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Subclass Theria
Infraclass Metatheria (meta = middle)
Order Marsupialia (the Marsupials or pouched
mammals)
Skull:
- long rostrum
- narrow & small brain case
- prominent sagittal crest
Teeth:
- large canines
- upper incisors = conical, small, unequal
- molars = tribosphenic
- dental formula = 5/4, 1/1, 3/3, 4/4 = 50 total!!!!
Specimen:
- 5 digits with sharp claws,
except 1st toe on hind foot = clawless, opposable
- cat-size
- gray, black/reddish color
- underfur & white-tipped guard hairs
- may have 3 dark streaks on head
- most of tail = naked, scaly
Infraclass Eutheria (true placental mammals)
Order Insectivora (the Insectivores; shrews & moles)
- Most primitive of the eutherians
Genus Sorex
Sorex cinereus (masked shrew)
Sorex longirostris (southeastern shrew)
Sorex fumeus (smoky shrew)
Sorex dispar (long-tailed shrew)
Sorex palustris (northern water shrew)
Sorex hoyi (pygmy shrew)
Genus Blarina
Blarina brevicauda (short-tailed shrew)
Genus Cryptotis
Cryptotis parva (least shrew)
Family Talpidae (moles)
- wide, large hands/long claws (fossorial)
- velvety fur
- small eyes
- teeth unpigmented
- zygomatic arch & tympanic bulla present
- no baculum
3 Orders
Monotremata
Marsupialia
Insectivora
Characteristics:
1.) resemblance to ancestral reptiles
2.) ancient phylogeny
3.) > 40 teeth
4.) molars = tribosphenic or dilambadont