Sentences with phrase «subadult female»

Scientists from the Marine Mammal Center described it as a subadult female.

The longest recorded swim in the study was by a subadult female that traveled over 249 miles (400 kilometers) in nine days.

That would explain why Dollar, who has caught only adult and subadult female fossa, has never seen the trait.

But if he mates with a younger subadult female, she'll let him live to see another day, Daily Mail reports.

Not exact matches

Researchers noted that females with young cubs tended to swim less to avoid submersion of youngsters in cold waters, while lone subadults swam as frequently as lone adults.

In subadults and adults, the picture is reversed — high - ranking females exhibit a higher infection probability than low - ranking females whereas mortality was similar for both groups.

In otariid species like the South American and Australian sea lions, non-territorial subadults form «gangs» and cause chaos within the breeding rookeries to increase their chances of mating with females.

In a large sample that also included subadults, Goldberg et al. (2000) reported mean sizes of 40.2 mm SVL for males and 40.5 mm SVL for females (n = 78, 96, respectively).

Also, as warming temperatures limit seal hunting opportunities on the ice, adult male polar bears will likely fare the best, securing the best sites from smaller bears (females, subadults).

Of green turtles from warmer northern nesting beaches, 99.1 % of juveniles, 99.8 % of subadults, and 86.8 % of adults were female.