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+ | [[Image:3254_ClassInField.jpg|frame|center|Kurt with class in the field looking for camera trap sites.]] | ||
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+ | | [[Image:3254_CamTrapSiteHorsebarn.13.jpg|thumb|center|Camera trap site on Horsebarn Hill.]] || [[Image:3254_StudentsInFieldB.13sm.JPG|thumb|center|One of the camera trap field groups.]] || [[Image:3254_CamTrapStag.13.jpg|thumb|center|Camera trap picture (infrared)—a beautiful stag.]] || [[Image:3254_CamTrapBeaverB.13.JPG|thumb|center|Camera trap—night-active beaver (infrared).]] | ||
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+ | | [[Image:3254_CameraTrapDeer.13.jpg|thumb|center|Camera trap captures a running deer!]] || [[Image:3254_SettingCameraTrapA.13sm.JPG|thumb|center|Two mammalogy students set-up a camera trap in the field.]] || [[Image:3254_StudentsInFieldC.13sm.JPG|thumb|center|Indefatigable students cross the Fenton River in search of a camera site.]] || [[Image:3254_CamTrapFisherNightCrop.13.jpg|thumb|center|Camera trap captures a fisher late at night! (infrared)]] | ||
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<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCC00;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''INSTRUCTOR'''</h2> | <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCC00;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''INSTRUCTOR'''</h2> | ||
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− | [[Image:BillOnBikeCrop3.jpg|thumb|left|]] | + | [[Image:BillOnBikeCrop3.jpg|thumb|left|Bill on his bike (although my grad students are not ''required'' to ride a motorcycle, it helps...]] |
[[Image:BillRyersonTApic1.jpg|thumb|right|Bill is so strong, he can lift heavy salamanders like this one!]]] | [[Image:BillRyersonTApic1.jpg|thumb|right|Bill is so strong, he can lift heavy salamanders like this one!]]] | ||
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'''Fax:''' 486-6364<br> | '''Fax:''' 486-6364<br> | ||
'''Email:''' william.ryerson@uconn.edu<br> | '''Email:''' william.ryerson@uconn.edu<br> | ||
− | '''Web:''' http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/William_Ryerson<br><br><br><br><br> | + | '''Web:''' http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/William_Ryerson<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> |
− | <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCC00;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''ASSISTANT TEACHING | + | <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCC00;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''ASSISTANT TEACHING ASSISTANT—LAURA CISNEROS'''</h2> |
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[[Image:LauraCisnerosWebpage.JPG|thumb|left|Laura in the field]] | [[Image:LauraCisnerosWebpage.JPG|thumb|left|Laura in the field]] | ||
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<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#00FF00;font-size:170%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''ANNOUNCEMENTS'''</h2> | <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#00FF00;font-size:170%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''ANNOUNCEMENTS'''</h2> | ||
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− | *<font color="#CC0000"><span style="font-size: larger">'''Link to PowerPoint file showing images about evolution of the jaw joint, masseter muscle, secondary palate—below''' | + | *<font color="#CC0000"><span style="font-size: larger">'''Figures showing the Eutherian Orders and their phylogenetic relationships—new download, below''' |
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<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCC00;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''COURSE DOWNLOADS'''</h2> | <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCC00;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''COURSE DOWNLOADS'''</h2> | ||
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+ | {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3254_Eutherian_Phylog_Orders.pdf}} '''Eutherian Phylogeny and Orders''' | ||
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3254_EvolMammalJawJointAndEar.ppt '''LINK—POWERPOINT PICTURES SHOWING EVOLUTION OF THE MAMMALIAN JAW JOINT AND MIDDLE EAR + A COUPLE OTHER THINGS'''] | [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3254_EvolMammalJawJointAndEar.ppt '''LINK—POWERPOINT PICTURES SHOWING EVOLUTION OF THE MAMMALIAN JAW JOINT AND MIDDLE EAR + A COUPLE OTHER THINGS'''] | ||
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/SchwenkAristotle02.pdf}} '''Literary essay by Kurt on the problem of hierarchical ("vertical") thinking in animal classification, but also in life generally.''' Totally optional. If you read it and have an opinion—positive or negative—I would appreciate hearing from you. | {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/SchwenkAristotle02.pdf}} '''Literary essay by Kurt on the problem of hierarchical ("vertical") thinking in animal classification, but also in life generally.''' Totally optional. If you read it and have an opinion—positive or negative—I would appreciate hearing from you. | ||
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− | [https://dropbox.uconn.edu/dropbox?n=CT%20Mammals.zip&p=Wa2nLAITNtPKqtXbW | + | [https://dropbox.uconn.edu/dropbox?n=CT%20Mammals.zip&p=Wa2nLAITNtPKqtXbW CT Mammal Guides] Make sure to bring yours into class on Thursday. |
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<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCC00;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''LINKS'''</h2> | <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCC00;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''LINKS'''</h2> | ||
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+ | '''CLASS FACEBOOK PAGE—CAMERA TRAP PHOTOS AND MORE''' | ||
− | + | [https://www.facebook.com/groups/439160636196535/ '''2013 Mammalogy Class Facebook Page'''] | |
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+ | '''''UCONN TODAY'' ARTICLE THAT MENTIONS MAMMALOGY''' | ||
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+ | [http://today.uconn.edu/blog/2013/11/classrooms-without-walls/ '''''UConn Today'' article about teaching outside the classroom'''] | ||
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+ | '''MAMMAL VOCALIZATIONS"' | ||
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+ | [http://www.bioacoustica.org/gallery/mammals_eng.html#Monotremata Old World mammal sounds!] | ||
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'''MONOTREMES''' | '''MONOTREMES''' | ||
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUfb9aBuUV0&NR=1 Baby giant anteater – cutest, weirdest animal on the planet] | [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUfb9aBuUV0&NR=1 Baby giant anteater – cutest, weirdest animal on the planet] | ||
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+ | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D-mUlp_NyA Two-toed sloths, courtship, near mating] | ||
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'''CINGULATA''' | '''CINGULATA''' | ||
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM Water buffalo vs. lion vs. croc] | [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM Water buffalo vs. lion vs. croc] | ||
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+ | [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBNYwxDZ_pA Jaguar vs. large caiman!] | ||
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<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCC00;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''MAMMALOGY CARTOONS'''</h2> | <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCC00;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''MAMMALOGY CARTOONS'''</h2> | ||
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Revision as of 17:46, 20 January 2015
MAMMALOGY
FALL 2013
CLICK ON PICTURE FOR A LARGER VERSION
Contents
INSTRUCTOR
Kurt Schwenk, Ph.D., Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Office: PharmBio 600 (6th floor, next to north, freight elevators)
Lab: PharmBio 410, 412
Voice: (860) 486-0351
Lab phone: (860) 486-4158
Fax: (860) 486-6364
Email: kurt.schwenk@uconn.edu
Dr. Schwenk's web page
HOW TO GET TO KURT'S OFFICE (FROM THE TORREY LIFE SCIENCES BLDG.)
1. Go to basement of Torrey
2. Go to east end of hallway (the end closest to Pathobiology bldg., where PNB labs are)
3. Enter Pharmacy-Biology Bldg. through double doors
4. Walk down ramp to elevator - take elevator to 6th floor
5. Exit elevator and turn sharp right - office door is right there (my name is on the wall)
HOW TO GET TO KURT'S OFFICE (FROM SOUTH SIDE OF CAMPUS)
1. Enter Pharmacy-Biology Bldg. through main entrance
2. Go to lobby elevator, take to 6th floor
3. Exit elevator, turn right
4. Walk until you come to closed double doors that have sign on them saying 'Alarm Will Sound' - IGNORE THIS and walk right through
5. Walk down hallway past labs and at end of hall pass through another set of double doors into freight elevator vestibule
6. Kurt's office is immediately to left of elevator
TEACHING ASSISTANT—BILL RYERSON
Bill Ryerson (doctoral student in Kurt's lab)
Office/Lab: BioPharm 410
Voice: 486-4158
Fax: 486-6364
Email: william.ryerson@uconn.edu
Web: http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/William_Ryerson
ASSISTANT TEACHING ASSISTANT—LAURA CISNEROS
Laura Cisneros (doctoral student in Mike Willig's lab and an actual mammalogist!)
Office/Lab: CESE 187 (Horsebarn Hill)
Voice: 486-1772
Email: laura.cisneros@uconn.edu
Web: http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Laura_Cisneros
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Figures showing the Eutherian Orders and their phylogenetic relationships—new download, below
- Link to PowerPoint file showing images about evolution of the jaw joint, masseter muscle, secondary palate—below
- DOWNLOAD/UPLOAD DIRECTIONS FOR CAMERA-TRAP PHOTOS AVAILABLE BELOW
- LECTURE EXAM 1 SAMPLE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD BELOW
- NOTE CLASS PICTURES AND 'HIERARCHICAL THINKING' ESSAY POSTED BELOW
- NOTE NEW DOWNLOADS AVAILABLE BELOW, INCLUDING LECTURE SCHEDULE. Lab schedule forthcoming.
- (8/28) OPTIONAL BOOKS YOU CAN ORDER ONLINE (These books are most useful for their chapter by chapter accounts of each of the major mammal groups. The sections on early mammals, morphology and evolution are poor, out-of-date and generally useless:
- Feldhamer et al. (2007) Mammalogy, 3rd edition, McGraw-Hill.
- Vaughan et al. (2011) Mammalogy, 5th ed. Jones and Bartlett.
COURSE DOWNLOADS
Eutherian Phylogeny and Orders
LINK—POWERPOINT PICTURES SHOWING EVOLUTION OF THE MAMMALIAN JAW JOINT AND MIDDLE EAR + A COUPLE OTHER THINGS
Directions for downloading/uploading camera-trap photos
LECTURE EXAM 1 SAMPLE QUESTIONS
LECTURE EXAM 1 ANSWERS TO SAMPLE QUESTIONS
Who we are—student pictures!
UConn Fall 2013 Academic Calendar
SYLLABUS WITH LECTURE SCHEDULE (keep watching this spot for lab schedule!)
Literary essay by Kurt on the problem of hierarchical ("vertical") thinking in animal classification, but also in life generally. Totally optional. If you read it and have an opinion—positive or negative—I would appreciate hearing from you.
CT Mammal Guides Make sure to bring yours into class on Thursday.
LINKS
CLASS FACEBOOK PAGE—CAMERA TRAP PHOTOS AND MORE
2013 Mammalogy Class Facebook Page
UCONN TODAY ARTICLE THAT MENTIONS MAMMALOGY
UConn Today article about teaching outside the classroom
MAMMAL VOCALIZATIONS"'
MONOTREMES
Platypus evolution
Platypus feeding, locomotion, venomous spurs, reproduction, etc.
PILOSA
Giant anteater, Myrmecophaga – my personal favorite mammal in the world. I was once attacked by one at the Bronx Zoo…
Giant anteater with baby on back
Baby giant anteater – cutest, weirdest animal on the planet
Two-toed sloths, courtship, near mating
CINGULATA
Armadillo foraging, using olfaction
TUBULIDENTATA
Aardvark foraging - note use of nose and olfaction to find prey
FEEDING
Giraffe feeding - tongue is used to strip leaves off of spiny Acacia trees in Africa
Lesser anteater (Tamandua) feeding on ants in trees
Pangolin feeding
Aardvark feeding - amazing tongue footage!
LOCOMOTION
Platypus locomotion - note laterally sprawled posture
Armadillo gathering grass
Armadillo locomotion
Lion skeleton animation showing mobile pectoral girdle and spinal flexion
Cheetah animated model showing extreme spinal flexion and increase in stride length
Baboon locomotion
Horse locomotion made from sequential still photos - note 4 feet off ground during gallop and relatively stiff spine
Kangaroo bipedal hopping - with each hop tendons stretch, then release elastic energy for rebound
PREDATION
Cheetah vs. gazelle
Harpy eagle vs. sloth
Golden eagle vs. mountain goat
Crowned eagle vs. water chevrotain
Golden Eagle vs. cougar
Jaguar vs. anaconda
Hunter vs. deer
Water buffalo vs. lion vs. croc
Jaguar vs. large caiman!
MAMMALOGY CARTOONS