Sentences with phrase «small vertebrates»

«They would likely have fed on small vertebrates and fruits.»

Spiders, caterpillars and earthworms are also taken, as well as small vertebrates such as small mammals, small birds, reptiles and frogs.

Rather infrequently, they have also been witnessed eating small vertebrates such as frogs, lizards, salamanders or snakes.

Intensification of fires and grazing by large herbivores has caused population declines in small vertebrates in many ecosystems worldwide.

So are there even smaller vertebrates out there waiting to be found?

«Although it could eat fruits and insects like its relatives it could also catch small vertebrates and dismember them... It probably ate anything, like a hedgehog or Norway rat does.»

Some animals are considered carnivores even if their diets contain very little meat (e.g., predatory arthropods such as spiders or mantids that may rarely consume small vertebrate prey).

Its molars had elaborate rows of cusps for chewing on plants, and some of its anterior teeth possessed large cusps that allowed it to eat insects and worms, perhaps even other small vertebrates.

Taphonomic, avian, and small vertebrate indicators of Ardipithecus ramidus habitat.

Urban sprawl, fragmentation of forested ecosystems, the increase in motor vehicles and the related increase in roads, and the use of pesticides, fertilizers and poisons do much more damage to bird and small vertebrate species than do domestic and / or feral cats.

Although bonobos do eat invertebrates and occasionally capture and eat small vertebrates, including mammals, their diet seems to contain relatively little animal protein.

«However, Vulcanops's specialized teeth and large size suggest it had a different diet, capable of eating even more plant food as well as small vertebrates — a diet more like some of its South American cousins.

Adult males of the B. micra species grow to only just over a half - inch (16 millimeters) from nose to bottom, making them one of the smallest vertebrates ever found on Earth.

The scientists also declared it the world's smallest vertebrate, but others contend that a species of angler fish is the smallest vertebrate yet discovered on Earth.

At one - third of an inch, the newfound Indonesian fish Paedocypris progenetica (right) is the world's smallest vertebrate, says Ralf Britz of the Natural History Museum in London.

At just 6.2 millimeters long, a swamp - dwelling male anglerfish from Southeast Asia, first described in 2005, is currently regarded as the world's smallest vertebrate.

Using a zebrafish to observe the process of infection offers a small vertebrate animal with an immune system somewhat similar to a human's, Perfect said.

For many plants and small vertebrates, «we suspect extinction, but they may still be hiding in some spots.

The individual spiders are only the size of a pencil eraser, but they form organized groups that can catch prey ranging from fruit flies to small vertebrates.

The impact of cats and foxes on the small vertebrate fauna of Heirisson Prong, Western Australia.

The impact of feral cats and foxes on the small vertebrate fauna of Heirisson Prong, Western Australia.

Eats small vertebrates.

Motmot - pajaro bobo: Handsome bird of forest understory, most characteristic «racquet tripped» tails, sits patiently while scanning for large insect prey or small vertebrates.