Animal Diversity IV

Paper Code: 
ZOL- 311
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Objectives

The course objective is to provide students with a basic understanding of:

 

  1. General features used to classify chordates
  2. Taxonomic positions of different animal groups and classification upto order level with special features in members of each class.

 

Learning outcomes-

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

  1. Classify the animals according to their taxonomic characters and will be able to differentiate among each other based on their specific characteristics.
11.00
Unit I: 
General characters and Classification of the Vertebrates upto order for each Class. 2.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: 
1. General characters and Classification of the Vertebrates upto order for each Class. 2.Salient feature of the Type Study i.e. Habit, Habitat and External Morphology

(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: 
1. General characters and Classification of the Vertebrates upto order for each Class. 2.Salient feature of the Type Study i.e. Habit, Habitat and External Morphology

Gnathostomata

 

Class Pisces

Scoliodon: General Characteristics

  • Difference between Osteichthyes&Chondrichthyes
  • Dipnoi
  • Adaptive radiation in Fishes
 

Economic importance of Fishes

10.00
Unit IV: 
1. General characters and Classification of the Vertebrates upto order for each Class. 2.Salient feature of the Type Study i.e. Habit, Habitat and External Morphology

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: 
1. General characters and Classification of the Vertebrates upto order for each Class. 2.Salient feature of the Type Study i.e. Habit, Habitat and External Morphology

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&Kedarnath.

 

References: 

Suggested readings:

  • 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&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: 
2019-2020
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