Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a cylindric or terete tail: as, the round-tailed spermophile, Spermophilus tereticauda.
- Having the end of the tail rounded by gradual shortening of the lateral feathers in succession, as a bird.
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Other mammals include predators such as mountain lions (Felis concolor), coyotes (Canis latrans) and prey such as black-tailed jackrabbits (Lepus californicus), and round-tailed ground squirrels (Spermophilus tereticaudus).
Sonoran desert 2009
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Twenty-five native mammals occur including round-tailed muskrat Neofiber alleni struix, Everglades mink Mustela vison evergladensis, the native Florida panther Felis concolor coryi (E) of which there may be less than 30 left in the entire state and less than 10 in the Park, manatee Trichechus manatus latirostris (V) of which only about 1,200 remain, mangrove fox squirrel Sciurus niger avicennia and Florida black bear Ursus americanus floridanus.
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Several lizard species that are adapted to the exposed, sun-baked landscape of West Texas are indicative of the succulent desert shrubland: the round-tailed horned lizard, the checkered whiptail, and the greater earless lizard.
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Ravens the same, round-tailed eagle as at Urghundee, and
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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The round-tailed muskrat of Florida (_Neofiber alleni_) builds a little platform over the water of the marsh in which it lives, on which it builds its nest high and dry.
The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations William Temple Hornaday 1895
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There is however a variety of the lamantin (_Manitus Senigalensis_, Desm.) which has a round tail, and is distinguished as the "round-tailed manitus."
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These animals have been subdivided into the large round-tailed flying squirrels, _Pteromys_, and the small flat-tailed flying squirrels, _Sciuropterus_.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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The creek is home to a pair of native species of fish, the bluehead and flannel-mouthed suckers, and possibly the round-tailed chub, although the presence of the latter never has been confirmed, White said.
Durangoherald.com 2009
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The round-tailed chub is found in the Mancos River.
Durangoherald.com 2009
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That last picture is a round-tailed ground squirrel like the ones who live in my front yard.
No Man's Blog 2008
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