Taxonomy & Diversity

• What critters are we discussing this semester?

Taxonomy & Diversity• Large (terrestrial) mammals of North America

– Game vs. non-game• Big game: hunted v. trapped

• Large Ungulates (hoofed animals)– Cervids

– Antilocaprids

– Bovids

– Tayassuids

– Suids

• Large Furbearers– Canids

– Felids

– Ursids

Taxonomy & Diversity

• Taxonomy– Kingdom: Animalia– Phylum: Chordata: includes vertebrates– Class: Mammalia– Order: Artiodactyla: even-toed

ungulates Carnivora: flesh-eaters

Diprotodontia: kangaroos & alliesPerissodactyla: odd-toed ungulates

Proboscidea: elephantsClassification often changing

Taxonomy & Diversity

• Order: Artiodactyla– usually ruminants– many spp. have horns or antlers– dominant terrestrial herbivores today– >200 spp.

Taxonomy & Diversity• Order: Artiodactyla

– Family: Cervidae: deer familyAntilocapridae: pronghorn (antelope)

Bovidae: true antelope, cattle, goats, & sheep

Tayassuidae: peccaries (pig-like)

Suidae: true pigs

Hippopotamidae: hipposCamelidae: camels & llamas Moschidae: musk deer Giraffidae: giraffes & okapi

Taxonomy & Diversity

• Order: Carnivora– dogs, cats, bears, & seals– some omnivores– prominent canines– all with anal scent glands

– carnivore v. Carnivora

Taxonomy & Diversity• Order: Carnivora

– Family: Ursidae: bearsCanidae: dogs

Felidae: cats

Hyaenidae: hyenas & aardwolf

Taxonomy & Diversity

• Cervidae– Odocoileus hemionus: mule deer, black-tailed deer

Chelsey Faller

Taxonomy & Diversity

• Cervidae– Odocoileus virginianus: white-tailed deer

Cailey Thomas

Taxonomy & Diversity

• Cervidae– Alces alces: moose, elk

Lauren Watine

Taxonomy & Diversity

• Cervidae– Cervis elaphus: American elk, wapiti, red deer

Hunter Slade

Taxonomy & Diversity

• Cervidae– Rangifer tarandus: caribou, reindeer

Craig Stokes

Taxonomy & Diversity

• Antilocapridae– Antilocapra americana: pronghorn (antelope)

Justin VanGorder

Taxonomy & Diversity

• Bovidae– Oreamnos americanus: N. Am. mountain goat

Danielle Behr

Taxonomy & Diversity

• Bovidae– Ovis canidensis: Rocky Mtn bighorn sheep,

desert bighorn sheep

Kristen Mayers

Taxonomy & Diversity

• Bovidae– Ovis dalli: Dall’s sheep, Stone’s sheep

Chelsey Faller

Taxonomy & Diversity

• Bovidae– Bison bison: American bison– Ovibos moschatus: muskoxen

Tiffany Oliver

Taxonomy & Diversity

• Tayassuidae– Tayassu tajacu: collared peccary, javelina – Tayassu pecari: white-lipped peccary

Celena Letcher

Taxonomy & Diversity

• Suidae– Sus scrofa: European boar, Eurasian wild

boar, feral hogs• Old world

Don Coyner, FWC

Taxonomy & Diversity

• Canidae– Canis lupus: gray wolf, timber wolf, Mexican wolf

• C.l. familiaris: domestic dog

– Canis rufus: red wolf

Lauren Watine

Taxonomy & Diversity

• Felidae– Panthera onca: jaguar, tiger

• Only New World “panther”

Matthew Barker

Taxonomy & Diversity

• Felidae– Felis concolor: mtn lion, puma, cougar,

Florida panther

Danielle Deming

Taxonomy & Diversity

• Ursidae– Ursus americanus: Am. black bear

Cailey Thomas

Taxonomy & Diversity

• Ursidae– Ursus maritimus: polar bear– Ursus arctos: brown bear, grizzly bear,

Kodiak bear

Christina Pilla

Taxonomy & Diversity

• Hybridization– most documented in captivity only

– black bear x polar bear– polar bear x brown bear

Taxonomy & Diversity

• Hybridization– most documented in captivity only

– wolf x domestic dog– wolf x coyote

– mtn lion x ocelot

Taxonomy & Diversity

• Hybridization– Most documented in captivity only

– bison x domestic cattle– bison x European bison

– bighorn sheep x domestic sheep– bighorn sheep x mouflon sheep

Taxonomy & Diversity

• Hybridization– Most documented in captivity only

– red deer/elk x sika deer– red deer/elk x sambar deer– red deer/elk x Pere David’s deer– mule deer x white-tailed deer