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Mammalogy

Study of mammals.

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Mammalogy

holotype

Biology; Mammalogy

A single specimen that is the type-specimen of a particular named species or subspecies.

humerus

Biology; Mammalogy

The proximal bone of the fore limb, the upper arm.

implantation

Biology; Mammalogy

The attachment of the embryo to the uterine wall of the female mammal.

incisors

Biology; Mammalogy

Nipping or chiselling teeth at the front of the jaws. Upper incisors are always rooted in the premaxillary bone.

incus

Biology; Mammalogy

The middle ear ossicl eof mammals, situated between malleus and stapes. Derived from the quadrate bone of more primitive vertebrates.

external auditory meatus

Biology; Mammalogy

canal leading from the surface of the head to the tympanic membrane.

foramen (pl. foramina)

Biology; Mammalogy

A perforation through a bone for the passage of a nerve or blood vessel.

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