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Glossary 
sacculated 
sanguivorous 
scansorial 
specialized 
supersonic 
tactile 
termites 
Tertiary 
trefoil 
truncate 
type locality 
type specimen 
unicuspid teeth 
W-pattern 
Having a series of sac-like expansions. 
Feeding on blood. 
An organism that climbs or is given to climbing. 
Designed, fitted or adapted for use in one special 
manner. 
Pertaining to sounds of such high frequency as 
to be inaudible to humans. 
Touching. In some mammals, special tactile sur- 
faces of toes, fingers and the tips of tails ; also 
tactile hairs as cat's whiskers. 
White ants, pale-colored, soft-bodied insects of 
the family Termitidse. They are not true ants. 
The last great period of geologic time following 
the Mesozoic or Age of Dinosaurs. Most 
modern orders of mammals developed during 
the Tertiary period. 
Shaped like a three-leafed clover. 
Cut off, chopped off. 
The locality from which a species or subspecies 
was first described. 
The actual specimen from which a species or 
subspecies was originally described. 
Teeth having a single cusp or point — especially 
of the Insectivora. 
In describing teeth, crowns with cusp pattern, 
when seen from above, arranged like the let- 
terW. 
