PSYO 2160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Arctic Hare, Lutra, Sea Otter

• School: Dalhousie University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYO 2160
• Professor: Simon Gadbois

Document Summary

Pine martins are tree weasels, they are found in most of canada. They have a long bushy tail that they use for balance, the actual body is not terribly long. One of the main orders is carnivora, but this does not mean they only eat meat. A lot of times, carnivora predators are omnivores. Carnivora is split into dog-like, and cat-like carnivores. Within the order, this is the largest family. Mustelids (family): 56 species; 15 species in north america genera in north america (most have closely related homologues in europe) Lutra and enhydra: otters, river otter (lutra canadensis) and sea otter (enhydra lutris) Mustela (4 species): weasels (3 species), black-footed ferret. Neovison (2 species): american (river) mink (neovison vison) and sea mink (neovison macrodon). The sea mink got wiped out of nova scotia. Taxidea taxus: american badger (there is an european species) The eurpoean badger is much more social than the american. Mephitis, conepatus, spilogale (3 genera, 4 species): skunks.