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<span style="font-size: 300%">'''MAMMALOGY'''<br/>
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[[Image:MammClassBronzZoo11_10_11.jpg|center|frame|Mammalogy class at the Bronx Zoo, 10 Nov. 2011]]
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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''']
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*<font color="#FF3300"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">(11/9) '''BRONX ZOO TRIP INFO - THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE GOING TO THE ZOO, CHECK YOUR EMAIL NOW!  THERE ARE FORMS YOU MUST FILL OUT AND BRING WITH YOU IN THE MORNING (meet at 8:00 am sharp on N. Eagleville Rd. in front of Torrey Life Sciences)'''
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*<font color="#FF3300"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">(11/9) '''HERE IS A COPY OF THE FORM YOU NEED TO PRINT AND FILL OUT (there is also one attached to the email)'''
 
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/StudentFieldTripForms11.pdf}}(DOWNLOAD PDF)<br>
 
 
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*<font color="#0000CC"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">(11/6)  LECTURE EXAM 1:  Undergrad section average grade = 87.9, range = 73.5-96;  grad section avg. = 90.8, range = 87-95
 
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*<font color="#0000CC"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">(10/31) FANTASTIC INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY WORKING WITH HYENAS IN AFRICA WITH WORLD'S EXPERT - Download pdf description for information on applying:
 
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/HyenaResearchAfricaSummer2012.pdf}}(DOWNLOAD PDF)<br>
 
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*<span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">(11/1) UDALL SCHOLARSHIP INFO FLYER - ENVIRONMENTALLY-MINDED SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS ONLY
 
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/UdallScholarshipNotice.pdf}}(DOWNLOAD PDF)<br>
 
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*<span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">(11/1) 1 POINT EXTRA CREDIT (UP TO 3) FOR SUBMISSION AND ACCEPTANCE OF A  MAMMAL-BASED CARTOON (to see all submitted cartoons, scroll to bottom of page) - Note that general, evolution cartoons, good as they might be, do not qualify.  Cartoon must be specifically mammal-centric.
 
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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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LAB 6 {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3254_Lab6_Rodent_I_07.pdf}}(DOWNLOAD PDF)<br>
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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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LAB 8 {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3254_Lab8_Carnivora07.pdf}}(DOWNLOAD PDF)<br>
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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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'''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><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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|  [[Image:FlehmenTigerTardiff.jpg|thumb|Tiger (photo by Kelly Tardiff)]]  ||  [[Image:FlehmenCougarTardiff.jpg|thumb|Cougar (photo by Kelly Tardiff)]]  ||    [[Image:FlehmenCheetahTardiff.jpg|thumb|Leopard (photo by Kelly Tardiff)]]
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[http://www.bioacoustica.org/gallery/mammals_eng.html#Monotremata Old World mammal sounds!]
 
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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>
 
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'''1 point extra credit (up to 3 pts.) for every mammal-relevant cartoon submitted and posted!  Give  your submissions to Kurt (electronic or hard copy)'''<br><br>
 
<font color="#CC000">'''''CLICK ON THE THUMBNAIL TO SEE A LARGER VERSION'''''<font color="#000000">
 
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|  [[Image:WhaleOriginCartoon214.jpg|center|thumb|]]  ||  [[Image:MammCartoonAntdrinker.jpg|center|thumb|]]  ||  [[Image:MammCartoonWhackamole.jpg|center|thumb|]]  ||  [[Image:MammCartoonCaveman.jpg|thumb|]]  ||  [[Image:MammCartoonBearHaiku.jpg|center|thumb|]]
 
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|  [[Image:MammCartoonMacaques.jpg|center|thumb|]]  ||  [[Image:MammCartoonPunkupine.jpg|center|thumb|]]  ||  [[Image:JessieRyanDeer.jpg|center|thumb|Jessie Ryan 1]] ||  [[Image:JessieRyanApes.jpg|center|thumb|Jessie Ryan 2]]  ||  [[Image:JenniferPostemski3.jpg|center|thumb|Jennifer Postemski 1]]
 
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|  [[Image:JenniferPostemski1.jpg|center|thumb|Jennifer Postemski 2]]  || [[Image:JenniferPostemski2.jpg|center|thumb|Jennifer Postemski 3]]  || [[Image:KateBruzinskiOrig1.jpg|center|thumb|Kate Bruzinski Original 1]]  ||  [[Image:SamanthaSpeirs1.jpg|center|thumb|Kate McGovern and Samantha Speirs 1]]  ||  [[Image:AlexDeFran1.jpg|center|thumb|Alex DeFrancesco 1]]
 
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|  [[Image:AlexDeFran2.jpg|center|thumb|Alex DeFrancesco 2]]  ||  [[Image:AlexDeFran3.jpg|center|thumb|Alex DeFrancesco 3]]  ||  [[Image:KurtZebra.jpg|center|thumb]]  ||  [[Image:KurtDolphin.jpg|center|thumb]]  ||  [[Image:CaseyJames1.gif|center|thumb|Casey James 1]]
 
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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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[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=hijYSR2MFiY&feature=related Kangaroo bipedal hopping - with each hop tendons stretch, then release elastic energy for rebound]
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hijYSR2MFiY&feature=related Kangaroo bipedal hopping - with each hop tendons stretch, then release elastic energy for rebound]
 
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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
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BabyHedgehogCrop.jpg
First class field trip, September 2017




INSTRUCTOR


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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


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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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