Mammalogy Laboratory Assignments and Worksheets

You are expected to print out the worksheets for each week's lab prior to coming to class. The files are in PDF format. You will need to download a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader if it is not already present on the computer you intend to print from. We are making the worksheets available in this manner to save you the cost of purchasing them at the bookstore.

Worksheets

• Lab 1 - General characteristics of mammals
• Lab 2 - Keys and keying
• Lab 3 - The intergument, horns and antlers
• Lab 4 - Limbs and locomotion
• Lab 5 - Reproduction
• Lab 6 - National Museum of Natural History assignment -due by Apr. 8-10
• Lab 7 - Observing behavior
• Lab 7 - Squirrel foraging project - report due by May 6-8
• Lab 8 - Spatial distribution, abundance and diversity
  Dot grid (Word document)
  Homerange data (Word document)
  Mammalian homerange sizes (pdf document)
• Lab 9 - Local mammals This part gets handed in!
• Traps handout This is for you to use as a reference in asnwering questions on the Lab 9 handout. IT DOESN'T GET HANDED IN!
• Collection methods handout This is for you to use as a reference in asnwering questions on the Lab 9 handout. IT DOESN"T GET HANDED IN!

Helpful Handouts

• Guidelines for writing a laboratory report
• Common lab report mistakes