81 relations: American Society of Mammalogists, Anal gland, Andes, Animal, Arboreal locomotion, Atlantic Forest, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Bassaricyon, Baylisascaris procyonis, Binturong, Bolivia, Brazil, Cacomistle, Canopy (biology), Captivity (animal), Carnivora, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Central America, Chordate, CITES, Coati, Deforestation, Diurnality, El Salvador, Endangered species, Exotic pet, Ferret, Ficus, Frugivore, Gallery forest, Genus, Georges Cuvier, Great American Interchange, Guatemala, Honduras, Honey, Honolulu Zoo, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Isthmus of Panama, IUCN Red List, Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber, Journal of Mammalogy, Mammal, Mammalian Species, Mexico, Monkey, Monotypic taxon, Montane ecosystems, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Morphology (biology), ..., National Geographic Society, Nectar, Neontology, New World monkey, Nocturnality, Omnivore, Parallel evolution, Peru, Pollinator, Prehensile tail, Primate, Procyonidae, Raccoon, Rainforest, Range (biology), Ring-tailed cat, Saddle, Scent gland, Secondary forest, Seed dispersal, Sierra Madre, Sister group, Social grooming, South America, Southeast Asia, Spider monkey, Sun bear, Tongue, Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, Tropical forest, Tropical rainforest. Expand index (31 more) »
American Society of Mammalogists
The American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) was founded in 1919.
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Anal gland
The anal glands or anal sacs are small glands found near the anus in many mammals, including dogs and cats.
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Andes
The Andes or Andean Mountains (Cordillera de los Andes) are the longest continental mountain range in the world.
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Animal
Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.
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Arboreal locomotion
Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees.
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Atlantic Forest
The Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the north to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south, and inland as far as Paraguay and the Misiones Province of Argentina, where the region is known as Selva Misionera.
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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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Bassaricyon
The genus Bassaricyon consists of small Neotropical procyonids, popularly known as olingos.
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Baylisascaris procyonis
Baylisascaris procyonis, common name raccoon roundworm, is a roundworm nematode, found ubiquitously in raccoons, the definitive hosts.
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Binturong
The binturong (Arctictis binturong), also known as bearcat, is a viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia.
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Bolivia
Bolivia (Mborivia; Buliwya; Wuliwya), officially known as the Plurinational State of Bolivia (Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia), is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.
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Brazil
Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.
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Cacomistle
The cacomistle, Bassariscus sumichrasti, is a nocturnal, arboreal and omnivorous member of the carnivoran family Procyonidae.
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Canopy (biology)
In biology, the canopy is the aboveground portion of a plant community or crop, formed by the collection of individual plant crowns.
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Captivity (animal)
Animals that are held by humans and prevented from escaping are said to be in captivity.
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Carnivora
Carnivora (from Latin carō (stem carn-) "flesh" and vorāre "to devour") is a diverse scrotiferan order that includes over 280 species of placental mammals.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the leading national public health institute of the United States.
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Central America
Central America (América Central, Centroamérica) is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with the South American continent on the southeast.
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Chordate
A chordate is an animal belonging to the phylum Chordata; chordates possess a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail, for at least some period of their life cycle.
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CITES
CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals.
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Coati
The coati, genera Nasua and Nasuella, also known as the coatimundi, is a member of the raccoon family (Procyonidae), a diurnal mammal native to South America, Central America, and south-western North America.
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Deforestation
Deforestation, clearance, or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use.
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Diurnality
Diurnality is a form of plant or animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of sleeping, or other inactivity, at night.
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El Salvador
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador (República de El Salvador, literally "Republic of The Savior"), is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America.
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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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Exotic pet
An exotic pet is a rare or unusual animal pet, or an animal kept within human households which is generally thought of as a wild species not typically kept as a pet.
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Ferret
The ferret (Mustela putorius furo) is the domesticated form of the European polecat, a mammal belonging to the same genus as the weasel, Mustela of the family Mustelidae.
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Ficus
Ficus is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae.
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Frugivore
A frugivore is a fruit eater.
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Gallery forest
Gallery forests are forests that form as corridors along rivers or wetlands and project into landscapes that are otherwise only sparsely treed such as savannas, grasslands, or deserts.
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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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Georges Cuvier
Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology".
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Great American Interchange
The Great American Interchange was an important late Cenozoic paleozoogeographic event in which land and freshwater fauna migrated from North America via Central America to South America and vice versa, as the volcanic Isthmus of Panama rose up from the sea floor and bridged the formerly separated continents.
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Guatemala
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala (República de Guatemala), is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, Honduras to the east and El Salvador to the southeast.
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Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras (República de Honduras), is a republic in Central America.
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Honey
Honey is a sweet, viscous food substance produced by bees and some related insects.
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Honolulu Zoo
The Honolulu Zoo is a zoo located in Queen Kapiʻolani Park in Honolulu, Hawaiokinai, US.
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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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Isthmus of Panama
The Isthmus of Panama (Istmo de Panamá), also historically known as the Isthmus of Darien (Istmo de Darién), is the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, linking North and South America.
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IUCN Red List
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List), founded in 1964, has evolved to become the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species.
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Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber
Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (17 January 1739 in Weißensee, Thuringia – 10 December 1810 in Erlangen), often styled J.C.D. von Schreber, was a German naturalist.
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Journal of Mammalogy
The Journal of Mammalogy is the flagship publication of the American Society of Mammalogists.
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Mammal
Mammals are the vertebrates within the class Mammalia (from Latin mamma "breast"), a clade of endothermic amniotes distinguished from reptiles (including birds) by the possession of a neocortex (a region of the brain), hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands.
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Mammalian Species
Mammalian Species is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Society of Mammalogists.
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Mexico
Mexico (México; Mēxihco), officially called the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America.
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Monkey
Monkeys are non-hominoid simians, generally possessing tails and consisting of about 260 known living species.
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Monotypic taxon
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon.
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Montane ecosystems
Montane ecosystems refers to any ecosystem found in mountains.
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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report is a weekly epidemiological digest for the United States published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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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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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world.
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Nectar
Nectar is a sugar-rich liquid produced by plants in glands called nectaries, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to animal mutualists, which in turn provide antiherbivore protection.
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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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New World monkey
New World monkeys are the five families of primates that are found in the tropical regions of Central and South America and Mexico: Callitrichidae, Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae, and Atelidae.
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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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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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Parallel evolution
Parallel evolution is the development of a similar trait in related, but distinct, species descending from the same ancestor, but from different clades.
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Peru
Peru (Perú; Piruw Republika; Piruw Suyu), officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America.
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Pollinator
A pollinator is an animal that moves pollen from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma of a flower.
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Prehensile tail
A prehensile tail is the tail of an animal that has adapted to be able to grasp or hold objects.
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Primate
A primate is a mammal of the order Primates (Latin: "prime, first rank").
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Procyonidae
Procyonidae is a New World family of the order Carnivora.
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Raccoon
The raccoon (or, Procyon lotor), sometimes spelled racoon, also known as the common raccoon, North American raccoon, or northern raccoon, is a medium-sized mammal native to North America.
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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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Range (biology)
In biology, the range of a species is the geographical area within which that species can be found.
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Ring-tailed cat
The ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) is a mammal of the raccoon family, native to arid regions of North America.
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Saddle
The saddle is a supportive structure for a rider or other load, fastened to an animal's back by a girth.
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Scent gland
Scent glands are exocrine glands found in most mammals.
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Secondary forest
A secondary forest (or second-growth forest) is a forest or woodland area which has re-grown after a timber harvest, until a long enough period has passed so that the effects of the disturbance are no longer evident.
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Seed dispersal
Seed dispersal is the movement or transport of seeds away from the parent plant.
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Sierra Madre
Sierra Madre (Spanish for "mother mountain range") may refer to.
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Sister group
A sister group or sister taxon is a phylogenetic term denoting the closest relatives of another given unit in an evolutionary tree.
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Social grooming
Social grooming is a behaviour in which social animals, including humans, clean or maintain one another's body or appearance.
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South America
South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia.
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Spider monkey
Spider monkeys are New World monkeys belonging to the genus Ateles, part of the subfamily Atelinae, family Atelidae.
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Sun bear
The sun bear (Helarctos malayanus) is a bear species occurring in tropical forest habitats of Southeast Asia.
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Tongue
The tongue is a muscular organ in the mouth of most vertebrates that manipulates food for mastication, and is used in the act of swallowing.
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Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
The tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest biome, also known as tropical dry forest, monsoon forest, vine thicket, vine scrub and dry rainforest is located at tropical and subtropical latitudes.
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Tropical forest
Tropical forests are forested landscapes in tropical regions: i.e. land areas approximately bounded by the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, but possibly affected by other factors such as prevailing winds.
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Tropical rainforest
Tropical rainforests are rainforests that occur in areas of tropical rainforest climate in which there is no dry season – all months have an average precipitation of at least 60 mm – and may also be referred to as lowland equatorial evergreen rainforest.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinkajou