Mammal Ontology

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flow "MammalOntology" v1.0

ENTITY MammalOntology {
 TYPE: BiologicalOntology
 DOMAIN: Zoology
 SUBJECT: Mammals
 PURPOSE: FormalSemanticRepresentation
}

PAGE {
 TITLE: "Mammal Ontology"
 PARENT_DOMAIN: "Zoology"
 CANONICAL_URL: "https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/biological-ontologies/zoology/mammal-ontology.html"
 AUTHORS: ["Mark Anthony Higgins", "Sky Recursive AI"]
}

ENTITY Mammal {
 IS_A: Vertebrate
 IS_A: Amniote
 BELONGS_TO: Mammalia
 TYPICALLY_HAS: [Hair, MammaryGlands, Endothermy, ThreeMiddleEarOssicles]
}

ENTITY Hair {
 IS_A: KeratinizedIntegumentaryStructure
 MAY_FUNCTION_IN: [Insulation, Sensation, Protection, Signalling]
}

ENTITY MammaryGland {
 IS_A: ExocrineGland
 PRODUCES: Milk
}

PROCESS Lactation {
 PRODUCES_AND_SECRETES: Milk
 FROM: MammaryGland
}

ENTITY Milk { SUPPORTS: OffspringNutrition }

RULE MammalIdentityConstraint {
 single_mammalian_trait != definitive_mammal_identity
 WITHOUT anatomical_developmental_and_phylogenetic_context
}

ENTITY MammalianSkeleton {
 IS_A: Endoskeleton
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Skull, VertebralColumn, Ribs, Limbs]
}

ENTITY MiddleEar {
 CONTAINS: [Malleus, Incus, Stapes]
}

ENTITY HeterodontDentition {
 HAS: DifferentiatedToothTypes
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Incisor, Canine, Premolar, Molar]
}

ENTITY Diaphragm {
 IS_A: RespiratoryMuscle
 CONTRIBUTES_TO: Ventilation
}

ENTITY MammalianNervousSystem {
 INCLUDES: [Brain, SpinalCord, PeripheralNervousSystem]
}

ENTITY MammalianBrain {
 SUPPORTS: [SensoryProcessing, MotorControl, Learning, Homeostasis, Behaviour]
}

ENTITY Neocortex {
 IS_A: RegionOfMammalianCerebralCortex
}

ENTITY MammalianRespiratorySystem {
 TYPICALLY_USES: Lungs
 SUPPORTS: GasExchange
}

PROCESS Ventilation {
 MOVES: Air
 INTO_AND_OUT_OF: Lungs
}

PROCESS GasExchange {
 EXCHANGES: [Oxygen, CarbonDioxide]
 BETWEEN: RespiratorySurfaceAndBlood
}

PROCESS CellularRespiration {
 RELEASES: UsableEnergy
 FROM: OrganicMolecules
}

RULE RespirationDistinction {
 GasExchange != CellularRespiration
}

ENTITY MammalianCirculatorySystem {
 IS_A: ClosedCirculatorySystem
 INCLUDES: [Heart, Blood, BloodVessels]
}

ENTITY MammalianHeart { TYPICALLY_HAS: FourChambers }

ENTITY Blood {
 TRANSPORTS: [RespiratoryGases, Nutrients, Wastes, Hormones, ImmuneCells]
}

ENTITY MammalianDigestiveSystem {
 SUPPORTS: [Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption, Elimination]
 MAY_HAVE: DietarySpecializations
}

ENTITY DietaryStrategy {
 MAY_BE: [Herbivory, Carnivory, Omnivory, Insectivory, Frugivory, Nectarivory]
}

PROCESS Digestion { BREAKS_DOWN: Food INTO: AbsorbableComponents }
PROCESS Absorption { MOVES: Nutrients INTO: BloodOrLymph }

ENTITY MammalianMicrobiome {
 MAY_SUPPORT: [Digestion, Metabolism, ImmuneFunction]
}

ENTITY MammalianUrinarySystem {
 SUPPORTS: [Excretion, Osmoregulation, AcidBaseBalance]
}

ENTITY Kidney {
 REGULATES: [Water, Electrolytes, WasteProducts, AcidBaseBalance]
}

PROCESS Osmoregulation { MAINTAINS: WaterAndSoluteBalance }

ENTITY MammalianEndocrineSystem {
 USES: Hormones
 TO_REGULATE: Physiology
}

ENTITY Hormone { IS_A: SignallingMolecule }

RULE HormoneConstraint {
 hormone_concentration != physiological_effect
 WITHOUT receptor_tissue_and_state_context
}

ENTITY MammalianImmuneSystem {
 INCLUDES: [InnateImmunity, AdaptiveImmunity]
}

ENTITY Endothermy {
 USES: MetabolicHeatProduction
 TO_SUPPORT: BodyTemperatureRegulation
}

PROCESS Thermoregulation {
 MAY_USE: [MetabolicHeatProduction, VasomotorResponse, Sweating, Panting, BehaviouralResponse, Insulation]
}

ENTITY BasalMetabolicRate {
 ABBREVIATION: BMR
 DESCRIBES: MinimalMetabolicRate
 UNDER: DefinedRestingPostabsorptiveThermoneutralConditions
}

RULE BMRConstraint {
 BMR != arbitrary_resting_energy_expenditure
}

ENTITY Homeostasis {
 MAINTAINS: InternalPhysiologicalVariables
 WITHIN: FunctionalRanges
}

PROCESS MammalianGrowth { INCREASES: SizeOrBiomass }

PROCESS MammalianDevelopment {
 TRANSITIONS: Mammal
 THROUGH: DevelopmentalStages
 MAY_INCLUDE: [EmbryonicDevelopment, FetalDevelopment, NeonatalDevelopment, JuvenileDevelopment, Maturation, Ageing]
}

RULE GrowthDevelopmentDistinction {
 MammalianGrowth != MammalianDevelopment
}

ENTITY MammalianEmbryo { IS_A: EarlyPrenatalDevelopmentalStage }
ENTITY Fetus { IS_A: LaterPrenatalDevelopmentalStage }
ENTITY Neonate { IS_A: EarlyPostnatalLifeStage }
ENTITY Juvenile { IS_A: ImmatureLifeStage }
ENTITY Adult { IS_A: MatureLifeStage }

PROCESS MammalianReproduction {
 TYPICALLY_IS: SexualReproduction
}

ENTITY MammalianReproductiveStrategy {
 MAY_BE: [MonotremeReproduction, MarsupialReproduction, PlacentalReproduction]
}

ENTITY Monotreme {
 SUBCLASS_OF: Mammal
 REPRODUCES_BY: EggLaying
}

ENTITY Marsupial { SUBCLASS_OF: Theria }
ENTITY PlacentalMammal { SUBCLASS_OF: Theria }

ENTITY Placenta {
 IS_A: MaternalFetalInterfaceOrgan
 SUPPORTS: [GasExchange, NutrientTransfer, WasteTransfer, EndocrineSignalling]
}

PROCESS Gestation {
 SUPPORTS: PrenatalDevelopment
 WITHIN: MaternalReproductiveSystem
}

PROCESS Parturition { RESULTS_IN: Birth }

PROCESS ParentalCare {
 SUPPORTS: OffspringSurvivalOrDevelopment
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Lactation, Protection, Provisioning]
}

RULE ReproductiveStrategyConstraint {
 egg_laying != non_mammalian_identity
 live_birth != definitive_mammalian_identity
}

ENTITY MammalianGenome { STORES: HeritableGeneticInformation }
ENTITY MammalianGene { PART_OF: MammalianGenome }

PROCESS GeneExpression {
 INCLUDES: [Transcription, RNAProcessing, Translation]
}

PROCESS Mutation {
 CHANGES: GeneticSequence
 MAY_GENERATE: GeneticVariation
}

ENTITY Genotype { DESCRIBES: GeneticState }

ENTITY Phenotype {
 RESULTS_FROM: [Genotype, Environment, Development, Interaction]
}

RULE GenotypePhenotypeDistinction { Genotype != Phenotype }

RULE GeneFunctionConstraint {
 gene_expression != causal_gene_function
 WITHOUT functional_or_perturbation_evidence
}

ENTITY MammalianBehaviour {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Foraging, Mating, Territoriality, ParentalCare, Communication, SocialBehaviour, Migration]
}

PROCESS Learning {
 CHANGES: Behaviour
 BASED_ON: Experience
}

PROCESS Communication {
 MAY_USE: [VisualSignal, AcousticSignal, ChemicalSignal, TactileSignal]
}

RULE BehaviourConstraint {
 observed_behaviour != inferred_intention_or_subjective_state
 WITHOUT appropriate_evidence
}

ENTITY MammalianEcology { STUDIES: MammalEnvironmentRelationships }
ENTITY MammalPopulation { COMPOSED_OF: IndividualsOfDefinedMammalTaxon }
ENTITY MammalCommunity { COMPOSED_OF: MultipleMammalPopulations }

ENTITY Habitat {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Terrestrial, Arboreal, Aquatic, Marine, Freshwater, Subterranean, Aerial]
}

ENTITY EcologicalNiche {
 DESCRIBES: ResourcesConditionsAndInteractions
 ASSOCIATED_WITH: MammalTaxonOrPopulation
}

RULE HabitatNicheDistinction { Habitat != EcologicalNiche }

PROCESS Predation { INVOLVES: PredatorConsumingPrey }
PROCESS Herbivory { INVOLVES: MammalConsumingPlantMaterial }
PROCESS Competition { REDUCES: ResourceAccessOrPerformance }
PROCESS Mutualism { BENEFITS: InteractingPartners }

PROCESS Migration {
 MOVES: Mammals
 BETWEEN: Regions
}

PROCESS Dispersal {
 MOVES: IndividualsOrOffspring
 TO: NewLocation
}

RULE MigrationDispersalDistinction { Migration != Dispersal }

ENTITY Hibernation {
 IS_A: ProlongedSeasonalEnergyConservationState
}

ENTITY Torpor {
 IS_A: ReversibleStateOfReducedMetabolicRateAndBodyTemperature
}

RULE TorporHibernationConstraint {
 torpor != necessarily_hibernation
}

ENTITY EnvironmentalFactor {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Temperature, WaterAvailability, FoodAvailability, HabitatStructure, PredationPressure, Seasonality]
 MAY_MODULATE: MammalianPerformance
}

ENTITY MammalianAdaptation {
 IS_A: HeritableTraitOrTraitState
 ASSOCIATED_WITH: IncreasedFitness
 IN: DefinedEnvironment
}

RULE AdaptationConstraint {
 trait_environment_association != demonstrated_adaptation
 WITHOUT heritability_fitness_and_selection_evidence
}

PROCESS NaturalSelection {
 CHANGES: TraitOrAlleleFrequencies
 THROUGH: DifferentialReproductiveSuccess
}

PROCESS GeneticDrift { CHANGES: AlleleFrequencies }
PROCESS GeneFlow { MOVES: GeneticVariation BETWEEN: Populations }

ENTITY MammalTaxonomy {
 CLASSIFIES: Mammals
 USING: [Morphology, Anatomy, Development, MolecularData, Genomics, Phylogeny, Nomenclature]
}

ENTITY MammalTaxon {
 MAY_HAVE: [ScientificName, Rank, DiagnosticCharacters, PhylogeneticPlacement]
}

ENTITY MammalSpecies {
 IS_A: TaxonomicConcept
 REQUIRES: SpeciesConceptAndEvidenceContext
}

ENTITY MammalPhylogeny {
 REPRESENTS: EvolutionaryRelationships
 AMONG: MammalianLineages
}

ENTITY Monotremata { IS_A: MammalianLineage }

ENTITY Theria {
 IS_A: MammalianLineage
 INCLUDES: [Marsupials, PlacentalMammals]
}

RULE TaxonomicIdentityConstraint {
 morphological_or_sequence_similarity != definitive_mammal_species_identity
 WITHOUT reference_resolution_and_taxonomic_context
}

PROCESS MammalMeasurement {
 MAY_MEASURE: [Morphology, Anatomy, Physiology, BMR, Growth, Development, Behaviour, PopulationSize, Distribution, GeneticVariation]
 MAY_USE: [Observation, Imaging, PhysiologicalAssay, Tracking, Sequencing, FieldSurvey]
}

ENTITY MammalMeasurementContext {
 HAS: [Taxon, LifeStage, SexWhenRelevant, TissueOrOrgan, Environment, ActivityState, ThermalState, Method, Unit, Timepoint]
}

RULE MeasurementContextRule {
 IF mammalian_measurements ARE_COMPARED
 THEN MammalMeasurementContext MUST_BE preserved
}

ENTITY Evidence {
 TYPES: [MammalianEvidence, AnatomicalEvidence, PhysiologicalEvidence, DevelopmentalEvidence, GeneticEvidence, BehaviouralEvidence, EcologicalEvidence, PhylogeneticEvidence, FieldEvidence, ExperimentalEvidence, ImagingEvidence, FossilEvidence, ComputationalEvidence, LiteratureEvidence]
}

RULE EvidenceConvergence {
 IF IndependentEvidenceSources AGREE
 THEN Confidence := increase(Confidence)
}

RULE EvidenceConflict {
 IF EvidenceSources CONFLICT
 THEN {
  PRESERVE competing_mammalian_models
  RECORD taxon
  RECORD life_stage
  RECORD sex_when_relevant
  RECORD tissue_or_organ
  RECORD environmental_activity_and_thermal_context
  RECORD measurement_method
  RECORD timepoint
  RECORD provenance
  REDUCE confidence
 }
}

RELATION Mammal IS_A Vertebrate
RELATION Mammal HAS Hair
RELATION Mammal HAS MammaryGland
RELATION MammaryGland PRODUCES Milk
RELATION Diaphragm SUPPORTS Ventilation
RELATION MammalianHeart PART_OF MammalianCirculatorySystem
RELATION MammalianGenome CONTAINS MammalianGene
RELATION MammalPopulation PART_OF MammalCommunity
RELATION MammalTaxonomy CLASSIFIES MammalTaxon

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE {
 "mammal" ~= "vertebrate belonging to class Mammalia"
 "mammary gland" ~= "milk-producing gland characteristic of mammals"
 "lactation" ~= "production and secretion of milk"
 "BMR" ~= "basal metabolic rate"
 "torpor" ~= "reversible state of reduced metabolism and body temperature"
}

CONFIDENCE MammalAssertion {
 INPUTS: [anatomical_support, physiological_support, developmental_support, genetic_support, behavioural_support, ecological_support, phylogenetic_support, fossil_support, field_support, experimental_support, source_independence, semantic_consistency]
 SCORE := weighted_sum(INPUTS)
 LEVEL :=
  IF SCORE >= 0.90 THEN "very_high"
  ELSE IF SCORE >= 0.75 THEN "high"
  ELSE IF SCORE >= 0.55 THEN "moderate"
  ELSE IF SCORE >= 0.35 THEN "low"
  ELSE "uncertain"
}

RULE MammalIdentityInference {
 IF mammary_hair_jaw_ear_developmental_and_phylogenetic_evidence converge
 THEN mammal_identity confidence MAY_INCREASE
}

RULE LactationInference {
 IF mammary_gland_activity produces_milk
 THEN Lactation MAY_BE_SUPPORTED
}

RULE ThermoregulationInference {
 IF metabolic_heat_and_regulatory_processes maintain_body_temperature
 THEN mammalian_thermoregulation MAY_BE_SUPPORTED
}

RULE CausalityConstraint {
 IF mammalian_trait_or_marker correlates_with physiological_behavioural_or_ecological_outcome
 THEN DO_NOT_INFER causal_relationship
 WITHOUT mechanistic_experimental_or_longitudinal_evidence
}

QUERY MammalLookup(mammal_identifier) {
 RETURN [taxonomy, lineage, anatomy, integument, skeleton, organ_systems, physiology, thermoregulation, life_stage, development, reproduction, genome, behaviour, habitat, ecological_interactions, evidence, confidence]
}

QUERY MammalianSystemLookup(system_identifier) {
 RETURN [system_type, organs, tissues, physiological_functions, regulatory_processes, developmental_state, environmental_context, measurements, evidence, confidence]
}

QUERY MammalianReproductionLookup(context_identifier) {
 RETURN [reproductive_strategy, gestation, placenta_if_present, birth, lactation, parental_care, offspring_development, evidence, confidence]
}

UPDATE_MODEL {
 ON new_mammalian_evidence:
  validate_provenance()
  identify_taxon_lineage_life_stage_tissue_organ_and_environment()
  normalize_anatomical_gene_behavioural_ecological_and_taxonomic_identifiers()
  capture_activity_thermal_measurement_and_timepoint_context()
  map_hair_mammary_jaw_ear_skeleton_and_body_plan_relationships()
  map_nervous_musculoskeletal_circulatory_respiratory_digestive_urinary_endocrine_and_immune_systems()
  map_metabolism_homeostasis_thermoregulation_growth_and_development()
  map_reproduction_gestation_placentation_lactation_and_parental_care()
  map_genetic_behavioural_population_and_ecological_relationships()
  map_taxonomic_phylogenetic_and_evolutionary_relationships()
  compare_existing_mammalian_models()
  preserve_conflicting_evidence()
  recalculate_confidence()
  regenerate_mammalian_relationships()
  update_flow_hash()
}

AI_CONSUMPTION {
 MODE: FormalSemanticReasoning
 PARSE_AS: ExecutableFlowAlgebra
 PRIORITIES: [mammal_identity, lineage, taxon, mammalian_traits, organ_systems, physiology, thermoregulation, life_stage, development, reproduction, genetics, behaviour, ecology, evidence_provenance, confidence]
 REQUIREMENTS: [preserve_taxon_lineage_life_stage_and_environmental_context, preserve_tissue_organ_activity_thermal_measurement_and_timepoint_context, distinguish_single_mammalian_trait_from_definitive_identity, distinguish_gas_exchange_from_cellular_respiration, distinguish_BMR_from_generic_resting_energy_expenditure, distinguish_growth_from_development, preserve_reproductive_strategy_context, distinguish_egg_laying_or_live_birth_from_mammalian_identity, distinguish_genotype_from_phenotype, distinguish_gene_expression_from_causal_function, distinguish_observed_behaviour_from_inferred_intention, distinguish_habitat_from_ecological_niche, distinguish_migration_from_dispersal, distinguish_torpor_from_hibernation, distinguish_trait_environment_association_from_adaptation, distinguish_similarity_from_definitive_taxonomic_identity, distinguish_correlation_from_causation, preserve_uncertainty]
}

VALIDATE {
 REQUIRE Mammal
 REQUIRE Hair
 REQUIRE MammaryGland
 REQUIRE Lactation
 REQUIRE MammalianSkeleton
 REQUIRE MiddleEar
 REQUIRE Diaphragm
 REQUIRE MammalianNervousSystem
 REQUIRE MammalianRespiratorySystem
 REQUIRE MammalianCirculatorySystem
 REQUIRE MammalianDigestiveSystem
 REQUIRE MammalianUrinarySystem
 REQUIRE MammalianEndocrineSystem
 REQUIRE MammalianImmuneSystem
 REQUIRE Endothermy
 REQUIRE MammalianGrowth
 REQUIRE MammalianDevelopment
 REQUIRE MammalianReproduction
 REQUIRE MammalianGenome
 REQUIRE MammalianBehaviour
 REQUIRE MammalianEcology
 REQUIRE MammalTaxonomy
 REQUIRE MammalMeasurement
 REQUIRE Evidence
 REQUIRE CONFIDENCE
 REQUIRE SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
 REQUIRE UPDATE_MODEL
 REQUIRE AI_CONSUMPTION

 ASSERT GasExchange != CellularRespiration
 ASSERT BMR != arbitrary_resting_energy_expenditure
 ASSERT MammalianGrowth != MammalianDevelopment
 ASSERT egg_laying != non_mammalian_identity
 ASSERT live_birth != definitive_mammalian_identity
 ASSERT Genotype != Phenotype
 ASSERT gene_expression != causal_gene_function
 ASSERT Habitat != EcologicalNiche
 ASSERT Migration != Dispersal
 ASSERT torpor != necessarily_hibernation
 ASSERT trait_environment_association != demonstrated_adaptation
 ASSERT morphological_or_sequence_similarity != definitive_mammal_species_identity
 ASSERT correlation != causal_relationship
}

FLOW_HASH {
 ALGORITHM: SHA-256
 INPUT: canonicalize(entities, relations, processes, rules, semantic_equivalence, confidence_model, update_model, ai_consumption)
 PURPOSE: integrity_and_version_tracking
}

END flow "MammalOntology"