time of birth, but with the aid of their parents mature after birth. Precocial species are those in which the young are relatively mature and mobile...

precocial (relatively developed at birth or hatching; able to fend for themselves). The term nidifugous is sometimes used synonymously with precocial...

feathers that cover most birds at some point in their early development. Precocial nestlings are already covered with a layer of down when they hatch, while...

mammals needs less time to gestate compare to the precocial (well-developed neonate) mammal. A typical precocial mammal has a gestation period almost four times...

takes 27 to 28 days and fledging takes 50 to 60 days. The ducklings are precocial and fully capable of swimming as soon as they hatch. The mallard is considered...

capable of flight soon after hatching, somewhat resembling the super-precocial megapodes, the only group of neornithines in which neonates are similarly...

upon hatching are termed precocial. Altricial chicks need help thermoregulating and must be brooded for longer than precocial chicks. The young of many...

of Skye in northwestern Scotland. However, there is ample evidence of precociality or superprecociality among many dinosaur species, particularly theropods...

(marsupials, rodents) are completely helpless and dependent on their mothers, precocial young (elephants, cattle) have highly developed sensory and motor functions...

"New Protocetid Whale from the Middle Eocene of Pakistan: Birth on Land, Precocial Development, and sexual dimorphism". PLOS ONE. 4 (2): e4366. Bibcode:2009PLoSO...