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Mammalogy Final Exam

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Manatees can be found in the order known as ____
Your household pets including the mammals that "bark" and "meow" belong to the order ____
Whales, dolphins, and porpoises belong to this Mammalia order
_____ groups are when two descendents that split from the same node and are considered to be each other’s closest relatives
The order Marsupialia is made up of the mammals ____
Another word for "nasal" would be _____
_____ evolution is the process where non monophyletic organisms independently evolve similar traits as a result of having to adapt to similar environments or ecological niches
a thought as to a possible course of action
Taxa that is grouped based on shared derived characteristics that can be traced back to the most recent ancestor that both the groups evolved from
A _____ tree is utilized to represent patterns of ancestry
Found on a phylogenetic tree, this is the taxa outside, but related to the group being studied
having consumed food
a brand of chocolate sandwich cookie with a creamy white filling
_____ is utilized to reduce potential conflicts in the data set involves grouping taxa together in ways that minimize the number of evolutionary changes that had to have occurred in the characters
A region or part of the world; the extent or measurement of a surface
I am a huge mammal that belongs to the order Proboscidea
A bone feature that is when a hole is present in the bone would be called a ______
Monkeys and apes make up the order known as ____
Humans have two of these, allows for you to see, located on your face
Down
The order Monotremata contains the mammal that lays eggs instead of giving live birth
A bone feature that is a small projection or bump is known as a ____
half of two; a specific person or thin
A___ group is a phylogenetically defined group that is composed of all the taxa that are more closely related to the living members of the group than to the living members of other groups.
An ______ trait was originally present in the ancestor of a given group
a distinct period of history with a unique characteristic
Belonging to the order "Chiroptera" you would find these mammals
A ____ group includes the most recent common ancestor of a group of organisms, and all of its descendents
distinctive smell, often unpleasant in nature
A bone feature that is a rounded, hollow, thin walled structure is known as a ___
______ characters are similar because they were inherited from a common ancestor that also had that character
A trait that is present in an organism, but was absent in the last common ancestor of the group is known as a _____ trait
Traits shared due to convergent evolution is known as ____
heritable traits that can be compared across organisms are known as ____ (as referred to in phylogenetics)
A bone feature that is a narrow prominent ridge is known as the ____
The red, painful lump that can pop up on or near your eyelid
The mammals labeled rodents can be found in the order _____
____ belong to the order Edentata
The order Perissodactyla is composed of galloping mammals known as _____
Common word for a pastor- "can I get an ___"
Located on a phylogenetic tree, a ______ is known as a past speciation event