Table of Contents
Birds and Mammals Bio 11 Avery
Birds
I. What is a Bird
B. General Characteristics
6. No bladder- uric acid (as in other reptiles) for N wastes
II. Evolutionary origins
II. Evolutionary origins
C. Dinosaurs
D. Carnivorous Theropods give rise to first birds
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III. Feathers
IV. Flight
H× Flight
IV. Flight
C. Additional adaptations for flight
V. Avian Respiration
VI. Migrations
VII. Conservation
Mammals
I. What is a mammal
B. General characteristics
2. Skin with glands
3. Skeletal uniqueness
4. Heterodont (reptiles are homodont), deciduous teeth
5. Moveable eyelids
10. Internal fertilization
II. Evolutionary origins
B. Therapsids give rise to cynodonts
C. Cenozoic radiation - began in Tertiary
III. Mammalian Diversification (additional handout)
B. Placental mammals
2. Chiroptera
3. Primates
4. Xenarthra (Edentata)
5. Lagomorpha
6. Rodentia
7. Cetacea
8. Carnivora
9. Pinnipedia
10. Proboscidea
11. Perissodactyla
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12. Artiodactyla
IV. Conservation
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Author: William E. Avery
Email: averyw@csus.edu
Home Page: http://www.csus.edu/indiv/a/averyw/bio11/lectures11.htm
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