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- Precocial species in birds and mammals are those in which the young are relatively mature and mobile from the moment of birth or hatching. They are normally...
- mammals needs less time to gestate compare to the precocial (well-developed neonate) mammal. A typical precocial mammal has a gestation period almost four times...
- precocial (relatively developed at birth or hatching; able to fend for themselves). The term nidifugous is sometimes used synonymously with precocial...
- feathers that cover most birds at some point in their early development. Precocial nestlings are already covered with a layer of down when they hatch, while...
- (marsupials, rodents) are completely helpless and dependent on their mothers, precocial young (elephants, cattle) have highly developed sensory and motor functions...
- capable of flight soon after hatching, somewhat resembling the super-precocial megapodes, the only group of neornithines in which neonates are similarly...
- takes 27 to 28 days and fledging takes 50 to 60 days. The ducklings are precocial and fully capable of swimming as soon as they hatch. The mallard is considered...
- than precocial birds (those that are born capable of running) From guinea pig to Andean condor 100 – 1000 Faster than marsupials, similar to precocial birds...
- bird typically lays three or four eggs. The young of most species are precocial. The family Scolopacidae was introduced (as Scolopacea) by the French...
- Many have litters of underdeveloped, altricial young, while others are precocial (relatively well developed) at birth. The rodent fossil record dates back...