Practice Lab Exam

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

2:53 PM

BIOLOGY 4630 -- MAMMALOGY

SAMPLE LAB EXAM 2.0 -- 25 March 2011
Student name _______________________________________ Student no. ______________________
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Exam Rules

Rule 1: Spell "Mammalogy" correctly or you may fail.

Rule 2: RTFQ! I strongly suggest writing this on the top of your page so you will not forget it!
Rule 3: Genus is capitalized but species is not when asked to give a scientific name don't forget this or you will fail :-)
Rule 4: Skulls are NOT bowling balls and we should not treat them as such (in lab anyway)
Rule 5: "Kickstand" and "Parking lot" are not recognized anatomical terms. It may not be a good idea to use them.
Rule 6: The lab is like the United Nations so it is important to respect where the specimens are from. The rat is Norwegian
but the moose is American.

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

1 ______________________________________________________________________________
2 ______________________________________________________________________________
3 ______________________________________________________________________________
4 ______________________________________________________________________________

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 B-1. Common name of this Provincial species _____________________________________________
B-2. Is it native to Newfoundland, Labrador, or both? _________________________________
B-3. What family does it belong to? _________________________________

2. A-1: Label the structures you see:

2: A-2 Draw and label the following structure in the space below:

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2: A-2 Draw and label the following structure in the space below:

A-3: Give the scientific name of an organism that has this type of tooth: _____________________________

3. A. Common name of this Provincial species______________________________________________

B. Name the 3 factors that affect hair colour
1 _________________________________________________________________________________
2 _________________________________________________________________________________
3 _________________________________________________________________________________

4. A. Common name of this specimen_____________________________________________________

B. Is it native to Newfoundland? _____________________________________________________
C. List the two pigments present in its hair:

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 1) _____________________________________________________
2) _____________________________________________________

B. What are the marked structures composed of?

1 ___________________________________ 2 ____________________________________

C. Labial or Lingual ?

5. A. Scientific name of this specimen:

Genus__________________________ Species__________________________________________

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B. Name the four types of vibrissae indicated on the specimen.
1 _________________________________________________________________________________
2 _________________________________________________________________________________
3 _________________________________________________________________________________

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6. A. Name the structures and indicate which family they occur in. 3
Structure Family
1 ___________________________________ ____________________________________
2 ___________________________________ ____________________________________
3 ___________________________________ ____________________________________

7. A. Family name of this Provincial species ________________________________________________

B. Explain the difference between lophodont and loxodont teeth and give an example of each:

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Example of lophodont____________________________________
Example of loxodont ____________________________________

8. A. Order name _____________________________________________________________________

B. Name the 4 cusps of a molar located on the lower jaw of a black bear

1 ___________________________________ 2 ____________________________________
3 ___________________________________ 4 ___________________________________

C. What term describes this kind of molar? _______________________________________________

9. What is the dental formula of this specimen?

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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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14. Check all terms that apply to the dentition.
pheodont___ selenodont ___ hypsodont ___
heterodont ___ brachyodont___ lophodont ___

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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16. Check all terms that apply to the dentition.
homodont ___ selenodont ___ brachyodont ___
lophodont ___ creodont ___ cyclodont___

17. Name the marked structures

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18. List the common name of a provincial mammal from the following classification:

1. Erethizontidae:_________________________
2. Leporidae:_________________________
3. Soricidae:_________________________
4. Chiropetra_________________________
5. Mustelidae_________________________

19. What are the common names of these Newfoundland specimens? Native (“X”)?
Name? Native?
1 ______________________________________________________ _____
2 _______________________________________________________ _____
3_______________________________________________________ _____

20. What are the common names of these Newfoundland specimens? Native (“X”)?
Name? Native?
1 ______________________________________________________ _____
2 _______________________________________________________ _____
3_______________________________________________________ _____

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21. You find this bone on an Arctic Ocean beach. What is the species’ common name?
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22. You find this bone on an ocean beach. What taxon does it represent?
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