Week 9 - Oct. 26 cancelled - Hurricane Sandy
Week 10 - Nov. 1 Holiday
Week 11 - Nov. 8 Mammals
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Week 10 - Nov. 1 Holiday
Week 11 - Nov. 8 Mammals
Hint – highlight a phrase, right click, and choose 'search for' to find photos and more information about these animals.
38 native mammal species
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11
extinct
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1
critically endangered – Puerto Rican hutia
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1
endangered – solenodon
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2
vulnerable – manatee & Hispaniolan hutia
Why are so many extinct or endangered?
Deforestation
Pollution
Hunting
Invasive species
Taxonomic nomenclature
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Chiroptera Primate
Family Noctilionidae Homonidae
Genus Noctilio Homo
Species
Noctilio leporinus Homo sapiens
Haiti - Native Mammal Orders
Sirenia – manatees
Rodentia – rodents
Soricomorpha – solenodons
Cetacea – whales
Carnivora – carnivores – extinct
Chiroptera – bats
Sirenia - Manatees
Trichechus manatus
Status – Vulnerable
Risk of extinction
Aquatic
Herbivorous
Rodentia - rodents
Plagiodontia aedium
Vulnerable
Risk of extinction
Isolobodon portoricensis
Puerto Rican Hutia
EXTINCT!
I must have found old information when I presented this to the class.
Soricomorpha – solenodons
Solenodon
paradoxus
Endangered
Facing an extremely high risk of extinction
Insectivores
Poisonous saliva
Cetacea – whales & dolphins
Whales – 1
Dolphins – 4
Eat fish
Carnivora – carnivores
Monachus
tropicalis
Extinct – 1952 last
seen near Jamaica
Chiroptera - bats
15 species
Status – 6 near threatened, 7 least concern
Feeding habits
Insectivores - insects
Nectavores - nectar
Frugivores - fruit
Piscivorous - fish
Patterns in the tropics
Latitudinal diversity gradient is greatest for bats and rodents.
Closer to equator, more species of these.
Why?
These animals are small.
Large surface area to volume ratio.
Therefore loose heat easily.
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