Eutheria

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Eutheria - all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

class Mammalia, Mammalia - warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female

eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

Insectivora, order Insectivora - shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs

Cetacea, order Cetacea - an order of Eutheria

order Sirenia, Sirenia - an animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller's sea cow

Carnivora, order Carnivora - cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia

Fissipedia - in some classifications considered a suborder of Carnivora

order Tubulidentata, Tubulidentata - an order of Eutheria

Chiroptera, order Chiroptera - an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats)

Lagomorpha, order Lagomorpha - rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata of the order Rodentia

order Rodentia, Rodentia - small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis

Hyracoidea, order Hyracoidea - hyraxes and some extinct animals

order Perissodactyla, Perissodactyla - nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms

Artiodactyla, order Artiodactyla - an order of hooved mammals of the subclass Eutheria (including pigs and peccaries and hippopotami and members of the suborder Ruminantia) having an even number of functional toes

Edentata, order Edentata - order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters; sloths; armadillos

order Pholidota, Pholidota - pangolins; in some former classifications included in the order Edentata

order Primates, Primates - an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings

order Scandentia, Scandentia - a small order comprising only the tree shrews: in some classifications tree shrews are considered either primates (and included in the suborder Prosimii) or true insectivores (and included in the order Insectivora)

Dermoptera, order Dermoptera - flying lemurs

order Proboscidea, Proboscidea - an order of animals including elephants and mammoths

Ailuropodidae, family Ailuropodidae - in some classifications considered the family comprising the giant pandas

class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

Translations

placentaire

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miR-411 belongs to the miR-379 family and is located in the imprinted DLK//DIO3 region within the miR-379/ miR-656 cluster on human chromosome 14 (23), which is highly conserved in placental mammals (22,23).

Differential expression of microRNA-411 and 376c is associated with hypertension in pregnancy

Of Placental Mammals, Only a Few Menstruate: Primates, Bats, and Elephants

I Sing the Body Mammalian

Langer comparatively analyzes the anatomy of the stomach, small intestine, caecum, and colon of most eutherian orders and suborders of placental mammals. His treatment of the gastrointestinal tract interweaves anatomy and physiology, and he discusses information on the form and function of organs of digestion in eutherians under comparative-anatomical aspects.

Comparative Anatomy of the Gastrointestinal Tract in Eutheria: Taxonomy, Biogeography and Food; Volume 2: Laurasiatheria, General Discussion

These rat-like creatures, from a group called (http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/eutheria/placental.html) eutherian mammals or placental mammals, would also have been the ancestors of most mammals in the world, including those that are starkly different from us, like baleen whales, and our closest friends, dogs and cats.

Fossils Show Humans Used To Look Like Rats

Placental mammals all develop inside a uterus, drawing blood from their mothers.

When dinosaurs ruled the earth, mammals took to the skies

A unique feature of placental mammals, extra-embryonic tissues such as the placenta and yolk sac are vital for nutrient and waste exchange between the fetus and mother.

Scientists teprogram embryonic stem cells to expand cell fates

What's more, energy-draining organs such as the brain, liver and kidneys are relatively smaller in pandas than in other placental mammals.

Giant pandas live in the slow lane

As the eggshell was lost and live birth evolved in the common ancestor to marsupials and placental mammals, more than 1,000 genes were turned on, many of which were strongly linked to the establishment of maternal-fetal communication.

Ancient parasites spurred evolution

Placental mammals today include humans and all other mammals except those that lay eggs or have pouches (marsupials).

Human ancestors may have lived with dinosaurs millions of years ago

Placental mammals are the largest of the mammal groups and nourish offspring through the placenta.

Man's oldest ancestor identified as rat-sized mammal

Appearing February 7 in the journal Science, the study details how researchers used both genetic and physical traits to reconstruct the common ancestor of placental mammals, the creature that gave rise to many mammals alive today.