mammals
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Many bat species are unusually resistant to disease and can live far longer than other mammals of similar size.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
But it also possesses long, continuously growing incisors and several distinctive skull features seen in zalambdalestoids, a group of small, shrew-like insectivore mammals.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
Their teeth were unusually specialized for eating plants compared with the sharper teeth used for eating insects that are common among many Cretaceous mammals.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
The rounded teeth associated with zhelestids, which resemble those found in many plant-eating mammals, were probably an example of convergent evolution.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
In addition, of course, small domestic mammals and domestic birds and insects have also been useful to humans.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
