mammal
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About 67% of mammal species and 41% of bird species responded to the combination of human presence and landscape alteration by reducing the amount of habitat they used.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
Just this month, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Whale Awareness Act, which requires integrating marine mammal protection efforts and education into state boater safety courses and vessel registration.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
The 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act Muehl admitted to violating prohibits hunting, harassing, capturing, or killing any marine mammal in U.S. waters, or attempting to do so.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
It leads the world in mammal extinctions, and medals when it comes to the loss of other species classes too.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Those Major Five of mammal domestication are the cow, sheep, goat, pig, and horse.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
They are heavily targeted by poachers and are considered the most highly trafficked mammals in the world, leaving many species at serious risk of extinction.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
It was originally used as an osteology and mammals gallery.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
None of these marine mammals were historically found here as they have been locked out of the coastal waters by ice.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Ungulates are hoofed mammals, although many extinct South American forms looked very different from familiar animals such as horses and deer.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Like mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians? Okay? Then that didn’t work. It was too confusing with the squid and the horseshoe crab.”
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
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