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BIOL 4211

Mammalogy

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Winter 2026

Topics

  • Mammal-study methods
  • early mammalian evolution
  • North American fauna and conservation
  • endothermy
  • body size and shape
  • feeding and trophic relationships
  • behavior and sociality
  • population dynamics and life history.

Readings

  • Required: Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America (2022, Norton); Feldhamer, Drickamer, Vessey, Merritt and Krajewski, Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity and Ecology, 5th edition (2020, Johns Hopkins); Top Hat. Lab reference provided: A. Kurta, Mammals of the Great Lakes Region (2017, University of Michigan Press).
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