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Biology

A natural science concerned with the study of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena, especially in relation to their origin, growth, reproduction, structure, behaviour and evolution.

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Inc. Sed. (Incertae Sedis)

Biology; Mammalogy

In an uncertain position. In classification, relationship of taxon to other taxa not known.

infraorbital foramen

Biology; Mammalogy

same as above, used when the maxillary is thin and the passage has no length.

infraorbital canal

Biology; Mammalogy

A passage from the anterior face of the orbit to the side of the rostrum, passing through the base of the maxillary process.

interorbital region

Biology; Mammalogy

The portion of the cranium lying between the orbits dorsally.

interparietal

Biology; Mammalogy

An unpaired bone at the rear of the cranium located between the parietals and above and anterior to the occipital..

deciduous

Biology; Mammalogy

shed periodically. In mammalian terminology this term refers to the milk incisors, canines, and premolars that are shed once and replaced by the permanent dentition.

dental formula

Biology; Mammalogy

A convenient way of designating the number and arrangement of mammalian teeth; for example: I 3/3 C 1/1 P4/4 M 3/3 = 44 the ancestral complement of eutherian teeth. The letters ...