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How Crocodile Scales Form
A new study has shed light on how the pattern of scales develops on a crocodile's face and jaw. In mammals, birds and even many reptiles, the pattern of hair,... Read more
| Camera Trap Photo of Oncilla Wins BBC Prize
Photo © Guido Ayala, Maria Viscarra, and Robert Wallace / Wildlife Conservation Society. A photograph of an oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus) has won a top prize in the BBC Wildlife camera-trap... Read more
| Lions Losing Ground in Africa
Lions are quickly losing vital habitat across Africa's savanna habitats, a new study reveals. As much as 75 percent of their original range has been lost mainly as a result... Read more
| Mammals
Mammals are a group of vertebrates that includes about 21 groups such as anteaters, bats, carnivores, cetaceans, elephants, marsupials, primates, rodents and many others. There are about 5,400 species of mammals alive today. Mammals first appeared about 200 million years ago during the Jurassic Period. The articles listed below provide information about the characteristics, classification and evolution of mammals.
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