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[[Image:3254.1stMammalogyFieldTrip9.14.17sm.JPG|frame|center|First class field trip, September 2017]]
 
 
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'''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><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
 
'''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>
 
 
<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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'''Jack Phillips'''<br>
 
Graduate Student<br>
 
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology<br>
 
'''Office:''' Torrey Life Sciences, 365<br>
 
'''Lab:''' Torrey Life Sciences, 365<br>
 
'''Voice:''' (860) 486-4158<br>
 
'''Email:''' jackson.phillips@uconn.edu<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><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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<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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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3254_Lecture2:3_Synapsids.pptx}} Powerpoint with images of synapsids.
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/EutherianDiversity1.pptx] '''Download Eutherian Diversity 1 PowerPoint file'''<br>
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'''FACEBOOK PAGE THAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST—CAMERA TRAP PHOTOS AND MORE.  ASK TO JOIN GROUP'''
 
'''FACEBOOK PAGE THAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST—CAMERA TRAP PHOTOS AND MORE.  ASK TO JOIN GROUP'''
  
[https://www.facebook.com/groups/439160636196535/ '''UConn Vertebrate Biology Facebook Page''']
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[https://www.facebook.com/groups/439160636196535/ ''UConn Vertebrate Biology Facebook Page'']
 
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'''''UCONN TODAY'' ARTICLE THAT MENTIONS MAMMALOGY'''
 
'''''UCONN TODAY'' ARTICLE THAT MENTIONS MAMMALOGY'''
  
[http://today.uconn.edu/blog/2013/11/classrooms-without-walls/ '''''UConn Today'' article about teaching outside the classroom''']
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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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'''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://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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'''TUBULIDENTATA'''
 
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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'''
 
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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]
 
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[http://www.arkive.org/aardvark/orycteropus-afer/video-03a.html Aardvark feeding - amazing tongue footage!]
 
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'''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]
 
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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=_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]

Latest revision as of 15:45, 14 September 2021

MAMMALOGY (EEB 3254/5254)

FALL 2021

Elephants.jpg
OpossumWithBabies.jpg
Tiger.jpg
FruitbatsSm.jpg
Bighorn.jpg
ZaglossusCrop.jpg
BabyHedgehogCrop.jpg



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



















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


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MammCartoonAntdrinker.jpg
MammCartoonWhackamole.jpg
MammCartoonCaveman.jpg
MammCartoonBearHaiku.jpg
MammCartoonMacaques.jpg
MammCartoonPunkupine.jpg
JessieRyanDeer.jpg
JessieRyanApes.jpg
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