living mammal

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living
adjective
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/ˈlɪv.ɪŋ/us
/ˈlɪv.ɪŋ/
alive ...
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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 oflivingandmammalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Nolivingmammaldisplays this combination of characteristics.
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Shrews are possibly the world's smallestlivingmammal(although some give this title to the bumblebee bat).
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Myiasis is the infestation of tissue (living or dead) on alivingmammalby fly larvae.
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The category includes the sounds of any living organism, from insect larvae to the largestlivingmammal on the planet, whales, and those generated by natural, non-biological sources.
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Many of the current theories are based on comparisons between lines of living mammals monotremes, marsupials and eutherians.
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Its structure suggests that the color of the hair in the animal's coat had similar varieties as in currently living mammals.
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The dentition patterns of the cusps and other molars are complex and distinct and closely resemble those of living mammals.
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In their natural form, they resemble humanoid reptiles and eat living mammals.
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Boos also brought twelve living mammals and around 250 birds.
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Mesotheriid skeletons are heavily built and show features associated with digging in living mammals.
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Blood flow index of the nutrient foramen of the femurs in living mammals increases in direct proportion to the animals maximum metabolic rates, as measured during maximum sustained locomotion.
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One of the major differences between placental and nonplacental eutherians is that placentals lack epipubic bones, which are present in all other fossil and living mammals (marsupials and monotremes).
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