Zoological terms

Zoological terms

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

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Habitat

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Place where an animal or plant normally lives, often characterised by a dominant plant form or physical characteristic (that is, the stream habitat, the forest habitat).

Habitat compression

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Restriction of habitat distribution in response to increase in number of competing species.Habitat Expansion

Mammalia

Zoology; Zoological terms

Mammals, as a group of animals, belong to the Class Mammalia. The Class Mammalia, in turn, belongs to the larger group known as the vertebrates (animals with backbones; also called the Phylum ...