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<span style="font-size: 300%">'''MAMMALOGY'''<br/>
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[[Image:3254.1stMammalogyFieldTrip9.14.17sm.JPG|frame|center|First class field trip, September 2017]]
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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:KurtBronxZoo77.jpg |thumb|left|Kurt in 1977 as Bronx Zoo mammal keeper, with juvenile guanaco (and hair!)]]
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[[Image:SchwenkLabLogoLgIcon.jpg|thumb|left]]
[[Image:SchwenkPortrait7_08sm.jpg|frame|right|Kurt now...]]
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[[Image:KurtEngulfedByRacers.jpg|thumb|right]]
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[[Image:KurtBronxZoo77.jpg|thumb|left|Kurt in 1977 as Bronx Zoo mammal keeper, with juvenile guanaco (and hair!)]]
 
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'''Kurt Schwenk''', Ph.D., Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology<br>
 
'''Kurt Schwenk''', Ph.D., Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology<br>
'''Office:''' BioPharmacy 600 (6th floor, next to north, freight elevators)<br>
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'''Office:''' Torrey Life Sciences, 360<br>
'''Lab:''' BioPharmacy 410, 412<br>
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'''Lab:''' Torrey Life Sciences, 365<br>
 
'''Voice:''' (860) 486-0351<br>
 
'''Voice:''' (860) 486-0351<br>
'''Lab phone''': 860-486-4158<br>
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'''Lab phone''': (860) 486-4158<br>
 
'''Fax:''' (860) 486-6364<br>
 
'''Fax:''' (860) 486-6364<br>
 
'''Email:''' kurt.schwenk@uconn.edu<br>
 
'''Email:''' kurt.schwenk@uconn.edu<br>
'''Dr. Schwenk's''' [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Kurt_Schwenk '''web page''']<br><br><br><br><br>
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'''Dr. Schwenk's''' [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Kurt_Schwenk '''web page''']<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
 
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'''HOW TO GET TO KURT'S OFFICE (''FROM THE TORREY LIFE SCIENCES BLDG.'')'''<br><br>
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1. Go to basement of Torrey<br>
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2. Go to east end of hallway (the end closest to Pathobiology bldg., where PNB labs are)<br>
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3. Enter Pharmacy-Biology Bldg. through double doors<br>
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4. Walk down ramp to elevator - take elevator to 6th floor<br>
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5. Exit elevator and turn sharp right - office door is right there (my name is on the wall)<br><br>
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'''HOW TO GET TO KURT'S OFFICE (''FROM SOUTH SIDE OF CAMPUS'')'''<br><br>
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1. Enter Pharmacy-Biology Bldg. through main entrance<br>
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2. Go to lobby elevator, take to 6th floor<br>
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3. Exit elevator, turn right<br>
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4. Walk until you come to closed double doors that have sign on them saying 'Alarm Will Sound' - IGNORE THIS and walk right through<br>
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5. Walk down hallway past labs and at end of hall pass through another set of double doors into freight elevator vestibule<br>
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6. Kurt's office is immediately to left of elevator<br><br>
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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;">'''TEACHING ASSISTANT'''</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;">'''TEACHING ASSISTANT'''</h2>
 
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[[Image:LauraCisnerosTA1.jpg|thumb|left|Mammalogy TA Laura Cisneros is a doctoral student working with Prof. Mike Willig]]
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[[Image:JackAtFenton4.14.17.JPG|thumb|right]]
[[Image:LauraCisnerosTA2.jpg|thumb|right|Laura is an expert on bats! (click on the image to make it larger)]]
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'''Laura Cisneros''' (doctoral student)<br>
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'''Jack Phillips'''<br>
'''Office/Lab:''' CESE 187 Bldg 4 Annex (Horsebarn Hill) - Laura can arrange to meet with students in Torrey Life Sciences<br>
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Graduate Student<br>
'''Voice:''' 486-1772<br>
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Ecology & Evolutionary Biology<br>
'''Fax:''' 486-6364<br>
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'''Office:''' Torrey Life Sciences, 365<br>
'''Email:''' laura.cisneros@uconn.edu<br>
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'''Lab:''' Torrey Life Sciences, 365<br>
'''Web:''' http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Laura_Cisneros<br>
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'''Voice:''' (860) 486-4158<br>
:http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/willig/student_pages/Laura_homepage.html<br>
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'''Email:''' jackson.phillips@uconn.edu<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
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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>
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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;">'''ASSISTANT TEACHING ASSISTANT'''</h2>
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[[Image:BillTApic1.jpg|thumb|left|]]
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[[Image:BillRyersonTApic1.jpg|thumb|right|Bill is a snake expert. He is so strong, he can lift heavy salamanders like this one!]]]
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'''Bill Ryerson''' (doctoral student in Kurt's lab)<br>
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'''Office/Lab:''' BioPharm 410<br>
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'''Voice:''' 486-4158<br>
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'''Fax:''' 486-6364<br>
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'''Email:'''  william.ryerson@uconn.edu<br>
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'''Web:'''  http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/William_Ryerson<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
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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>
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*<font color="#3399CC"><span style="font-size: larger">[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Mammalogy_Class_Pictures '''LINK TO 2011 PICTURE PAGE''']
*<font color="#CC000"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">SYLLABUS DOWNLOAD NOW AVAILABLE BELOW! (8/31)
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*<span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">OLD LAB HANDOUTS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD BELOW! (9/23)
 
 
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*<span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">EXAM 1 SAMPLE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD! (10/2)
 
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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/EutherianDiversity1.pdf}} '''Eutherian Diversity 1'''<br>
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/EutherianDiversity1.pptx] '''Download Eutherian Diversity 1 PowerPoint file'''<br>
 
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3254.EutherianOrderPhylogeny.pdf}} '''Phylogeny of Eutherian Orders in COLOR!'''<br>
'''1.'''  (8/31)  '''COURSE SYLLABUS''' {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3254_5254_Syllabus11.pdf}}(DOWNLOAD PDF)<br><br>
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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>
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'''FACEBOOK PAGE THAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST—CAMERA TRAP PHOTOS AND MORE.  ASK TO JOIN GROUP'''
  
'''2.'''  (9/23)  '''LAB HANDOUTS'''—<font color="#CC000">  '''''WARNING!!'' - THESE ARE OUT-DATED AND UNEDITED AND WILL BE UPDATED BEFORE THE LAB - USE FOR PREP ONLY'''<font color="#000000"><br><br>
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[https://www.facebook.com/groups/439160636196535/ '''UConn Vertebrate Biology Facebook Page''']
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LAB 4 {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3254_Lab4_Afrosoricida_etc07.pdf}}(DOWNLOAD PDF)<br>
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'''''UCONN TODAY'' ARTICLE THAT MENTIONS MAMMALOGY'''
  
LAB 5 {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3254_Lab5_Chirop_Prim07.pdf}}(DOWNLOAD PDF)<br>
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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"'
  
LAB 6 {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3254_Lab6_Rodent_I_07.pdf}}(DOWNLOAD PDF)<br>
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[http://www.bioacoustica.org/gallery/mammals_eng.html#Monotremata Old World mammal sounds!]
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LAB 7 {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3254_Lab7_Rodent_II_07.pdf}}(DOWNLOAD PDF)<br>
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'''MONOTREMES'''
  
LAB 8 {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3254_Lab8_Carnivora07.pdf}}(DOWNLOAD PDF)<br>
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[http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/news/animals-news/platypus-dna-video-missions-wcvin.html Platypus evolution]
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[http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/nat-geo-wild/wild-all-videos/ngc-the-peculiar-platypus.html Platypus feeding, locomotion, venomous spurs, reproduction, etc.]
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'''PILOSA'''
  
LAB 9-10 {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3254_Lab9-10_Artio_Perisso_etc07.pdf}}(DOWNLOAD PDF)<br><br>
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[http://science.discovery.com/videos/mutant-planet-giant-anteater.html Giant anteater, ''Myrmecophaga'' – my personal favorite mammal in the world. I was once attacked by one at the Bronx Zoo…]
 
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'''3.''' (10/2)  '''LECTURE EXAM 1 SAMPLE QUESTIONS:''' <font color="#CC000"> '''NOTE: THESE ARE NOT INTENDED TO COVER ALL OF THE MATERIAL - THEY JUST GIVE YOU A FLAVOR FOR THE TYPES OF QUESTIONS YOU WILL BE ASKED.'''<font color="#000000">  Some of them may appear on the actual exam either unchanged or in modified form (but certainly not all of them).<br><br>
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'''QUESTIONS ONLY:'''<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3254_5254_Exam1_Sample_Questions.pdf}}(DOWNLOAD PDF)<br>
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'''ANSWERS:'''<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3254_5254_Exam1_Sample_Answers.pdf}}(DOWNLOAD PDF)<br><br>
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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;">'''FLEHMAN BEHAVIOR IN BIG CATS'''</h2>
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=g6s5IMLYPxE Giant anteater with baby on back]
[[Image:FlehmenTigerTardiff.jpg|thumb|Tiger (photo by Kelly Tardiff)]]  ||  [[Image:FlehmenCougarTardiff.jpg|thumb|Cougar (photo by Kelly Tardiff)]]  ||    [[Image:FlehmenCheetahTardiff.jpg|thumb|Cheetah (photo by Kelly Tardiff)]]
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[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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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhBNvaVuNZk Armadillo foraging, using olfaction]
 
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'''TUBULIDENTATA'''
  
<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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[http://www.arkive.org/aardvark/orycteropus-afer/video-08a.html Aardvark foraging - note use of nose and olfaction to find prey]
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'''FEEDING'''
 
'''FEEDING'''
  
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVs5QqgsyPk Giraffe feeding video]
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVs5QqgsyPk Giraffe feeding - tongue is used to strip leaves off of spiny Acacia trees in Africa]
 
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[http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/mammals-animals/other-mammals/anteater.html Lesser anteater (''Tamandua'') feeding on ants in trees]
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[http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/mammals-animals/other-mammals/pangolin.html Pangolin feeding]
 
[http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/mammals-animals/other-mammals/pangolin.html Pangolin feeding]
 
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[http://www.arkive.org/aardvark/orycteropus-afer/video-03a.html Aardvark feeding - amazing tongue footage!]
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'''LOCOMOTION'''
 
'''LOCOMOTION'''
  
 
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[http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/mammals-animals/other-mammals/platypus_duckbill.html Platypus locomotion - note laterally sprawled posture]
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl82AtZDOTE Armadillo gathering grass]
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl82AtZDOTE Armadillo gathering grass]
 
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLGMiYj-TEo Armadillo locomotion]
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLGMiYj-TEo Armadillo locomotion]
 
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhBNvaVuNZk Armadillo shnuffling]
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrZd4UNF41E&NR=1 Lion skeleton animation showing mobile pectoral girdle and spinal flexion]
 
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvtA17Ctpe8 Cheetah animated model]
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvtA17Ctpe8 Cheetah animated model showing extreme spinal flexion and increase in stride length]
 
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y3cHgELKsU Baboon locomotion]
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y3cHgELKsU Baboon locomotion]
 
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrO2Qc1KyZc Horse locomotion]
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrO2Qc1KyZc Horse locomotion made from sequential still photos - note 4 feet off ground during gallop and relatively stiff spine]
 
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqODLeC3DZg Kangaroo locomotion]
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'''PREDATION'''
'''Place your bets'''
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7urFtOnsliI Cheetah vs. gazelle]
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7urFtOnsliI Cheetah vs. gazelle]
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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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Revision as of 18:44, 17 October 2017

MAMMALOGY

FALL 2017

Elephants.jpg
OpossumWithBabies.jpg
Tiger.jpg
FruitbatsSm.jpg
Bighorn.jpg
ZaglossusCrop.jpg
BabyHedgehogCrop.jpg
First class field trip, September 2017




INSTRUCTOR


SchwenkLabLogoLgIcon.jpg
KurtEngulfedByRacers.jpg
Kurt in 1977 as Bronx Zoo mammal keeper, with juvenile guanaco (and hair!)


Kurt Schwenk, Ph.D., Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Office: Torrey Life Sciences, 360
Lab: Torrey Life Sciences, 365
Voice: (860) 486-0351
Lab phone: (860) 486-4158
Fax: (860) 486-6364
Email: kurt.schwenk@uconn.edu
Dr. Schwenk's web page




















TEACHING ASSISTANT


JackAtFenton4.14.17.JPG


Jack Phillips
Graduate Student
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Office: Torrey Life Sciences, 365
Lab: Torrey Life Sciences, 365
Voice: (860) 486-4158
Email: jackson.phillips@uconn.edu












ANNOUNCEMENTS







COURSE DOWNLOADS


Pdficon small.gif Eutherian Diversity 1
[1] Download Eutherian Diversity 1 PowerPoint file

Pdficon small.gif Phylogeny of Eutherian Orders in COLOR!






LINKS



FACEBOOK PAGE THAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST—CAMERA TRAP PHOTOS AND MORE. ASK TO JOIN GROUP

UConn Vertebrate Biology Facebook Page

UCONN TODAY ARTICLE THAT MENTIONS MAMMALOGY

UConn Today article about teaching outside the classroom

MAMMAL VOCALIZATIONS"'

Old World mammal sounds!

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


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