Animal Info - Glossary I
- Igapo
- Forested land in the Amazon River basin that is seasonally flooded by acidic,
nutrient-poor black water. Compare varzea.
- Incisor
- One of the chisel-shaped teeth at the front of the mouth.
- Indigenous
- Native to a particular country or area.
- Induced ovulation
- See "Ovulation - induced".
- Infrasonic
- See infrasound below.
- Infrasound
- Sound that is lower than the range of human hearing (i.e. lower in
frequency than about 20 hertz).
- Insectivore
- An animal that eats mainly insects or spiders.
- Insectivorous
- Referring to an animal that eats mainly insects or spiders.
- Intraspecific
- Occurring within a species or involving members of one species.
- Invertebrate
- An animal which lacks a backbone (such as an insect, spider or crustacean).
- Isohyet
- A line on a map that connects places with equal rainfall.
- Iteroparity
- A species which has iteroparity reproduces more than once over a period of time (it is
"iteroparous").
- IUCN categories
- See Notes.
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