terrestrial mammal
collocation in Englishmeaningsofterrestrialandmammal
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terrestrial
adjective
uk/təˈres.tri.əl/us/təˈres.tri.əl/
formal
relating to ...
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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 ofterrestrialandmammalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Tapir tracks were second only to red brocket deer in terms ofterrestrialmammaltrack densities.
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The definitive host is usually aterrestrialmammalwhose contact with the aquatic environment is intermittent and transitory.
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The bulk of theterrestrialmammalbiomass is taken up by rodents, many introduced in historical times.
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These armadillos have around 80 to 100 teeth, which is more than any otherterrestrialmammal.
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The beach vole is the onlyterrestrialmammalon the island.
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Consequently, the only potential vertebrate seed predators or herbivores excluded were large terrestrial mammals.
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For these reasons, we think it important that we report this unusual retinal specialization, one that is unique to date in terrestrial mammals.
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Dolphins enjoy relatively lower travel costs than do the terrestrial mammals.
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We tested whether the fruit and seed types used were unpalatable to large terrestrial mammals to explain the surprising lack of feeding activity.
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The few track records of large terrestrial mammals on the experimental plots suggested virtually no activity within the fruit and seed patches.
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We entered near time with about 200 genera of large terrestrial mammals.
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Many isolated islands originally had no terrestrial mammals or reptiles.
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Several studies have noted contrasting patterns of postdispersal seed removal that may be attributed to differences in the foraging behaviour of terrestrial mammals.
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In terrestrial mammals, optic axons can be grouped into distinct classes according to the range of conduction velocity.
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We found that the two cetacean nerves share a number of specializations that distinguish them from the optic nerve of terrestrial mammals.
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It is likely that the largeterrestrialmammalbiomass of these regions supported substantial human populations with subsistence and manufacturing patterns similar to those of ethnographically known forager.
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Seeds remaining untouched by terrestrial mammals were considered as intact seeds.
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