Venomous mammal
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venomous-mammal-231-2339318
title:
Venomous mammal
text:
Venomous mammals are tetrapods of the class Mammalia that produce venom, which they use to kill or disable prey, to defend themselves from predators or conspecifics or in agonistic encounters. Mammalian venoms form a heterogeneous group with different compositions and modes of action, from four orders of mammals: Eulipotyphla, Monotremata, Primates, and Chiroptera. To explain the rarity of venom delivery in Mammalia, Mark Dufton of the University of Strathclyde has suggested that modern mammalia
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Venom-producing animals of the class Mammalia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venomous_mammal
date created:
2005-08-27T17:16:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T21:13:33Z
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image:
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fields total:
13
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16