VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY
BIOLOGY 319
SPRING SEMESTER 2024


Instructor: Neal D. Mundahl

Office: 250 Pasteur Hall

Telephone: (507) 457-5695

e-mail: nmundahl@winona.edu

Office hours: MWF 8:00 - 9:00, 11:00 - 12:00, TTh 10:00 - 12:00, or by appointment

Text: Vertebrate Biology by Donald Linzey

Evaluation: Three combined lecture/lab exams (mixed format)

Exams = 60 % of course grade

Vertebrates in the News summaries= 20% of course grade

Five rare vertebrate summaries = 20% of course grade

Grading scale: 90-100% = A, 80-89%+ = B, 70-79%+ = C, 60-69%+ = D, <60% = F



Tentative lecture outline

 Lecture Topic

 Assigned Readings

 Vertebrate Origins

 Chapter 1

 Systematics & Evolution

 Chapter 2

 Zoogeography

 Chapter 3

 Fishes

 Chapters 4 & 5, parts of 10-16

 14 February *** Lecture Exam 1

15 February*** Lab Exam 1


 Amphibians

 Chapter 6, parts of 10-16

 Reptiles

 Chapters 7 & 8, parts of 10-16

27 March*** Lecture Exam 2

28 March*** Lab Exam 2




 Birds
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

 Chapter 8 (pp. 226-261), parts of 10-16

 Mammals
Part 1
Part 2

 Chapter 9, parts of 10-16

 30 April, 8:00 AM *** Lecture Exam 3

25 April*** Lab Exam 3