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diurnal
URI:
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470
Definition:
animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.
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crepuscular
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000078
Definition:
active primarily during dawn and dusk
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nocturnal
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http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q309179
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animal behavior characterized by activity during the night and sleeping during the day
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bilaterally symmetric
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
Definition:
being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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precocial
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/precocial
Definition:
Parent(s) provide neither food nor thermoregulation (e.g., pheasants and ducks)
Attribution:
Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109
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reptiles
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q10811
Definition:
class of tetrapods
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fungi
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q764
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a kingdom of organisms
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1390
Definition:
a class of mainly terrestrial arthropods
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carrion
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q202994
Definition:
dead and decaying flesh of an animal
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arthropods
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1360
Definition:
phylum of animals
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ecomorphological guild
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fossorial
URI:
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2850019
Definition:
organism that is adapted to digging and life underground.
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habitat
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scrubland
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000300
Definition:
Area covered with low-growing or stunted perennial vegetation and usually not mixed with trees.
Comment:
Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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temperate
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000206
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anthropogenic
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000002
Definition:
a geographic feature resulting from the influence of human beings on nature.
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agricultural
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000077
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fossorial and/or ground dwelling only
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/groundDwelling
Definition:
An organism that spends most of its time on the ground or underground.
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has sexual dimorphism
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male larger
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/male_larger
Comment:
Auto-added during harvest #67. A human needs to edit this.
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Fairbairn
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mating system
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polygynous
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000065
Definition:
One male has an exclusive mating relationship with two or more females
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migration
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nonmigratory
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/nonmigratory
Definition:
Does not make seasonal movements between breeding and wintering grounds.
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motility
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actively mobile
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile
Definition:
uses self-propelled locomotion to change location on a regular basis
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native range includes
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The Nearctic
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q737742
Definition:
one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface
Attribution:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Nearctic.svg
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The Neotropics
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q217151
Definition:
one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface
Attribution:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Neotropic.svg
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parental care
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protection
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2251595
Definition:
action or precaution against a threat against an uncertainty or possible unpleasant events
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provisioning
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2874419
Definition:
supplying materials, especially food
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female provides care
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/parentalCareFemale
Definition:
the female feeds and nurtures offspring
Attribution:
Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109
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social system
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solitary
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/solitary
Definition:
Solitary animals are those that spend a majority of their lives without others of their species, with possible exceptions for mating and raising their young. Antonyms for a solitary animal include a social animal or a colonial animal.
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https://www.definitions.net/definition/solitary+animal
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carnivorous scavenger
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/carnivorous_scavenger
Definition:
organism that feeds on dead animal material
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omnivore
URI:
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q164509
Definition:
organism consuming a variety of foods, usually including both plants and animals
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vertivore
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/vertivore
Definition:
carnivorous animal which eats primarily vertebrates
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carnivore
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875
Definition:
organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue
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Crustacean body sizes
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insectivore
URI:
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q677088
Definition:
organism that eats insects.
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