MAMMALOGY - ZOOLOGY 461
SUMMER SEMESTER 1999
Instructor: Joe Whittaker
LSII 372 - A Office Hours: M,W 9 - 11 and by appointment
Phone: 453-4124
Email: jwhittak@pc.edu
T. A.: Anita Morzillo
LSII 372 - G Office Hours: to be announced
Phone: 453-4124
Email: anitam@siu.edu
Required Text: Feldhamer, G. A., L. C. Drickamer, S. H. Vessey, and J. F. Merritt. 1999.
Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, and Ecology. WCB/McGraw-Hill,
Dubuque, IA, 563 pp.
GRADING
Grades will be based on the following:
1. Two laboratory quizzes (50 points each)
2. Laboratory midterm exam (100 points)
3. Laboratory final exam (200 points)
4. Lecture midterm exam
5. Lecture final exam
6. Class assignments (key, trapping, etc.)
Your grade will be based on your percentage* of the total points as follows:
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Percentage |
Grade |
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> 90 |
A |
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80-89 |
B |
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70-79 |
C |
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60-69 |
D |
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< 59 |
F |
* Your percentage = Your total points / Total number of points possible
MAMMALOGY - ZOOLOGY 461
SUMMER SEMESTER 1999
SYLLABUS
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DATE |
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LECTURE |
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LAB |
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CHAPTER |
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June 15 |
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Literature; Classification |
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Keys & Keying; Bones of the Skull; Mammalian Evolution; Monotremes; Video: Darwin’s Revolution in Thought |
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1,2,3,4,10 |
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17 |
Mammalian Evolution |
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Marsupials; Traps and trapping |
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3,4,10 |
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22 |
Dentition |
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Insectivores; Dermopterans; Scandentia |
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4,11 |
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24 |
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Pelage |
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Chiroptera and Echolocation |
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5,12 |
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29 |
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Locomotion |
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LAB QUIZ; Proboscideans |
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5,18 |
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July 1 |
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Feeding |
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Rodentia |
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6,17 |
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6 |
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Reproduction |
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Cetaceans and Lab Review |
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9,16 |
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8 |
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LECTURE MIDTERM EXAM |
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LAB MIDTERM EXAM |
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13 |
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Zoogeography of Mammals |
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Sirenia; Hyracoidea: Primates |
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26,18,13 |
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15 |
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Size and Metabolism |
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Carnivores/Pinnipeds |
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8,15 |
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20 |
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Hibernation and Torpor |
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LAB QUIZ; Perissodactyla; Artiodactyla |
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8,19 |
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22 |
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Home Range Analyses |
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Lagomorpha |
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20,14,17 |
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27 |
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Domesticated Mammals |
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Study Skin Preparation |
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28 |
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29 |
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Parasites and Diseases |
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"Life on Earth" videotape; Lab Review |
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27 |
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August 3 |
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Lecture Catchup & Review |
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LAB FINAL EXAM |
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6 |
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LECTURE FINAL 12:00- 1:50 PM |
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