large mammal

collocation in English

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large
adjective
uk
/lɑːdʒ/us
/lɑːrdʒ/
big in size ...
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mammal
noun[C]
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/ˈmæm.əl/us
/ˈmæm.əl/
any animal of which the female feeds her young on milk from her own body. Most mammals give birth to live young, ...
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(Definition oflargeandmammalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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All traps were therefore located 50 m from the edges of thelargemammaltreatment.
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Severallargemammalspecies, including the saola, were discovered in the same forests in the 1990s.
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While some of theselargemammalspecies are confirmed extinct, there have been many smaller animal and plant species whose status is harder to determine.
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Though fairly approachable while feeding, the pelicans may temporarily abandon their nests if a human or otherlargemammalclosely approaches the colony.
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Larvae from these eggs, stimulated by the warmth and proximity of alargemammalhost, drop onto its skin and burrow underneath.
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Mule deer are the most commonlargemammal, and the most common recreational activity is fishing, particularly for largemouth bass and bluegill.
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In the 1940s and 1950s, public excitement was generated by the preparation of previously recoveredlargemammalbones.
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They mainly eat lichens in winter, especially reindeer mossthe onlylargemammalable to metabolize lichen owing to specialized bacteria and protozoa in their gut.
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Diamond identifies a mere 14 domesticatedlargemammalspecies worldwide.
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The focus of these parks is to remove international borders within protected areas that would impede the migration oflargemammalherds.
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Wolves and mountain lions are the forest's toplargemammalpredators and have no predators of their own except humans.
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It is the smallest rhinoceros, although it is still alargemammal.
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This outcome not only benefitslargemammalmigration, but yields an improved gene pool.
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Long term data sets on the distribution oflargemammalspecies in most of the study reserves are also being gathered and are revealing some interesting patterns.
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We note that many elephantdispersed species are also known to be dispersed by other large mammals, including humans.
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Independent faeces samples were defined as those more than 2 m apart for small mammals or 100 m for large mammals.
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The presence of large mammals had no significant effect on mouse space use when the effects of large mammals on density were factored out.
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