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[[Image:MammClassZoo11_11.jpg|center|frame|Mammalogy class at the Bronx Zoo, 10 Nov. 2011]]
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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: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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<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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'''HOW TO GET TO KURT'S OFFICE (''FROM THE TORREY LIFE SCIENCES BLDG.'')'''<br><br>
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*<span style="font-size: larger">[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Mammalogy_Class_Pictures '''LINK TO MAMMALOGY CLASS PICTURES PAGE''']
 
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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>
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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: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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'''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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'''Voice:''' 486-1772<br>
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'''Fax:''' 486-6364<br>
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'''Email:'''  laura.cisneros@uconn.edu<br>
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'''Web:'''  http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Laura_Cisneros<br>
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:http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/willig/student_pages/Laura_homepage.html<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;">'''ASSISTANT TEACHING ASSISTANT'''</h2>
 
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[[Image:BillTApic1.jpg|thumb|left|]]
 
[[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>
 
'''Office/Lab:''' BioPharm 410<br>
 
'''Voice:''' 486-4158<br>
 
'''Fax:''' 486-6364<br>
 
'''Email:'''  william.ryerson@uconn.edu<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:#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"><span style="font-size: larger">(11/15) NEW! MAMMALOGY CLASS PICTURE PAGE!  Send your pics to Kurt for posting (link to page to see instructions)
 
:[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Mammalogy_Class_Pictures '''LINK TO PICTURE PAGE''']
 
 
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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/3254_Lecture2:3_Synapsids.pptx}} Powerpoint with images of synapsids.
'''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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'''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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LAB 5 {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3254_Lab5_Chirop_Prim07.pdf}}(DOWNLOAD PDF)<br>
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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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'''''UCONN TODAY'' ARTICLE THAT MENTIONS MAMMALOGY'''
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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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[http://today.uconn.edu/blog/2013/11/classrooms-without-walls/ ''UConn Today'' article about teaching outside the classroom'']
 
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'''MAMMAL VOCALIZATIONS"'
|  [[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: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:CaseyJame1.gif|center|thumb|Casey James1]]
 
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|  [[Image:CaseyJames2.gif|center|thumb|Casey James 2]]  ||  [[Image:CaseyJames3.gif|center|thumb|Casey James 3]]  ||  [[Image:SamanthaSpeirs2a.gif|center|thumb|Samantha Speirs 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;">'''LINKS'''</h2>
 
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'''MONOTREMES'''
 
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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'''
 
'''PILOSA'''
  
[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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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=g6s5IMLYPxE Giant anteater with baby on back]
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=g6s5IMLYPxE Giant anteater with baby on back]
 
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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'''
 
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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 - 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]
 
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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'''
  
[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]
 
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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=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=_4Yx1KXQMCM Golden Eagle vs. cougar]
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4Yx1KXQMCM Golden Eagle vs. cougar]
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJmP_MBuD7w Jaguar vs. anaconda]
 
 
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BZ_fMnikDA Hunter vs. deer]
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BZ_fMnikDA Hunter vs. deer]
 
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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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Latest revision as of 15:45, 14 September 2021

MAMMALOGY (EEB 3254/5254)

FALL 2021

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INSTRUCTOR


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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



















ANNOUNCEMENTS






COURSE DOWNLOADS


Pdficon small.gif Powerpoint with images of synapsids.





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


PILOSA

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


FEEDING


LOCOMOTION

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
Hunter vs. deer
Water buffalo vs. lion vs. croc
Jaguar vs. large caiman!

MAMMALOGY CARTOONS


WhaleOriginCartoon214.jpg
MammCartoonAntdrinker.jpg
MammCartoonWhackamole.jpg
MammCartoonCaveman.jpg
MammCartoonBearHaiku.jpg
MammCartoonMacaques.jpg
MammCartoonPunkupine.jpg
JessieRyanDeer.jpg
JessieRyanApes.jpg
KatyDurant2.jpg
ErikaNorton2.jpg
LemmingsCartoon.jpg
ErikaNorton1.jpg
SamanthaSpeirs1.jpg
AlexDeFran1.jpg
ErikaNorton3.jpg
SamKremidas3.jpg
KurtZebra.jpg
KurtDolphin.jpg
SamKremidas2.gif
SamKremidas1.jpg
CaseyJames3.gif
SamanthaSpeirs2a.gif
DinoMammalCartoon.gif