Mar 28, 2024  
2019-2020 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

BIOL 423 - Mammalogy


(3 units)

Prerequisites: At least one of BIOL 312 , BIOL 324 , or BIOL 350 , with a grade of “C” or better.
Explores the biology and diversity of the world’s living mammals. Lecture emphasizes radiation of orders; their morphology, physiology, evolutionary history, ecology and behavior. Laboratory emphasizes external and skeletal morphology of these same taxa, identification of California species, and a focus on techniques in mammalogy.

Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 2 hrs., laboratory 3 hrs.)