land mammal

collocation in English

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land
noun
uk
/lænd/us
/lænd/
the surface of the earth that is not covered ...
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mammal
noun[C]
uk
/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 oflandandmammalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It has one and a half times the amount of blood that alandmammalof comparable size possesses.
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Deer are our largest wildlandmammaland there are no natural predators.
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I thought that there was perhaps a problem of gestation and that we were trying to outdo the elephant, which is thelandmammalwith the longest gestation period.
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The auditory system of alandmammaltypically works via the transfer of sound waves through the ear canals.
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Through this selective breeding, the dog has developed into hundreds of varied breeds, and shows more behavioral and morphological variation than any otherlandmammal.
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They have the largest eyes of anylandmammal, and are lateral-eyed, meaning that their eyes are positioned on the sides of their heads.
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After the elephant and rhinoceros, the hippopotamus is the third-largest type oflandmammaland the heaviest extant artiodactyl.
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Horses have the largest eyes of anylandmammal, and are lateral-eyed, meaning their eyes are positioned on the sides of their heads.
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Antarctica is the only continent that does not have alandmammalpopulation.
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However, the gastric conditions in cetaceans are different to those of land mammals.
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Fiber density is approximately two-fold lower than in land mammals.
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Whales are mammals with a highly developed nervous system, comparable in many ways to that of land mammals, including man.
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No land mammals inhabit the island, although it is inhabited by numerous seabirds.
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Colonies are usually situated on islands, cliffs or headlands which land mammals have difficulty accessing.
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These groups are relatively well conserved across land mammals, and somewhat less well conserved between land and marine mammals (though commonalities are certainly present).
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Whales evolved from land mammals and appear to form a monophyletic group.
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The pectoral flippers (at the sides of the body) are for steering; they contain bones homologous to the forelimbs of land mammals.
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The only indigenous land mammals are a few arctic foxes.
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River otters eat a variety of fish and shellfish, as well as small land mammals and birds.
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