53 relations: Animal echolocation, Aorta, Avoidance speech, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Bat-eared fox, Clade, Cladistics, Colin Groves, Deciduous, Duke Lemur Center, Durham, North Carolina, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Endangered species, Eocene, Extinction, Family (biology), Foraging, Fresnel lens, Genus, George Shaw, Giant aye-aye, Ian Tattersall, Incisor, Indriidae, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Johann Friedrich Gmelin, John Edward Gray, Larva, Lemur, Lesser bushbaby, Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, Madagascar, Malagasy language, Maroantsetra, Morphology (biology), Mouse lemur, Neontology, Nocturnality, Nosy Mangabe, Oceanic dispersal, Omnivore, Ossicles, Paleocene, Petrous part of the temporal bone, Pierre Sonnerat, Primate, Rainforest, Rodent, Russell Mittermeier, Sakalava people, ..., Strepsirrhini, Striped possum, Woodpecker. Expand index (3 more) »
Animal echolocation
Echolocation, also called bio sonar, is the biological sonar used by several kinds of animals.
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Aorta
The aorta is the main artery in the human body, originating from the left ventricle of the heart and extending down to the abdomen, where it splits into two smaller arteries (the common iliac arteries).
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Avoidance speech
Avoidance speech is a group of sociolinguistic phenomena in which a special restricted speech style must be used in the presence of or in reference to certain relatives.
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Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (15 April 1772 – 19 June 1844) was a French naturalist who established the principle of "unity of composition".
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Bat-eared fox
The bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis) is a species of fox found on the African savanna, named for its large ears,.
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Clade
A clade (from κλάδος, klados, "branch"), also known as monophyletic group, is a group of organisms that consists of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants, and represents a single "branch" on the "tree of life".
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Cladistics
Cladistics (from Greek κλάδος, cládos, i.e., "branch") is an approach to biological classification in which organisms are categorized in groups ("clades") based on the most recent common ancestor.
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Colin Groves
Colin Peter Groves (24 June 1942 – 30 November 2017) was Professor of Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia.
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Deciduous
In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous (/dɪˈsɪdʒuəs/) means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flowering; and to the shedding of ripe fruit.
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Duke Lemur Center
The Duke Lemur Center houses nearly 240 rare and endangered prosimian primates and constitutes the world’s largest and most diverse population of lemurs outside their native Madagascar.
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Durham, North Carolina
Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina.
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Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust is a conservation organization with a mission to save species from extinction.
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Endangered species
An endangered species is a species which has been categorized as very likely to become extinct.
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Eocene
The Eocene Epoch, lasting from, is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the Cenozoic Era.
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Extinction
In biology, extinction is the termination of an organism or of a group of organisms (taxon), normally a species.
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.
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Foraging
Foraging is searching for wild food resources.
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Fresnel lens
A Fresnel lens is a type of compact lens originally developed by French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel for lighthouses.
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Genus
A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.
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George Shaw
George Kearsley Shaw (10 December 1751 – 22 July 1813) was an English botanist and zoologist.
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Giant aye-aye
The giant aye-aye (Daubentonia robusta) is an extinct relative of the aye-aye, the only other species in the genus Daubentonia.
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Ian Tattersall
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Incisor
Incisors (from Latin incidere, "to cut") are the front teeth present in most mammals.
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Indriidae
The Indriidae (sometimes incorrectly spelled Indridae) are a family of strepsirrhine primates.
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.
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Johann Friedrich Gmelin
Johann Friedrich Gmelin (8 August 1748 – 1 November 1804) was a German naturalist, botanist, entomologist, herpetologist, and malacologist.
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John Edward Gray
John Edward Gray, FRS (12 February 1800 – 7 March 1875) was a British zoologist.
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Larva
A larva (plural: larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults.
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Lemur
Lemurs are a clade of strepsirrhine primates endemic to the island of Madagascar.
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Lesser bushbaby
Lesser bushbabies, or lesser galagos, are strepsirrhine primates of the genus Galago.
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Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton
Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton (29 May 1716 – 1 January 1800) was a French naturalist and contributor to the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers.
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Madagascar
Madagascar (Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Repoblikan'i Madagasikara; République de Madagascar), and previously known as the Malagasy Republic, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of East Africa.
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Malagasy language
Malagasy is an Austronesian language and the national language of Madagascar.
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Maroantsetra
Maroantsetra is a market town and domestic seaport in Analanjirofo Region, Madagascar, at the northern end of the Bay of Antongil.
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Morphology (biology)
Morphology is a branch of biology dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.
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Mouse lemur
The mouse lemurs are nocturnal lemurs of the genus Microcebus.
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Neontology
Neontology is a part of biology that, in contrast to paleontology, deals with living (or, more generally, recent) organisms.
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Nocturnality
Nocturnality is an animal behavior characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day.
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Nosy Mangabe
Nosy Mangabe is a small island reserve located in Antongil Bay about 2 km offshore from the town of Maroantsetra in north-east Madagascar.
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Oceanic dispersal
Oceanic dispersal is a type of biological dispersal that occurs when terrestrial organisms transfer from one land mass to another by way of a sea crossing.
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Omnivore
Omnivore is a consumption classification for animals that have the capability to obtain chemical energy and nutrients from materials originating from plant and animal origin.
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Ossicles
The ossicles (also called auditory ossicles) are three bones in either middle ear that are among the smallest bones in the human body.
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Paleocene
The Paleocene or Palaeocene, the "old recent", is a geological epoch that lasted from about.
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Petrous part of the temporal bone
The petrous part of the temporal bone is pyramid-shaped and is wedged in at the base of the skull between the sphenoid and occipital bones.
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Pierre Sonnerat
Pierre Sonnerat (18 August 1748 – 31 March 1814) was a French naturalist and explorer.
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Primate
A primate is a mammal of the order Primates (Latin: "prime, first rank").
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Rainforest
Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with annual rainfall in the case of tropical rainforests between, and definitions varying by region for temperate rainforests.
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Rodent
Rodents (from Latin rodere, "to gnaw") are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.
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Russell Mittermeier
Russell Alan Mittermeier (born November 8, 1949) is a primatologist and herpetologist.
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Sakalava people
The Sakalava are an ethnic group of Madagascar.
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Strepsirrhini
Strepsirrhini or Strepsirhini is a suborder of primates that includes the lemuriform primates, which consist of the lemurs of Madagascar, galagos, ("bushbabies") and pottos from Africa, and the lorises from India and southeast Asia.
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Striped possum
The striped possum (Dactylopsila trivirgata) is a member of the Petauridae family, one of the marsupial families.
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Woodpecker
Woodpeckers are part of the family Picidae, a group of near-passerine birds that also consist of piculets, wrynecks, and sapsuckers.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aye-aye