all mammals feed their young with milk.
1. Placental mammals – Give birth to live young after spending an extended period in the uterus (womb). Examples, humans, dogs, cats, bears, lions, pigs, cows, sheep, bats.
2. Marsupials – Give birth to live young in a very undeveloped state. Further development then occurs in a pouch. Examples, kangaroos, koalas, wombats, possums, tasmanian devils, quolls.
3. Monotremes – Mammals that lay eggs. Examples, echidna, platypus
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Animal Skulls
Animal skulls can tell a lot about the animal it came from. If it is a mammal, it is usually quite easy to determine whether it is from a placental mammal or a marsupial. Marsupials tend to have….
1. Incomplete ossification of the upper palate when compared to placentals.
2. Nasal bones that are broader at the back when compared to placentals
3. Inwardly deflected shelf of bone in the lower jaw that is lacking in placentals.
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Incomplete Ossification Of The Upper Palate of a Tree Kangaroo
Note Circled Areas
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Placental Mammal (Dingo) shows no such holes
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Nasal Bones of Cat
Narrower here
Broader here
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Nasal Bones of Wombat
Broader here
Narrower here
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Lower Jaw
Marsupial Dingo
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Age of mammal can also be estimated by the teeth
• Young animals may still have teeth that are yet to erupt.
• Old animals will show greater wear to the teeth and may have lost several teeth.
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Grey Kangaroo
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Older Kangaroo
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Dental Formula (see worksheet)
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Deciduous3 1 33 1 2
= 13
Permanent 3 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 = 15
Dental Formula of a Cat
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This is a spotted hyaena. What is its dental formula?
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Ans: I 3/3, C 1/1, P 4/3, M 0/1.
Note: Premolars have deciduous and adult forms, whereas there are no milk molars, only permanent adult teeth.
Premolars are usually more simple than molars, they are smaller and have fewer cusps and roots.
However, there are cases when it is difficult to tell premolars from molars, and in this case we call them cheek teeth, collectively.