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<span style="font-size: 300%">'''MAMMALOGY'''<br/>
 
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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>
 
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'''Email:''' kurt.schwenk@uconn.edu<br>
 
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'''Dr. Schwenk's''' [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Kurt_Schwenk '''web page''']<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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'''Bill Ryerson''' (doctoral student in Kurt's lab)<br>
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Ecology & Evolutionary Biology<br>
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'''FACEBOOK PAGE THAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST—CAMERA TRAP PHOTOS AND MORE.  ASK TO JOIN GROUP'''
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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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Latest 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


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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


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


WhaleOriginCartoon214.jpg
MammCartoonAntdrinker.jpg
MammCartoonWhackamole.jpg
MammCartoonCaveman.jpg
MammCartoonBearHaiku.jpg
MammCartoonMacaques.jpg
MammCartoonPunkupine.jpg
JessieRyanDeer.jpg
JessieRyanApes.jpg
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KurtZebra.jpg
KurtDolphin.jpg
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SamKremidas1.jpg
CaseyJames3.gif
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