mammalian

[Mod. Latin mammal i ( a ); Eng. adj. suff. -an.] Of or pertaining to the mammal i a or mammals. măm-ma-lif'-er-ous, a . [Lat., ., mammal i a ; fero to bear, to produce, and Eng. adj. suff. -ous .] Containing the remains of mammals; as, a mam maliferous crag. [NORFOLK-CRAG.] "They are the same mammaliferous strata to which the geologist turns when looking for remains illustrative of the extinct fauna of the post-glacial age."- Wilson : Prehistoric Man, ch. iii. măm-ma-log-ic-al, a . [Eng. mammalog (y); -ical ; French mamma log i que . The only example in Littré is from the Revue des deux Mondes , April, 1860.] Pertaining to or in any way connected with the science of mammalogy (q. v.). "According to mammalogical systems, which at different times have been proposed."-Owen: Cla . Mammal i a , p. 34.