mammals
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Animals, like pocket gophers, deer mice, shrews, voles, and other small mammals, were still in their winter burrows.
From Literature
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The decline of lions and pandas often captures global attention, but a quieter and potentially more damaging crisis is unfolding among small mammals.
From Science Daily
Semi-natural grassland also continues to be lost, despite being seen as a priority habitat and vital for a whole range of plants, fungi, insects, ground-nesting birds, small mammals and reptiles.
From BBC
"Almost all other monogamous mammals either live in tight family units of just a breeding pair and their offspring, or in groups where only one female breeds," said Dyble.
From Science Daily
Modern mammals rely on a middle ear that includes an eardrum and several tiny bones, a system that makes it possible to detect a wide range of sounds at different volumes.
From Science Daily
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