WILD 3580 1st Edition Lecture 40 Outline of Last Lecture I Anatomy of teeth II Tooth Adaptations III Head Ornamentation IV Locomotion Outline of Current Lecture I Terrestrial Locomotion II Fossorial III Arboreal Locomotion IV Aquatic Locomotion V Aerial Locomotion Current Lecture I II Terrestrial Locomotion Types o Cursorial running locomotion Having adaptations for running o Ambulatory walking locomotion Unspecialized o Graviportal adaptations for supporting heavy body weight Ex Elephants Digits are spread apart o Saltatorial jumping or hopping Fossorial Having adaptations for burrowing o Enlarged forelimbs These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute III IV V o Reduced eyes and ears o Enlarged pectoral musculature Arboreal Locomotion Adaptations for movement through trees o Elongated appendages o Long tail prehensile o Generalized limbs joints provide a very wide range of movement o Increase in size and function of the eyes depth perception Specializations o Brachiation swinging underneath branches o Scansorial climbing on the surface of trees using claws Aquatic Locomotion Amphibious like otters beavers muskrats ect o Waterproof insulated fur flattened tail webbing between the toes Aquatic seals sea lions walrus ect o Appendages modified into flippers o Insulate fur thick layer of fat Marine cetaceans o Fusiform body shape loss of hind limbs tail modified into a horizontal fluke no fur blubber Aerial Locomotion Volant to fly o True Flight only in Chiroptera bats Forelimbs are wings o Gliding several rodents Patagiums on the sides
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