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  2. Volaticotherium - Wikipedia

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    It has been noted that most gliding mammals are predominantly herbivorous, [7] [8] which would make volaticothere carnivory truly exceptional. In particular, Volaticotherium itself has been compared to insectivorous bats , and its femur has unique adaptations among mammals that make it resistant to flight stresses, and render terrestrial ...

  3. Volaticotherini - Wikipedia

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    It was the first gliding Mesozoic mammal discovered and lived at least 70 million years before the appearance of the first flying and gliding therians. [1] It preserved a large, fur -covered patagium , extending not only between the limbs and tail, but also to the digits, "sandwiching" them.

  4. Colugo - Wikipedia

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    Colugos are proficient gliders, and thought better adapted for flight than any other gliding mammal. They can travel as far as 70 m (230 ft) from one tree to another without losing much altitude, [10] with a Malayan colugo (Galeopterus variegatus) individual having been observed traveling about 150 m (490 ft) in one glide. [11]

  5. 'Magnificent creatures': New photos show largest anaconda ...

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    A giant anaconda species captured recently in the Amazon of Ecuador by a team of scientists is the largest to ever be documented, USA TODAY previously reported, and now, there are images showing ...

  6. List of mammals of California - Wikipedia

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    These are mammals whose populations may be locally threatened, but which are excluded from federal and international conservation lists. Taxa of special concern in California are noted below, as are endemic, introduced, harvest, and vagrant species. There are 227 mammal species listed, including 186 terrestrial and 42 marine.

  7. The ‘world’s largest mammal migration’ happens here every ...

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    A plane flew over transects of land at a constant height above ground, sampling almost 4,000 square kilometers (1,500 square miles) of a 122,000-square-kilometer (47,000-square-mile) area, while ...

  8. These Alligators Are the Largest Ever Recorded - AOL

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    Alligators have become a common sight in freshwater lakes, ponds, rivers and swamps in the southern U.S. These menacing reptiles may look like crocodiles at first, but if you get a chance to look ...

  9. List of largest land carnivorans - Wikipedia

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    Mills, Gus; Hofer, Heribert (1998). Hyaenas: status survey and conservation action plan (PDF).IUCN/SSC Hyena Specialist Group. ISBN 978-2-8317-0442-5.Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 May 2013