LECTURE SCHEDULE - MAMMALOGY

Fall 2008– 12-12:50 p.m. M,W, F

Week

Topic

Reading Assign.

Aug. 25

Welcome, Introduction

Chapt. 1

Aug. 27

Introduction, History of Mammalogy

Chapt. 1 & 2

Aug. 29

History (cont.)

Chapt. 2

Sept. 1

Labor Day - No class

Sept. 3

Methods & Techniques for Studying Mammals

Chapt. 3

Sept. 5

Laboratory Techniques

Chapt. 3

Sept. 8

Evolution of Mammals

Chapt. 4

Sept. 10

The First Mammals

Chapt. 4

Sept. 12

Characteristics of Modern Mammals

Chapt. 4

Sept. 15

Exam 1

Chapts. 1-4

Sept. 17

Integument

Chapt. 5

Sept. 19

Integument

Chapt. 5

Sept. 22

Locomotion

Chapt. 5

Sept. 24

Locomotion

Chapt. 5

Sept. 26

Locomotion

Chapt. 5

Sept. 29

Foods and Feeding

Chapt. 6

Oct. 1

Foods and Feeding

Chapt. 6

Oct. 3

Foods and Feeding

Chapt. 6

Oct. 6

Reproduction

Chapt. 9

Oct. 8

Reproduction

Chapt. 9

Oct. 10

TBA

Oct. 13

Fall Break Day

Oct. 15

Work on Oral Presentations

Oct. 17

Field Trip (tentative)

Oct. 20

Exam II

Chapts. 5, 6 & 9

Oct. 22

Work on Oral Presentations

Oct. 25

Oral Presentations

Oct. 27

Monotremes and Marsupials

Chapt. 10

Oct. 29

Monotremes and Marsupials

Chapt. 10

Oct. 31

Monotremes and Marsupials

Chapt. 10

Nov. 3

Insectivora, Macroscelidea,

Chapt. 11

Nov. 5

Scandentia and Dermoptera

Chapt. 11

Nov. 8

Chiroptera

Chapt. 12

Nov. 10

Bat video

Nov. 12

Chiroptera

Chapt. 12

Nov. 14

Primates

Chapt. 13

Nov. 17

Primates

Chapt. 13

Nov. 19

Xenarthra, Pholidota, and Tubulidentata

Chapt. 14

Nov. 21

Carnivora

Chapt. 15

Nov. 24

Cetacea

Chapt. 16

Nov. 26-28

Thanksgiving Break

Dec. 1

Rodentia

Chapt. 17

Dec. 3

Rodentia

Chapt. 17

Dec. 5

Lagomorpha

Chapt. 17

Dec. 8

Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, and Sirenia

Chapt. 18

Dec. 10

Perissodactyla and Artiodactyla

Chapt. 19

Dec. 12

Aggression and Spatial Relations

Chapt. 20

Final Exam – Wed. Dec. 17 - 1:00 - 3:00 pm