Mammology

Mammalogy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
-Subphylum Vertebrata (Craniata)
-Class Mammalia

Endothermic vertebrates with hair, mammary glands, 3 middle ear bones and other unifying features (see p. 53) Enucleate red blood cells, muscular diaphragm
-Dentary squamosal jaw articulation

4 major themes in this book (and mamalogy)
1. Evolution
2. Scientific investigation
3. Mammalian diversity
4. Form and Function

The field of mammalogy can be approached from many directions
-ecosystem -as a resource
-cellular -we are mammals
-etc. -behavior

Chapter 2 History of Mammalogy
Starts, we assume with prehistoric humans and other hominids
-mammals were food
-mammals were predators
-eventually, mammals were domesticated
-mammals were even the subject of worships and religious rituals

Whereas mammalogy had its beginnings in prehistory, as a scientific field w...