Mammalogy

Mammalogy

Study of mammals.

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Mammalogy

dentine

Biology; Mammalogy

ivory=like substance beneath the enamel, usually constituting he bulk of a tooth.

diphyodont

Biology; Mammalogy

having two sets of teeth: a milk or deciduous set and then a permanent set.

diprotodont

Biology; Mammalogy

condition that exist in the Paucituberculata and Diprotodonta. The lower jaw is shortened and the first lower incisors are greatly elongated to meet the upper incisors.

epipubic bones

Biology; Mammalogy

Paired bones that project anteriorly from the pelvic girdle into the abdominal body wall of most marsupials and monotremes.

acetabulum

Biology; Mammalogy

Socket in pelvic girdle at point where ilium, ischium and pubis meet, and into which the head of the femur articulates.

alisphenoid

Biology; Mammalogy

A winglike bone forming part of the lateral wall of the braincase. It also forms part of the posterior wall of the orbit. Frequently fused to the basisphenoid.

allantois

Biology; Mammalogy

An extraembryonic membrane of reptiles, birds, and mammals. Saclike outgrowth of tissue that extends outward from the gut of a developing embryo. In mammalian embryos it is situated between the ...