Class
|
Topic
|
Reading
|
| Jan. 29 |
Introduction & survey of living orders |
Ch. 2 |
| Jan. 31 |
Video: "Life on earth: The rise of mammals"
Mammalian origins |
Ch. 4 |
| Feb. 5 |
Biogeography
|
Ch. 5
|
| Feb. 7 |
Mammalian structure
and movement |
Ch. 6 |
| Feb. 12 |
Mammalian structure
and movement (continued) |
Ch. 6 |
| Feb. 14 |
Dentition and feeding
|
Ch. 4
Ch. 7 |
| Feb. 19 |
Nervous system and
the senses |
Ch. 8 |
| Feb. 21 |
Reproduction
|
Ch. 10 |
| Feb. 26 |
Mammalian
systematics |
Ch. 3
Part 2 pp. 213-217 |
| Feb. 28 |
First exam |
|
| Mar. 4 |
Monotremata
and the Marsupials
Marsupial-Placental
Dichotomy |
Ch. 11 |
| Mar. 6 |
Afrotheria: Afrosoricida, Macroscelidea, Tubulidentata
|
Ch. 12
Ch. 15 |
| Mar. 11 |
Afrotheria: Hyracoidea, Proboscidea, Sirenia |
Ch. 19 |
| Mar. 13 |
Xenarthra: Cingulata, Pilosa
Erinaceomorpha, Soricomorpha |
Ch. 15
Ch. 12 |
| Mar. 17-21 |
Spring break |
|
| Mar. 25 |
Video: Chiroptera |
Ch. 13 |
| Mar. 27 |
Chiroptera
|
Ch. 13 |
| Apr. 1 |
Pholidota, Carnivora |
Ch. 15
Ch. 16 |
| Apr. 3 |
Artiodactyla, Perissodactyla |
Ch. 20 |
| Apr. 8 |
Cetacea |
Ch. 17 |
| Apr. 10 |
Second exam |
|
| Apr. 15 |
Rodentia, Lagomorpha |
Ch. 18 |
| Apr. 17 |
Dermoptera, Scandentia, Primates
|
Ch. 12
Ch. 14 |
| Apr. 22 |
Temperature
regulation
| Ch. 9
|
| Apr. 24 |
Water regulation
|
Ch. 9 |
| Apr. 29 |
Parasites and zoonoses
|
Ch. 27
|
| May 1 |
In-class
writing assignment
The evolution of gliding in mammals
|
|
| May 6 |
Solitary behavior and biological rhythms
|
Ch. 7 |
| May 8 |
Social behavior
|
Ch. 21, 22
|
| May 13 |
Catch-up/Chef's surprise |
|
| May 20 (Tues.) |
Final exam (1:30 - 3:30 pm) |
|
