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84 relations: Abenaki, Alexander Archipelago, Amazon weasel, American mink, Anterior nares, Antorbital fenestra, Bay of Fundy, Breaking wave, Brooklin, Maine, Campobello Island, Canadian Field-Naturalist, Carnassial, Carnivora, Casco Bay, Colombian weasel, Connecticut, Down East, Ecological niche, Ernest Thompson Seton, Extinction, Family (biology), Fisher (animal), Frederic Brewster Loomis, Frederick W. True, Frontal bone, Fur trade, Genus, Greyhound, Gulf of Maine, Habitat, Holocene, Humphrey Gilbert, Hybrid (biology), International Union for Conservation of Nature, Intertidal zone, Island gigantism, IUCN Red List, Jonesport, Maine, Joseph Banks, Last glacial period, List of recently extinct mammals, Long-tailed weasel, Longhorn sculpin, Marine mammal, Massachusetts, Maxilla, Midden, Middleborough, Massachusetts, Mink, Mustelidae, ..., Mustelinae, Musteloidea, Nasal bone, Natural history, Neovison, New England, Nocturnality, Nova Scotia, Ocean pout, Orbit (anatomy), Order (biology), Ornithology, Otter, Palate, Paleontology, Penobscot Bay, Polygynandry, Postorbital process, Process (anatomy), Radiocarbon dating, Rhode Island, Rostrum (anatomy), Sagittal crest, Sexual dimorphism, Speciation, Species, Species description, Strait of Belle Isle, Taxon, Territory (animal), The Maritimes, Type (biology), Weasel, White-lipped snail. Expand index (34 more) »
Abenaki
The Abenaki (Abnaki, Abinaki, Alnôbak) are a Native American tribe and First Nation.
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Alexander Archipelago
The Alexander Archipelago is a long archipelago, or group of islands, of North America off the southeastern coast of Alaska.
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Amazon weasel
The Amazon weasel (Mustela africana), also known as the tropical weasel, is a species of weasel native to South America.
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American mink
The American mink (Neovison vison) is a semiaquatic species of mustelid native to North America, though human intervention has expanded its range to many parts of Europe and South America.
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Anterior nares
The anterior nares are the external (or "proper") portion of the nostrils (nose).
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Antorbital fenestra
An antorbital fenestra (plural: fenestrae) is an opening in the skull that is in front of the eye sockets.
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Bay of Fundy
The Bay of Fundy (or Fundy Bay; Baie de Fundy) is a bay between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a small portion touching the US state of Maine.
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Breaking wave
In fluid dynamics, a breaking wave is a wave whose amplitude reaches a critical level at which some process can suddenly start to occur that causes large amounts of wave energy to be transformed into turbulent kinetic energy.
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Brooklin, Maine
Brooklin is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States.
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Campobello Island
Campobello Island is an island located at the entrance to Passamaquoddy Bay, adjacent to the entrance to Cobscook Bay, and within the Bay of Fundy.
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Canadian Field-Naturalist
The Canadian Field-Naturalist is a quarterly scientific journal publishing original scientific papers related to natural history in Canada.
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Carnassial
Carnassials are paired upper and lower teeth (either molars or premolars and molars) modified in such a way as to allow enlarged and often self-sharpening edges to pass by each other in a shearing manner.
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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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Casco Bay
Casco Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Maine on the southern coast of Maine, New England, United States.
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Colombian weasel
Colombian weasel (Mustela felipei), also known as the Don Felipe's weasel, is a very rare species of weasel only known with certainty from the departments of Huila and Cauca in Colombia and nearby northern Ecuador (where only known from a single specimen).
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Connecticut
Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
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Down East
"Down East", also "Downeast", refers to parts of eastern coastal New England and Canada, particularly the U.S. state of Maine and Canada's Maritime Provinces, an area that closely corresponds to the historical French territory of Acadia.
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Ecological niche
In ecology, a niche (CanE, or) is the fit of a species living under specific environmental conditions.
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Ernest Thompson Seton
Ernest Thompson Seton (born Ernest Evan Thompson August 14, 1860 – died October 23, 1946) was an author (published in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the US), wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians in 1902 (renamed Woodcraft League of America) and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in 1910.
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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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Fisher (animal)
The fisher (Pekania pennanti) is a small, carnivorous mammal native to North America.
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Frederic Brewster Loomis
Frederic Brewster Loomis (November 22, 1873 – July 28, 1937) was an American paleontologist.
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Frederick W. True
Frederick William True (July 8, 1858 – June 25, 1914) was an American biologist, the first head curator of biology (1897–1911) at the United States National Museum, now part of the Smithsonian Institution.
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Frontal bone
The frontal bone is a bone in the human skull.
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Fur trade
The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur.
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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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Greyhound
The Greyhound is a breed of dog; a sighthound which has been bred for coursing game and Greyhound racing.
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Gulf of Maine
The Gulf of Maine (Golfe du Maine) is a large gulf of the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast of North America.
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Habitat
In ecology, a habitat is the type of natural environment in which a particular species of organism lives.
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Holocene
The Holocene is the current geological epoch.
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Humphrey Gilbert
Sir Humphrey Gilbert (c. 1539 – 9 September 1583) of Compton in the parish of Marldon and of Greenway in the parish of Churston Ferrers, both in Devon, England, was an adventurer, explorer, member of parliament and soldier who served during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and was a pioneer of the English colonial empire in North America and the Plantations of Ireland.
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Hybrid (biology)
In biology, a hybrid, or crossbreed, is the result of combining the qualities of two organisms of different breeds, varieties, species or genera through sexual reproduction.
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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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Intertidal zone
The intertidal zone, also known as the foreshore and seashore and sometimes referred to as the littoral zone, is the area that is above water at low tide and under water at high tide (in other words, the area between tide marks).
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Island gigantism
Island gigantism or insular gigantism is a biological phenomenon in which the size of an animal isolated on an island increases dramatically in comparison to its mainland relatives.
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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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Jonesport, Maine
Jonesport is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States.
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Joseph Banks
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, (19 June 1820) was an English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences.
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Last glacial period
The last glacial period occurred from the end of the Eemian interglacial to the end of the Younger Dryas, encompassing the period years ago.
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List of recently extinct mammals
Recently extinct mammals are any mammal that went extinct since the year 1500 C. E., as defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
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Long-tailed weasel
The long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata), also known as the bridled weasel or big stoat, is a species of mustelid distributed from southern Canada throughout all the United States and Mexico, southward through all of Central America and into northern South America.
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Longhorn sculpin
The longhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus) is a Northwest Atlantic species of sculpin in the fish family Cottidae.
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Marine mammal
Marine mammals are aquatic mammals that rely on the ocean and other marine ecosystems for their existence.
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Massachusetts
Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
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Maxilla
The maxilla (plural: maxillae) in animals is the upper jawbone formed from the fusion of two maxillary bones.
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Midden
A midden (also kitchen midden or shell heap) is an old dump for domestic waste which may consist of animal bone, human excrement, botanical material, mollusc shells, sherds, lithics (especially debitage), and other artifacts and ecofacts associated with past human occupation.
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Middleborough, Massachusetts
Middleborough (frequently written as Middleboro) is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.
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Mink
Mink are dark-colored, semiaquatic, carnivorous mammals of the genera Neovison and Mustela, and part of the family Mustelidae which also includes weasels, otters and ferrets.
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Mustelidae
The Mustelidae (from Latin mustela, weasel) are a family of carnivorous mammals, including weasels, badgers, otters, martens, mink, and wolverines, among others.
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Mustelinae
Mustelinae is a paraphyletic subfamily of family Mustelidae, which includes wolverines, weasels, ferrets, martens, and minks, to the exclusion of the otters (Lutrinae).
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Musteloidea
Musteloidea is a superfamily of carnivoran mammals united by shared characters of the skull and teeth.
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Nasal bone
The nasal bones are two small oblong bones, varying in size and form in different individuals; they are placed side by side at the middle and upper part of the face, and form, by their junction, "the bridge" of the nose.
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Natural history
Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms including animals, fungi and plants in their environment; leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study.
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Neovison
Neovison is a genus of mustelids, including the extinct sea mink and the extant American mink.
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New England
New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
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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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Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia (Latin for "New Scotland"; Nouvelle-Écosse; Scottish Gaelic: Alba Nuadh) is one of Canada's three maritime provinces, and one of the four provinces that form Atlantic Canada.
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Ocean pout
The ocean pout (Zoarces americanus) is an eelpout in the family Zoarcidae.
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Orbit (anatomy)
In anatomy, the orbit is the cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated.
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Order (biology)
In biological classification, the order (ordo) is.
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Ornithology
Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds.
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Otter
Otters are carnivorous mammals in the subfamily Lutrinae.
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Palate
The palate is the roof of the mouth in humans and other mammals.
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Paleontology
Paleontology or palaeontology is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene Epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present).
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Penobscot Bay
Penobscot Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Maine and Atlantic Ocean in south central Maine.
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Polygynandry
Polygynandry is a mating system in which both males and females have multiple mating partners during a breeding season.
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Postorbital process
The Postorbital process is a projection on the frontal bone near the rear upper edge of the eye socket.
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Process (anatomy)
In anatomy, a process (processus) is a projection or outgrowth of tissue from a larger body.
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Radiocarbon dating
Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon.
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Rhode Island
Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States.
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Rostrum (anatomy)
In anatomy, the term rostrum (from the Latin rostrum meaning beak) is used for a number of phylogenetically unrelated structures in different groups of animals.
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Sagittal crest
A sagittal crest is a ridge of bone running lengthwise along the midline of the top of the skull (at the sagittal suture) of many mammalian and reptilian skulls, among others.
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Sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where the two sexes of the same species exhibit different characteristics beyond the differences in their sexual organs.
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Speciation
Speciation is the evolutionary process by which populations evolve to become distinct species.
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Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.
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Species description
A species description is a formal description of a newly discovered species, usually in the form of a scientific paper.
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Strait of Belle Isle
The Strait of Belle Isle (Détroit de Belle Isle) is a waterway in eastern Canada that separates the Labrador Peninsula from the island of Newfoundland, in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Taxon
In biology, a taxon (plural taxa; back-formation from taxonomy) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit.
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Territory (animal)
In ethology, territory is the sociographical area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against conspecifics (or, occasionally, animals of other species).
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The Maritimes
The Maritimes, also called the Maritime provinces (Provinces maritimes) or the Canadian Maritimes, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island (PEI).
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Type (biology)
In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally attached.
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Weasel
A weasel is a mammal of the genus Mustela of the family Mustelidae.
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White-lipped snail
The white-lipped snail or garden banded snail, scientific name Cepaea hortensis, is a medium-sized species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicidae.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_mink
