Human uses of mammals include both practical uses, such as for food, sport, and transport, and symbolic uses, such as in art and mythology. Mammals have...
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Human uses of animals include both practical uses, such as the production of food and clothing, and symbolic uses, such as in art, literature, mythology...
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A mammal (from Latin mamma 'breast') is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia (/məˈmeɪli.ə/). Mammals are characterized by the presence of milk-producing...
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Human uses of bats include economic uses such as bushmeat or in traditional medicine. Bats are also used symbolically in religion, mythology, superstition...
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Whiskers (redirect from Whisker (mammals))
thick hairs found inside human nostrils. The last common ancestor of all extant mammals had vibrissae. All other extant mammal species besides great apes...
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Hearing range (redirect from Range of human hearing)
how marine mammals hear compared with land mammals. The differences in auditory systems have led to extensive research on aquatic mammals, specifically...
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In spite of the rarity of venom among extant mammals, venom may be an ancestral feature among mammals, as venomous spurs akin to those of the modern...
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there were many synapsid species that looked like mammals. The lineage leading to today's mammals split up in the Jurassic; synapsids from this period...
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absorbing it, as most mammals do. The reason is likely related to differences in the ovulation process. Most female placental mammals have a uterine lining...
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XY sex-determination system (redirect from Chromosome 23 (human))
sex-determination system is a sex-determination system used to classify many mammals, including humans, some insects (Drosophila), some snakes, some fish...
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Animal sexual behaviour (redirect from Mating behavior of mammals)
reproductively motivated, it is often termed mating or copulation; for most non-human mammals, mating and copulation occur at oestrus (the most fertile period in...
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Marine mammals are mammals that rely on marine (saltwater) ecosystems for their existence. They include animals such as cetaceans (whales, dolphins and...
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Human uses of living things, including animals plants, fungi, and microbes, take many forms, both practical, such as the production of food and clothing...
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U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program (NMMP) is a program administered by the U.S. Navy which studies the military use of marine mammals - principally bottlenose...
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Cenozoic (redirect from Age of mammals)
southern hemisphere. The extinction of many groups allowed mammals and birds to greatly diversify so that large mammals and birds dominated life on Earth...
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872 species Recently extinct mammals are defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as any mammals that have become extinct since...
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but few other mammals share the almost naked skin of humans. The darker the human's skin, the less it can manufacture Vitamin D3. Human biology also encompasses...
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militaries have trained and employed oceanic dolphins for various uses. Military marine mammals have been trained to rescue lost naval swimmers, guard navy...
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Semen (redirect from Medical uses for human semen)
glands) and other sexual organs of male or hermaphroditic animals and can fertilize the female ovum. In placental mammals, semen also contains secretions...
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Monkeypox virus (category Human viruses)
(MPV, MPXV, or hMPXV) is a species of double-stranded DNA virus that causes mpox disease in humans and other mammals. It is a zoonotic virus belonging...
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Penis (redirect from Human use of animal penises)
prepuces. The penis bears distal part of the urethra in placental mammals. The perineum of testicond mammals (mammals without a scrotum) separates the anus...
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the mother in mammals for the transfer of oxygen and nutrients to the fetus and fetal waste products to the mother. Many species of mammals consume their...
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Baculum (redirect from Evolution of the mammalian baculum)
priapi, is a bone in the penis of many placental mammals. It is absent from the human penis, but present in the penises of some primates, such as the gorilla...
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Vagina (redirect from Human Vagina)
In mammals and other animals, the vagina (pl.: vaginas or vaginae) is the elastic, muscular reproductive organ of the female genital tract. In humans, it...
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Pangolin (redirect from List of placental mammals in Order Pholidota)
Pangolins, sometimes known as scaly anteaters, are mammals of the order Pholidota (/fɒlɪˈdoʊtə/). The one extant family, the Manidae, has three genera:...
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Mammalian reproduction (redirect from Reproductive biology of mammals)
spontaneously. Mammal reproductive system Evolution of descended testes in mammals Sexual reproduction § Mammals Sex organ § Mammals Human reproduction...
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Primate (redirect from Non-human primate)
mammals, as well as an increased reliance on visual acuity at the expense of the sense of smell, which is the dominant sensory system in most mammals...
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Reproductive system (redirect from Human Reproductive System)
begin. Most mammal reproductive systems are similar, however, there are some notable differences between the non-human mammals and humans. For instance...
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Hair (redirect from Human hair)
follicles found in the dermis. Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals. The human body, apart from areas of glabrous skin, is covered in follicles...
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list of the mammal species recorded in Myanmar. Wildlife of Myanmar List of birds of Myanmar "Animal Diversity Web". University of Michigan Museum of Zoology...
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