ANIMAL DIVERSITY III

Paper Code: 
ZOL-301
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

This course will enable the students to

1. The course objective is to provide students with a basic understanding of general features used to classify chordates

2. To learn taxonomic positions of different animal groups and classification up to order level with special features in members of each class.

Course Outcomes (COs): 

 

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

ZOL301

Animal Diversity III

The students will be able to –

CO27: Classify the animals according to their taxonomic characters and will be able to differentiate among each other based on their specific characteristics.

CO28: Evaluate the classification, anatomy and development of vertebrate.

CO29: Analyse how anatomical differences affect function in living organisms

Approach in teaching:

Interactive class lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Team teaching

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical

Class test

Semester end examinations

Quiz

Assignments

Presentation

Individual and group projects

 

 

 

11.00
Unit I: 
UNIT I
General characters and Classification of the Vertebrates upto order for each Class.
Salient feature of the Type Study i.e. Habit, Habitat and External Morphology
Chordata
Three main chordate character- Pharyngeal gill slits, dorsal nerve chord and notochord.
Protochordates:-
(I) Sub Phylum Hemichordate- Balanoglossus (Digestive system and development), Tornaria larva
 
 
9.00
Unit II: 
UNIT II
(ii) Sub Phylum Urochordata- Ascidian(Digestive system and Nervous and Sensory System)-Retrogressive metamorphosis
(iii) Sub Phylum Cephalochordata –Amphioxus (Digestive system, Excretory system)
(iv)Sub Phylum: Vertebrata
Agnatha:- 
Ostracoderms( a brief description)
Salient features: 
Petromyzon (Ammocoete larva)
 
 
7.00
Unit III: 
UNIT III
Gnathostomata
Class Pisces
Scoliodon: General Characteristics
Difference between Osteichthyes&Chondrichthyes
Dipnoi
Adaptive radiation in Fishes
Economic importance of Fishes
10.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT IV
Class Amphibia
Classification upto orders
Neoteny
Adaptive radiation in Amphibia
Class Reptilia
Difference between snake and lizard, crocodile and alligator,Gharial, turtle and tortoise
Venomous and non-Venomous snakes
Poison apparatus
 
8.00
Unit V: 
UNIT V
Class Aves
Feather and its Development
Flight adaptation 
Perching mechanism
Class Mammals
Dentition in mammals
Hair and its development
 
Essential Readings: 
Young, J.Z.: The Life of Vertebrates. III Edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford.  
Jordon, E.L., Verma P.S. Chordate Zoology, S Chand and Co.
Text book of Chordate Zoology vol. II ;Sandhu, G.S. and Sandhu, G.S;    Campus Books.
Modern text book of Zoology-Vertebrates; Kotpal, Rastogi Publication. 
Vertebrate Zoology; Rastogi, V.B.; Ramnath and Kedarnath.

 

References: 
Colbert’s evolution of the vertebrates; Colbert, E.H; John Wiley & Sons
Pough H. Vertebrate life, VIII Edition, Pearson International
Barrington,E.J.W.: The Biology Hemichordata and Protochordata Oliver & Boyd,London,1965
Romer, S. The vertebrate body. W.B. Saunders, London.
Student Text Book of Zoology. Vol.I.II and III. Sedgwick.A. 

 

Academic Year: 
2020-2021
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