Short Course- Hooved Animals

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Short Course Hooved Animals

Self Paced 20-hour course to help you understand more about ungulates.

This course gives you a broad and solid foundation, to understand what a hooved animal is, it’s natural distribution, distinguishing physical characteristics, digestion, behaviour, breeding and more.

It is a course that some will use for professional development and others to enhance their opportunities for work they are hoping to move into. It may help fill in gaps in your knowledge; or refresh fading experience.

We have designed tis course to provide a broad foundation for understanding ungulate (hooved) mammals; and in doing so, underpin and support your capacity to grow that knowledge through experience and further study, whether formal or informal.

Our 20 hour courses are self paced and will help you understand a topic in a short amount of time. You can work through the course when you like- test yourself with mini-tests along the way. There are extra case studies or research you can undertake if you would really like to get into the topic. Once you have completed the lessons and self assessment tasks, there is a final exam undertaken online- you can then download your personalised certificate.

Course Content

This course has five lessons. Each lesson has a corresponding online self-assessment test.

Lesson 1 Introduction – Over view of Ungulates

Introduction
Digestion
Behaviour
The Ungulate Brain and Behaviour
Grandorder: Ungulata

Lesson 2 ARTIODACTYLS: Even-Toe d Ungulates

Introduction
A Note on Taxonomy
Habitat and Locomotion
Physical Characteristics
Digestion
Physiology
Psychology and Behaviour
Significance to Man
Subgroups
Suborder: Suiformes
1) Tayassuidae
2) Suidae
3) Hippopotamidae
Suborder: Tylopoda
Suborder: Ruminantia
1) Tragulidae
2) Giraffidae
3) Cervidae
4) Moschidae
5) Antilocapridae
6) Bovidae
What are Cattle?
Cattle Biology
Cattle Behaviour
What are Goats?
Biological Terminology
Goat Psychology and Social Structure
Sheep

Lesson 3 PERISSODACTYLS

Introduction
Habitat and Distribution
Physical Characteristics and Physiology
Digestion
Reproduction
Behaviour
Significance to Man
Subgroups
Ceratomorpha
Hippomorpha
Hippomorpha
Equidae
Social Behaviour
Harem Breeding Groups
Territorial Breeding Groups
Domesticated Horses
Asses
Zebras
Ceratomorpha
Tapiridae
Rhinocerotidae
Physical Characteristics
Reproductive Behaviour
Diet and Feeding
Shoeing the horse

Lesson 4 Aquatic Ungulates

Introduction
Order Cetacea
Evolution
Habitat and Distribution
Physical Characteristics and Physiology
Digestion
Reproduction
Behaviour
Echolocation
Significance to Man
order: Cetacea
1) Suborder Mysticeti (Baleen Whales)
2) Suborder Odontoceti (Toothed Cetaceans)
Suborder: Mysticeti (Baleen Whales)
Family: Balaenidae
Physical Characteristics
Diet and Feeding
Reproductive Behaviour
Habitat
Family: Balaenopteridae
a) Subfamily Megaptera
Physical Characteristics
Diet and Feeding
Reproductive Behaviours
Habitat
b) Subfamily Balaenopterinae
Physical Characteristics
Diet and Feeding
Reproductive Behaviour
Habitat
Family: Neobalaenidae
Family: Eschrichtiidae
Physical Characteristics
Reproduction and Behaviour
Diet and Feeding
Habitat
Suborder: Odontoceti (Toothed Cetaceans)
Family: Delphinidae
Physical Characteristics
DOLPHINS
1) Genus Cephalorhynchus
Physical Characteristics
Reproduction and Behaviour
Diet and Feeding
Habitat
2) Genus Delphinus
Physical Characteristics
Reproduction and Behaviour
Diet and Feeding
Habitat
3) Genus Grampus
Physical Characteristics
Reproduction and Behaviour
Habitat
4) Genus Lissodelphis
Physical Characteristics
Reproduction and Behaviour
Diet and Feeding
Habitat
5) Genus Sousa
Physical Characteristics
Reproduction and Behaviour
Diet and Feeding
Habitat
6) Genus Tursiops
Physical Characteristics
Reproduction and Behaviour
Diet and Feeding
Habitat
Whales
1) Genus Feresa
2) Genus Orcinus
3) Genus Globicephala
4) Genus Peponcephala
5) Genus Pseudorca
Family: Physeteridae
Family/Subfamily: Kogiidae
Family: Ziphiidae
Family: Platanistidae
Family: Iniidae
Family: Lipotidae
Family: Pontoporiidae
Family: Monodontidae
Family: Phocoenidae
Order: Sirenia
1) Dugongidae
Physical Characteristics
Reproduction and Behaviour
Diet and Feeding
Habitat
2) Trichechidae

Lesson 5 Other Ungulates

Order: Proboscidea
Habitat and Distribution
Physical Characteristics and Physiology
Digestion
Reproduction
Behaviour
Significance to Man
Order: Tubulidentata
Habitat and Distribution
Physical Characteristics and Physiology
Digestion
Reproduction
Behaviour
Significance to Man
Order: Hyracoidea
Habitat and Distribution
Physical Characteristics and Physiology
Digestion
Reproduction
Behaviour
Significance to Man
Physical Characteristics
Behaviour and Reproduction

How does this course work?

You can enrol at any time.
Once you have paid for the course, you will be able to start straight away.
Study when and where you like. Work through at your own pace.

You can download your study-guide to your smart phone, tablet or laptop to read offline.

There are automated self-assessment tests you can complete at the end of each lesson. You can attempt these as many times as you wish and each time, upon completion, you can see your results. You will need internet access to complete the self assessment tests.

At the end of the course, you are presented with a large assessment which can be attempted online, anywhere, anytime. If you achieve a 60% pass in the exam; you immediately receive a downloadable certificate of completion with your name on it. If you do not achieve a 60% pass rate, you can contact us to re-sit your exam ( email- [email protected] )

Contact us at anytime if you have any issues with the course - [email protected]

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