CLASSIFICATION AND EVOLUTION Part 1
The Five Kingdoms What characteristics are shared by all living things? Eukaryotes Prokaryotes
Three Domains An alternative classification system
ANIMALS What are their shared characteristics?
MAMMALS What are their shared characteristics? MONOTREMES (platypus, echidnas) MARSUPIALS ( opossums, kangaroos) PLACENTAL MAMMALS Edentata (anteaters, aramadillos) Pholidata (pangolins) Lagomorpha (rabbits) Rodentia (mice,gophers) Macroscelidea (elephant shrews) Primates (monkeys, humans) Scandentia (tree shrews) Chiroptera (bats) Dermoptera (colugos) Insectivora (shrews, moles) Carnivora (dogs, cats) Artiodactyla (deer hippos) Cetacea (whales, dolphins) Tubulidentata (aardvark) Perissodactyla (horses, rhinos) Hyracoidea (manatees, sea cows) Proboscidea (elephants)
MAMMALS - Rodentia What are their shared characteristics? Rodent teeth
MAMMALS - Carnivora What are their shared characteristics?
MAMMALS - Artiodactyls What are their shared characteristics?
MAMMALS - Cetacea What are their shared characteristics?
MAMMALS - Primates What are their shared characteristics? Bonobo Black Lemur Rhesus Monkey Gorilla Orangutan
CLASSIFICATION AND EVOLUTION Part 2
Primate Classification PRIMATES Prosimians Tarsiers Anthropoids New-world Monkeys Old-world Monkeys Hominoids Pongids (apes) Hominids (humans) Note: Primate classification is undergoing rapid change. This is a simplified version of one of several taxonomies.
PRIMATES – Prosimians What are their shared characteristics? Loris Ring-tailed lemurs Slow Loris Pottos Loris
PRIMATES –New-world Monkeys What are their shared characteristics? Howler Monkey Spider Monkey Pigmy marmoset Squirrel Monkey
PRIMATES – Old-world Monkeys What are their shared characteristics? Baboon Macaque Vervet Monkey Mandrill
PRIMATES - Hominoids What are their shared characteristics? Gorilla Chimpanzee Orangutans
PRIMATES - Hominoids PONGIDS (Great Apes) HOMINIDS (Humans) What are their shared characteristics? What are their shared characteristics? Bonobo Gorilla Chimpanzee Orangutan
PRIMATES - Hominoids PONGIDS (Great Apes) HOMINIDS (Humans) What are their shared characteristics? What are their shared characteristics? Chimpanzee
PRIMATES - Hominoids PONGIDS (Great Apes) HOMINIDS (Humans) What are their shared characteristics? What are their shared characteristics?
PRIMATES - Hominoids PONGIDS (Great Apes) HOMINIDS (Humans) What are their shared characteristics? What are their shared characteristics? Gorilla
PRIMATES - Hominoids PONGIDS (Great Apes) HOMINIDS (Humans) What are their shared characteristics? What are their shared characteristics? Chimpanzee
PRIMATES - Hominoids PONGIDS (Great Apes) HOMINIDS (Humans) What are their shared characteristics? What are their shared characteristics? Chimpanzee
PRIMATES - Hominoids PONGIDS (Great Apes) HOMINIDS (Humans) What are their shared characteristics? What are their shared characteristics? Chimpanzee
PRIMATES - Hominoids PONGIDS (Great Apes) HOMINIDS (Humans) What are their shared characteristics? What are their shared characteristics? Chimpanzee
PRIMATES - Hominoids PONGIDS (Great Apes) HOMINIDS (Humans) What are their shared characteristics? What are their shared characteristics? Chimpanzee
PRIMATES - Hominoids PONGIDS (Great Apes) HOMINIDS (Humans) What are their shared characteristics? What are their shared characteristics? Chimpanzee