Zoological terms

Zoological terms

Terms in relation to animals, such as mammals, birds, reptiles or fish.

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Invertebrate

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Animal without a backbone. Invertebrates make up over 90 percent of all animal species.

Intergrading

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The merging of characteristics of two populations where their ranges come into contact

River dolphins

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A group of dolphins that live in the major rivers of the world, including the Amazon in Brazil, the Ganges in India, the Yangtze in China, and the Irrawady in Myanmar, to name a few.

Rostrum

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An anatomical structure that projects from the head of an animal, such as a snout.

Rostral scale

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Scale at the very tip of the snout on the upper jaw.

Rounded

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The shrtest version of an elliptical egg shape; spherical

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