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mammalian

[muh-mey-lee-uhn, -meyl-yuhn] / məˈmeɪ li ən, -ˈmeɪl jən /


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During breeding season—roughly late April through most of August—they nest in underground burrows on offshore islands where mammalian predators such as mink, rats and foxes can’t get at them or their young.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

But those strategies may need to be reconsidered if mammalian metabolism, rather than microbes, is responsible for much of what circulates in the body.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026

"If mammalian ancestors were egg-laying or viviparous has been considered an inscrutable mystery," said Gaetano.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026

Live birth has generally been viewed as a relatively recent evolutionary development within the mammalian lineage.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026

In addition, I mentioned factors disqualifying big mammalian candidates for domestication, but I did not tabulate how many candidates are disqualified by each factor on each continent.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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