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Monkeys have open cheek pouches within the oral cavity, but they open out in some rodents of America. Hence the name "diplostomes" is associated with them, which means "two mouths." In some rodents, such as hamsters , the cheek pouches are remarkably developed; they form two bags ranging from the mouth to the front of the shoulders.
Kangaroo joey inside the pouch Female eastern grey kangaroo with mature joey in pouch. The pouch is a distinguishing feature of female marsupials, monotremes [1] [2] [3] (and rarely in the males as in the yapok [4] and the extinct thylacine); the name marsupial is derived from the Latin marsupium, meaning "pouch".
The animal was noted for its strange pouch or "second belly", and how the offspring reached the pouch was a mystery. [ 56 ] [ 57 ] On the other hand, it was the Portuguese who first described Australasian marsupials.
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Fur-lined cheek pouches are a feature across the family Heteromyidae. They have openings near the mouth and extend backwards along the sides of the neck. The fur on the animal's body is in general short and fine and often matches in colour the soil of the region in which the animal lives, being some shade of buff, pale brown, reddish-brown or grey.
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Macaques have a very intricate social structure and hierarchy, with different classifications of despotism depending on species. [13] If a macaque of a lower level in the social chain has eaten berries and none are left for a higher-ranking macaque, then the one higher in status can, within this social organization, remove the berries from the ...
Animals have a time of day when they’re most active. If you wake up to find scratched up garden beds or lawns, it’s not a turkey, for example, because they roost in trees to stay out of danger ...