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mammal

[mam-uhl] / ˈmæm əl /
NOUN
animal
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The marine mammal, which had become trapped in netting, was filmed swimming in the River Orwell in Ipswich as crowds gathered to catch a glimpse.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

We can honor the legacy of our national mammal by supporting the ranchers and markets bringing it back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The researchers were also able to place the new species within the mammal family tree using MorphoBank, a comprehensive research platform for studying mammalian evolutionary relationships.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

What’s clear, according to scientists, is that it was a massive mammal that inhabited what is now Oceanside around 40 million years ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

However, regular dog eating has been a last resort of meat-deprived human societies: the Aztecs had no other domestic mammal, and the Polynesians and ancient Chinese had only pigs and dogs.

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

Scalzi’s latest sees Mike Boyd return to Richland, Ohio, where the town’s major employer might be shutting down, and strange things are happening to mammals both two- and four-legged.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

This enormous prehistoric animal was among the largest land mammals of the Pleistocene, the geological period that included the most recent ice ages.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Stumpf said the aquatic mammals were tracked throughout the day and first spotted by boats off the coast of Newport Beach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Melissa Matlow, a spokeswoman for World Animal Protection Canada, says that worldwide there are about 3,600 captive cetaceans – a group of marine mammals which includes whales, dolphins and porpoises.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Hence Eurasia ended up with its 13 species of big domestic mammals and the Americas with just its one very local species.

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


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