- nidifugous,
meaning that they
leave the nest
shortly after birth or hatching.
Altricial species are
those in
which the
young are
underdeveloped at the time of...
-
terms are also used by
scientists for
related developmental phenomena:
altricial (relatively
undeveloped at
birth or hatching; helpless, blind, without...
- More
developed infants will
typically require a
longer gestation period.
Altricial mammals needs less time to
gestate compare to the
precocial (well-developed...
-
markedly underdeveloped and
dependent on
their mothers at
birth (displaying
altriciality), but
healthy puppies grow
quickly and
begin walking thereafter. Puppies...
-
kitten is a
juvenile cat.
After being born,
kittens display primary altriciality and are
fully dependent on
their mothers for survival. They normally...
-
cemetery data
which is
unlikely to have any
records of still-births and
altricial deaths whilst a
veterinary clinic likely would have some data on these...
-
altricial, and tend to be born small, blind,
immobile and naked;
chicks that are
mobile and
feathered upon
hatching are
termed precocial.
Altricial chicks...
-
Nesting is colonial, but
individual birds are monogamous. The
young are
altricial,
hatching from the egg
helpless and
naked in most. They lack a
brood patch...
- give
birth to a
single offspring per pregnancy, but are
unusual in
being altricial compared to most
other large mammals,
meaning young are
undeveloped at...
-
categories of
newborn maturation that
different species of
mammals exhibit.
Altricial young (marsupials, rodents) are
completely helpless and
dependent on their...
