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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...
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precocial (relatively
developed at
birth or hatching; able to fend for themselves). The term
nidifugous is
sometimes used
synonymously with
precocial...
- when it is
ready to feed and breathe. In some species, the
offspring is
precocial and can move
around almost immediately after birth but in others, it is...
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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...
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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...
- bird
typically lays
three or four eggs. The
young of most
species are
precocial. The
family Scolopacidae was
introduced (as Scolopacea) by the French...
- 320–370 days, and
usually results in one foal;
twins are rare.
Horses are a
precocial species, and
foals are
capable of
standing and
running within a short...
- the male
takes no part in the
incubation of the egg or
rearing of the
precocial young.
These duties are
performed by the drab and well-camouflaged female...
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condition in the nest, the
nestling and
fledging stage can be the same. For
precocial birds,
those that
develop and
leave the nest quickly, a
short nestling...
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capable of
flight soon
after hatching,
somewhat resembling the super-
precocial megapodes, the only
group of
neornithines in
which neonates are similarly...
