mammals
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He adds they are important parts of the food chain and support birds, small mammals, fish and other wildlife.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
The catastrophic 1969 offshore oil spill in Santa Barbara killed thousands of sea birds and marine mammals.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
In fact, some marsupials lose the Y early in development, and in mammals the chromosome has been shrinking for about 150 million years.
From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026
The region hosts the world's second-largest population of dugongs -- herbivorous marine mammals known as "sea cows" that are listed as vulnerable -- with an estimated 5,000 to 7,500 individuals.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
About 80 percent of the big wild mammals of the Americas became extinct at the end of the last Ice Age, around 13,000 years ago.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
