taxonomy & diversity what critters are we discussing this semester?
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Taxonomy & Diversity
• What critters are we discussing this semester?
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Taxonomy & Diversity• Large (terrestrial) mammals of North America
– Game vs. non-game• Big game: hunted v. trapped
• Large Ungulates (hoofed animals)– Cervids
– Antilocaprids
– Bovids
– Tayassuids
– Suids
• Large Furbearers– Canids
– Felids
– Ursids
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Taxonomy & Diversity
• Taxonomy– Kingdom: Animalia– Phylum: Chordata: includes vertebrates– Class: Mammalia– Order: Artiodactyla: even-toed
ungulates Carnivora: flesh-eaters
Diprotodontia: kangaroos & alliesPerissodactyla: odd-toed ungulates
Proboscidea: elephantsClassification often changing
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Taxonomy & Diversity
• Order: Artiodactyla– usually ruminants– many spp. have horns or antlers– dominant terrestrial herbivores today– >200 spp.
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Taxonomy & Diversity• Order: Artiodactyla
– Family: Cervidae: deer familyAntilocapridae: pronghorn (antelope)
Bovidae: true antelope, cattle, goats, & sheep
Tayassuidae: peccaries (pig-like)
Suidae: true pigs
Hippopotamidae: hipposCamelidae: camels & llamas Moschidae: musk deer Giraffidae: giraffes & okapi
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Taxonomy & Diversity
• Order: Carnivora– dogs, cats, bears, & seals– some omnivores– prominent canines– all with anal scent glands
– carnivore v. Carnivora
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Taxonomy & Diversity• Order: Carnivora
– Family: Ursidae: bearsCanidae: dogs
Felidae: cats
Hyaenidae: hyenas & aardwolf
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Taxonomy & Diversity
• Cervidae– Odocoileus hemionus: mule deer, black-tailed deer
Chelsey Faller
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Taxonomy & Diversity
• Cervidae– Odocoileus virginianus: white-tailed deer
Cailey Thomas
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Taxonomy & Diversity
• Cervidae– Alces alces: moose, elk
Lauren Watine
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Taxonomy & Diversity
• Cervidae– Cervis elaphus: American elk, wapiti, red deer
Hunter Slade
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Taxonomy & Diversity
• Cervidae– Rangifer tarandus: caribou, reindeer
Craig Stokes
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Taxonomy & Diversity
• Antilocapridae– Antilocapra americana: pronghorn (antelope)
Justin VanGorder
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Taxonomy & Diversity
• Bovidae– Oreamnos americanus: N. Am. mountain goat
Danielle Behr
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Taxonomy & Diversity
• Bovidae– Ovis canidensis: Rocky Mtn bighorn sheep,
desert bighorn sheep
Kristen Mayers
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Taxonomy & Diversity
• Bovidae– Ovis dalli: Dall’s sheep, Stone’s sheep
Chelsey Faller
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Taxonomy & Diversity
• Bovidae– Bison bison: American bison– Ovibos moschatus: muskoxen
Tiffany Oliver
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Taxonomy & Diversity
• Tayassuidae– Tayassu tajacu: collared peccary, javelina – Tayassu pecari: white-lipped peccary
Celena Letcher
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Taxonomy & Diversity
• Suidae– Sus scrofa: European boar, Eurasian wild
boar, feral hogs• Old world
Don Coyner, FWC
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Taxonomy & Diversity
• Canidae– Canis lupus: gray wolf, timber wolf, Mexican wolf
• C.l. familiaris: domestic dog
– Canis rufus: red wolf
Lauren Watine
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Taxonomy & Diversity
• Felidae– Panthera onca: jaguar, tiger
• Only New World “panther”
Matthew Barker
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Taxonomy & Diversity
• Felidae– Felis concolor: mtn lion, puma, cougar,
Florida panther
Danielle Deming
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Taxonomy & Diversity
• Ursidae– Ursus americanus: Am. black bear
Cailey Thomas
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Taxonomy & Diversity
• Ursidae– Ursus maritimus: polar bear– Ursus arctos: brown bear, grizzly bear,
Kodiak bear
Christina Pilla
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Taxonomy & Diversity
• Hybridization– most documented in captivity only
– black bear x polar bear– polar bear x brown bear
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Taxonomy & Diversity
• Hybridization– most documented in captivity only
– wolf x domestic dog– wolf x coyote
– mtn lion x ocelot
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Taxonomy & Diversity
• Hybridization– Most documented in captivity only
– bison x domestic cattle– bison x European bison
– bighorn sheep x domestic sheep– bighorn sheep x mouflon sheep
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Taxonomy & Diversity
• Hybridization– Most documented in captivity only
– red deer/elk x sika deer– red deer/elk x sambar deer– red deer/elk x Pere David’s deer– mule deer x white-tailed deer