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Animal Diversity IV
Course objectives:
This course will enable the students to -
- Classify the animals of phylum Chordata according to their taxonomic characters.
- Analyze the adaptive radiation, structures and economic importance of animals belonging to Chordata.
- Appraise the concept of neoteny and its biological importance in diverse animals.
Course Outcomes (COs):
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ZOL-311 |
Animal diversity IV |
The students will: CO 46: Classify the animals of phylum Chordata according to their taxonomic characters. CO 47: Examine the animals from class Pisces to mammals including their adaptive radiation, structures and economic importance. CO 48: Analyze the concept of neoteny and its biological importance in diverse animals. |
The approach in teaching: Interactive 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 Surprise test Open book test |
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
- Chordata
- Three main chordate character- Pharyngeal gill slits, dorsal nerve chord and notochord
- Protochordates:-
- (i)Sub Phylum Hemichordata- Balanoglossus (Digestive system and development), Tornaria larva
- (ii) Sub Phylum Urochordata- Ascidian(Digestive system and Nervous and Sensory System)-Retrogressive metamorphosis
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
- (iii) Sub Phylum Cephalochordata –Amphioxus (Digestive system, Excretory system)
- (iv)Sub Phylum: Vertebrata
- Agnatha:-
- Ostracoderms( a brief description)
- Salient features:
- Petromyzon (Ammocoete larva)
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
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
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
- 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.
- 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.
