Life History and Reproduction

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Life History and Reproduction
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Reproductive trends in large mammals
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Exceptions to Body Size/Reproduction Trends
1) Microchiroptera
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Exceptions to Body Size/Reproduction Trends
2) Macroscelidids
Rhynchocyon chrysopygusGolden-rumped
Elephant-shrew
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Exceptions to Body Size/Reproduction Trends
3) Hystricognaths
Colonial Tuco-tuco Ctenomys sociabilis
Cavia porcellus
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Exceptions to Body Size/Reproduction Trends
4) Marine carnivores (Pinnipeds)
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Advantages/disadvantages of Precocial Young
4) Seasonality and Mortality
Vulpes vulpes
Sorex araneus
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Advantages/disadvantages of Precocial Young
4) Avoidance of predation