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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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nocturnal
URI:
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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altricial
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http://eol.org/schema/terms/altricial
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Parent(s) provide food and thermoregulation (e.g., passerines).
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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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1390
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a class of mainly terrestrial arthropods
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eggs
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q17147
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organic vessels in which embryos first begin to develop
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phylum of animals
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5113
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class of tetrapods
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q10811
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class of tetrapods
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000446
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A biome that applies to the terrestrial realm.
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monogamous
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000063
Definition:
One male and one female have an exclusive mating relationship
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actively mobile
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http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile
Definition:
uses self-propelled locomotion to change location on a regular basis
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Ethiopia
URI:
http://www.geonames.org/337996
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group living
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/socialGroupLiving
Definition:
where individuals of the same species (conspecifics), maintain spatial proximity with one another over time with mechanisms of social attraction
Attribution:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_living
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carnivore
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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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