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- ISSN 1469-7998. Steudel, Karen; Beattie, Jeanne (1993). "Scaling of cursoriality in mammals". Journal of Morphology. 217 (1): 55–63. doi:10.1002/jmor...
- longest legs of all known human species, but all members of genus Homo have cursorial (limbs adapted for running) adaptions not seen in more arboreal hominids...
- due to convergent evolution: both hyenas and canines are non-arboreal, cursorial hunters that catch prey with their teeth rather than claws. Both eat food...
- The giant Cuban owl or giant cursorial owl (Ornimegalonyx) is an extinct genus of giant owl that measured 1.1 metres (3 ft 7 in) in height. It is closely...
- Huracan was a hypercarnivorous genus of bear that had adaptations for cursoriality. Specimens of Huracan were originally classified as species of the related...
- to have evolved from ambush predators pouncing on prey from above. The Cursorial model ****umes that flight started with running dinosaurs making short...
- 1862. Two theories have dominated most of the discussion since then: the cursorial ("from the ground up") theory proposes that birds evolved from small,...
- acquisition and protection of a claimed territory selected for large size and cursoriality in Tertiary ancestors of ratites. Temperate rainforests dried out throughout...
- was more slender than comparable recent species and its build suggests cursoriality. It is grouped among a group of similar-looking saber-toothed cats known...
- known from several fossil trackways that indicate that it was likely a cursorial animal that was well-adapted to desert environments. The Farlowichnus...