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  2. Browsing (herbivory) - Wikipedia

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    Browsing is a type of herbivory in which a herbivore (or, more narrowly defined, a folivore) feeds on leaves, soft shoots, or fruits of high-growing, generally woody plants such as shrubs. [1] This is contrasted with grazing, usually associated with animals feeding on grass or other lower vegetations. Alternatively, grazers are animals eating ...

  3. Coryphodon - Wikipedia

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    Coryphodon (from Greek κορῦφὴ, "point", and ὀδοὺς, "tooth", meaning peaked tooth, referring to "the development of the angles of the ridges into points [on the molars].") [1] is an extinct genus of pantodonts of the family Coryphodontidae. Coryphodon was a pantodont, a member of the world's first group of large browsing mammals.

  4. List of mammals of South America - Wikipedia

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    The list consists of those species found in the nations or overseas territories of continental South America (including their island possessions, such as the Galápagos), as well as in Trinidad and Tobago and the Falkland Islands; Panama is not included. As of May 2012, the list contains 1,331 species, 340 genera, 62 families and 15 orders.

  5. Kākāpō - Wikipedia

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    The kākāpō is a large, rotund parrot. Adults can measure from 58 to 64 cm (23 to 25 in) in length with a wingspan of 82 cm (32 in). Males are significantly heavier than females with an average weight of 2 kg (4.4 lb) compared with just 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) for females. [28]

  6. List of cervids - Wikipedia

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    List of cervids. Five cervid species (clockwise from top left): the red deer (Cervus elaphus), sika deer (Cervus nippon), barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii), reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Cervidae is a family of hoofed ruminant mammals in the order Artiodactyla. A member of this family is called a deer ...

  7. List of mammal genera - Wikipedia

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    Family Felidae – cats. Subfamily Pantherinae. Genus Neofelis – clouded leopards. Genus Panthera – lion, tiger, leopard, jaguar, snow leopard. Subfamily Felinae. Genus Catopuma – Bay cat and Asian golden cat. Genus Pardofelis – marbled cat. Genus Caracal – caracal and African golden cat.

  8. List of short species names - Wikipedia

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    Restoration of juvenile Mei long (7 letters) Mini mum (7 letters) Pao abei (7 letters) Silver tussock or wī, Poa cita (7 letters) Aa erosa (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1912, Aa macra Schltr. 1921 and Aa rosei Ames 1922 - family Orchidaceae. Three species of South American orchids that grow in the Andes.

  9. Ungulate - Wikipedia

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    Euungulata is a clade (or in some taxonomies, a grand order) of mammals. The two extant orders of ungulates are the Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates) and Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates). Hyracoidea (hyraxes), Sirenia (sea cows) (dugongs and manatees) and Proboscidea (elephants) were in the past grouped within the clade "Ungulata", later ...