mammalogy ch.6-modes of feeding
baleen
keratinized plates coming off of the oral epithelium of the upper jaw
pterygoideus
main muscle in jaw adduction
notoryctemorphia
marsupial moles
masseter
muscle that chews food
temporalis muscle
muscle that grabs hold of food
pholidota
pangolins
odontoceti
parvorder for toothed whales and dolphins
mysticeti
parvorer for baleen whales
omasum
portion of four chambered stomach functions to absorb water and inportant particles produced by bloodstream
rumen
portion of four chambered stomach used as site for microbial fermentaion of ingested feed
abomasum
portion of four chambered stomach used to secrete enzymes for chemical digestion
digastric stomach
a multichambered stomach
gnawing mammals
chewing style seen in lagomorphs and rodentia
coprophagy
consumption of feces
lophodont
dentition found in grazing types, ridged teeth
selenodont
dentition seen in bovidae and antelopes-moon teeth
bunodont
dentiton seen in omnivores, cusps of lower elevation
hypsodont
dentiton use by gnawers, high crowned teeth
cecum
digestive organ that aids in fermentation process
carnivora
dogs, cats, etc
monotremata
echidnas and platypus
macroscelidea
elephant shrews
obligate carnivore
exclusively receives its nutrients from other animals
frugivores
feed on fruits
foliovores
feed on leaves
nectarivores
feed on nectar
mucivores
feed on plant fluid
granivores
feed on seeds
xylophages
feed on wood
graminivores
feeding on grasses
hindgut fermentation
fermentation type associated with monogastric stomach
palynivores
food on pollen
diastema
gap in teeth
afrosoricidae
golden moles and tenrecs
tubulidentata
aardvark
echolocation
ability to project sound waves and locate objects from the reflection of these sounds waves
foraging
act of searching for and exploiting food resources
sanguinivorous
aniamals that use blood as primary food source
myrmecophagus
animal that feed on colonial insects
carnivores
animal that feeds on other animals
omnivores
animals that feed on both plants and animals
piscivore
animals that feed on fish
herbivores
animals that feed on plants and plant products
aerial insectivores
animals that fly and eat insects mid air
facultative carnivore
animals that receive nutritional needs mainly from meat
pilosa
anteaters
cingulata
armidillos
chiroptera
bats
foraging theory
branch of behaviroal ecology that studies the foraging behavior of animals in response to environement where animals live
eulipotyphla
hedgehog,shrews, moles, selenodons, gymnures
optimal foraging theory
idea of ecology based on the study of foraging behavior and states that organisms forage in such a way as to maximize their net energy intake per unit time
pinnipedia and cetacea
superorder and artiodactyl infraorder that make up marine predators
eimer organs
tactile sensory organs found on the snout
ruminant stomach
term for four chambered stomach found in artiodactyl, macropods, and tylopods
insectivores
term for mamals that primarily eat insects, small arthropods and worms
monogastric stomach
term for simple stomach found in perissodactyl, lagomorph, and rodents
pseudoruminant stomah
term for three chambered stomach
true stomach
the second portion of the ruminent stomach
scandentia
tree shrews
rumen and reticulum
what are the two portions of the fermentation division
foregut and hindgut fermentation
what are the two strategies of fermentation
fermentation division
what is the first division of the ruminent stomach
microchiroptera
what order do all aerial carnivores com eform
microchiroptera
what order is mostly aerial insectivores
reticulum
what portio of the four chambered stomach that plays role in particle seperation
rumen
what portion of the psudoruminent stomach that i missing when compared to ruminent
foregut fermentation
what strategy is associated with digastric stomachs
