mammalian

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The focus of the convention on mammalian species over others like fish and insects has previously been a criticism of the agreement.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Rats share many key aspects of mammalian biology and can be raised under tightly controlled conditions, including identical diets.

From Science Daily • Dec. 23, 2025

Perceptive viewers may have noticed a mammalian bias in the original — there were no reptiles to be found in its near-perfect society.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

The average mammalian species, not to mention the average primate species, lasts about one million to three million years, and most didn’t need an Armageddon-scale trauma to usher them out of the fossil record.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

There are no large meat-animals on Winter, and no mammalian products, milk, butter or cheese; the only high-protein, high-carbohydrate foods are the various kinds of eggs, fish, nuts, and the Hainish grains.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin