User:Tazerdadog/organism descriptions second hundred
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Kryptobaatar | Extinct mammalian genus dating | Kryptobaatar ("hidden hero," from Greek: kryptos, "hidden," and Mongolian: baatar, "hero" or "athlete") and also known as Gobiaatar, Gobibaatar ("Gobi hero") or Tugrigbaatar is an extinct mammalian genus dating from the Upper Cretaceous Period and identified in Central Asia. This animal was a member of the extinct order of Multituberculata within the suborder Cimolodonta, and was a member of the family Djadochtatheriidae. It lived contemporaneously with some of the dinosaurs. | |
Tombaatar | Mammal genus | Tombaatar is a mammal genus that existed during the Mongolian Upper Cretaceous period. It co-existed with some of the late dinosaurs. This animal was a member of the extinct order Multituberculata, within the suborder Cimolodonta and family Djadochtatheriidae. | |
Catopsalis | Possibly invalid genus of extinct mammal | Catopsalis is a possibly invalid genus of extinct mammal from the Paleocene of North America. This animal was a relatively large member of the extinct order of Multituberculata. Most Multituberculates were much smaller. | |
Prionessus | Genus of extinct mammal | Prionessus is a genus of extinct mammal from the Paleocene of Central Asia. It was a member of the extinct order Multituberculata within the suborder Cimolodonta and superfamily Taeniolabidoidea. The genus was named by Matthew W.D. and Granger W. in 1925 and is based on a single species. | |
Sphenopsalis | Genus of extinct mammal | Sphenopsalis is a genus of extinct mammal from the Paleocene of Central Asia. It was a member of the extinct order Multituberculata, and lies within the suborder Cimolodonta and the superfamily Taeniolabidoidea. The genus was named by William Diller Matthew, W. Granger and George Gaylord Simpson in 1928. | |
Himalayan marmot | Marmot species | The Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana) is a marmot species that inhabits alpine grasslands throughout the Himalayas and on the Tibetan Plateau. | |
Acacia covenyi | Rare plant | Acacia covenyi is a rare plant from Southern New South Wales. | |
Hog badger | Terrestrial mustelid | The hog badger (Arctonyx collaris), also known as greater hog badger, is a terrestrial mustelid native to Central and Southeast Asia. | |
Cymbidium goeringii | Orchid found in temperate locations of East Asia including Japan | The Noble Orchid (Cymbidium goeringii) is an orchid found in temperate locations of East Asia including Japan, China, Taiwan and South Korea. | |
Ryegrass bunt | Species of fungus in the Tilletiaceae family | Tilletia walkeri is a species of fungus in the Tilletiaceae family. | |
Delicate slender opossum | Small pouchless marsupial of the family Didelphidae | The delicate slender opossum (Marmosops parvidens) is a small pouchless marsupial of the family Didelphidae that occurs in French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and adjacent Venezuela and Brazil. Marmosops pinheiroi, Marmosops bishopi and Marmosops juninensis had long been considered to represent the same species, until parvidens and pinheiroi were found in sympatry in French Guiana. This species is found in moist primary tropical rainforest at elevations up to 2000 m. | |
Perophthalma | Very small butterfly genus in the family Riodinidae | Eyemark is also a term used for the CBS network's longtime Eye Device logo.
Perophthalma is a very small butterfly genus in the family Riodinidae. The genus comprises only two species, both found only in Central and South America. | |
Yushania | Genus of bamboo in the grass family | Yushania is a genus of bamboo in the grass family.
Recent classification systems place Yushania in the woody bamboo tribe Bambuseae, which is part of the supertribe Bambusodae. The species of Yushania are evergreen, spreading, thornless bamboos native to Himalayan, African, Chinese, and Southeast Asian mountains at moderate to high altitudes, up to 3000 m. | |
Baculoviridae | Family of viruses | Baculoviridae is a family of viruses. Arthropods, lepidoptera, hymenoptera, diptera, and decapoda serve as natural hosts. There are currently 66 species in this family, divided among 4 genera. | |
Dryopoa | Genus of Australian plants in the grass family | Dryopoa (giant mountain grass) is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.
The only known species is Dryopoa dives, native to New South Wales, Tasmania, and Victoria. The name Dryopoa (tree-grass) is derived from the Greek language, with dryos meaning tree and poa meaning grass. | |
Greta oto | Species of brush-footed butterfly and member of the subfamily Danainae | Greta oto is a species of brush-footed butterfly and member of the subfamily Danainae, tribe Ithomiini, and subtribe Godyridina. It is known by the common name glasswing butterfly for its unique transparent wings that allow it to camouflage without extensive coloration. In Spanish speaking regions, it may also be referred to as espejitos, meaning "little mirrors" because of its transparent wings. | |
Chirixalus | Now-synonymized genus in the moss frog family | Chirixalus is a now-synonymized genus in the moss frog family (Rhacophoridae). It used to include species from southern and eastern Asia. These species are now found mostly in Chiromantis, but also in Kurixalus, Liuixalus, Feihyla, Gracixalus, and Theloderma. | |
Philautus | Genus of shrub frogs in the family Rhacophoridae | Philautus is a genus of shrub frogs in the family Rhacophoridae from Asia. Some species in this genus are now considered extinct by IUCN, while others are widespread and abundant (such as the recently described P. abundus, which was specifically named for this fact). The taxonomy of the group is unclear, with many poorly described species. | |
Velleius dilatatus | Skipped | The rove beetle Velleius dilatatus lives together with the European hornet Vespa crabro crabro.
Velleius dilatatus is up to 26 mm long. It feeds on detritus produced by the hornets (an example of commensalism). | |
Kinabalu giant red leech | Large bright orange-red coloured leech | The Kinabalu giant red leech (Mimobdella buettikoferi) is a large bright orange-red coloured leech that is endemic to Mount Kinabalu, Borneo. It can grow to a length of over 50 cm (20 in). | |
Sommer's Sulawesi rat | Species of rodent | Sommer’s Sulawesi rat (Sommeromys macrorhinos) is a species of rodent (family Muridae, subfamily Murinae) from Sulawesi. It is only species of genus Sommeromys. The species was described by Musser & Durden in 2002. | |
Dwarf wedgemussel | Endangered species of freshwater mussel | The dwarf wedgemussel (Alasmidonta heterodon) is an endangered species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. | |
Calliandra | Genus of flowering plants in the pea family | Calliandra is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It contains about 140 species that are native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. | |
Calliandra brevipes | Attractive shrub | Calliandra brevipes (Pink Powderpuff) is an attractive shrub with finely divided leaves and clusters of red powder-puff flowers. It is native to southeastern Brazil, Uruguay, and northern Argentina.
Portuguese common names include: Esponja, Esponjinha, Manduruvá, Quebra-foice. | |
Shelled slug | Rarely seen | The shelled slug, scientific name Testacella haliotidea, is a rarely seen, air-breathing, carnivorous land slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Testacellidae, the shelled slugs. | |
Trichomonas vaginalis | Anaerobic | Trichomonas vaginalis is an anaerobic, flagellated protozoan parasite and the causative agent of trichomoniasis. It is the most common pathogenic protozoan infection of humans in industrialized countries. Infection rates between men and women are similar with women being symptomatic, while infections in men are usually asymptomatic. | |
Coregonus lavaretus | Species of freshwater whitefish | Coregonus lavaretus is a species of freshwater whitefish, in the family Salmonidae. It is the type species of its genus Coregonus.
There are widely different concepts about the delimitation of the species Coregonus lavaretus and about the number of species in the genus Coregonus in general. | |
Afzelia | Genus in family Fabaceae | Afzelia is a genus in family Fabaceae (legumes). The thirteen species all are trees, native to tropical Africa or Asia. | |
Nototheniidae | Skipped | The cod icefishes or notothens are the family Nototheniidae of acanthopterygian fishes. They are traditionally placed in the Perciformes together with their relatives, but like every lineage in the order, their actual relationships are not yet determined with certainty.
They are largely found in the Southern Ocean and off the coast of Antarctica. | |
Attacus atlas | Large saturniid moth endemic to the forests of Asia | Attacus atlas (Atlas moth) is a large saturniid moth endemic to the forests of Asia. | |
Riccia | Genus of liverworts in the order Marchantiales | Riccia is a genus of liverworts in the order Marchantiales.
The plants are small and thallose, that is not differentiated into root, stem and leaf. Depending on species, the thallus may be strap-shaped and about 0.5 to 4 mm wide with dichotomous branches or may form rosettes or hemirosettes up to 3 cm in diameter, that may be gregarious and form intricate mats. | |
Scrub greenlet | Small passerine bird in the vireo family | The scrub greenlet or scrub vireo, (Hylophilus flavipes) is a small passerine bird in the vireo family. It breeds in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Tobago.
It is a bird of forest edges and savanna which builds a deep cup nest suspended from a tree branch. | |
Golden-fronted greenlet | Small passerine bird in the vireo family | The golden-fronted greenlet (Pachysylvia aurantiifrons) is a small passerine bird in the vireo family. It breeds in Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad.
It is a bird of forests and secondary growth which builds a deep cup nest suspended from a tree branch or vine. | |
Alchorneopsis | Genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae | Alchorneopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1865. It is native to Central America, the Greater Antilles, and northern South America.
Species Alchorneopsis floribunda (Benth.) Müll.Arg. | |
Caryodendron | Plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae | Caryodendron is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1860. The genus includes C. orinocense, known as the Inchi tree or Tacay nut. It is native to Central America and South America. | |
Amanoa | Genus | See also Queen Amanoa, a fictional character from the Star Wars expanded universe.
Amanoa is a genus from the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1775. It is native to South America, Central America, the West Indies, and tropical Africa. | |
Brush rabbit | Species of cottontail rabbit found in western coastal regions of North America | The brush rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani), or western brush rabbit, or Californian brush rabbit, is a species of cottontail rabbit found in western coastal regions of North America, from the Columbia River in Oregon to the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. | |
Natterjack toad | Toad | The natterjack toad (Bufo calamita) is a toad native to sandy and heathland areas of Europe. Adults are 60–70 mm in length and are distinguished from common toads by a yellow line down the middle of the back, and parallel paratoid glands. They have relatively short legs, and this gives them a distinctive gait, contrasting with the hopping movement of many other toad species. | |
Acidobacteria | Phylum of bacteria | Acidobacteria is a phylum of bacteria. Its members are physiologically diverse and ubiquitous, especially in soils, but are under-represented in culture. | |
Verrucomicrobia | Phylum of bacteria | Verrucomicrobia is a phylum of bacteria. This phylum contains only a few described species (Verrucomicrobium spinosum, is an example, the phylum is named after this). The species identified have been isolated from fresh water and soil environments and human faeces. | |
Fagus mexicana | Species of beech endemic to northeastern and central Mexico | Fagus mexicana, the Mexican Beech or Haya, is a species of beech endemic to northeastern and central Mexico, where it occurs from southwest Tamaulipas south to Hidalgo and Puebla. It is restricted to high altitude cloud forests in the Sierra Madre Oriental.
It is closely related to the American Beech Fagus grandifolia, and is usually treated as Fagus grandifolia subsp. | |
Trigonobalanus | Genus of three species of evergreen trees in the family Fagaceae | Trigonobalanus is a genus of three species of evergreen trees in the family Fagaceae, related to oaks, beeches and chestnuts. The species are widely scattered, with one in northern South America and two in southeast Asia; some botanists treat the three species in separate genera. The three species, with their authors, major synonyms, and distribution, are:
Trigonobalanus doichangensis (A. Camus) Forman (syn. | |
Poxviridae | Family of viruses | Poxviridae is a family of viruses. Humans, vertebrates, and arthropods serve as natural hosts. There are currently 69 species in this family, divided among 28 genera, which are divided into two subfamilies. | |
Sanguisorba | Genus of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae | Sanguisorba is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The common name is burnet. | |
Matucana | Genus of cacti | Matucana is a genus of cacti (family Cactaceae), containing approximately 20 species of mostly globular plants. The genus is only known from Peru, mostly along the Marañón River.
The first species was discovered near the town of Matucana and described as Echinocactus haynii by Otto in 1849. | |
Listeriaceae | Family of Gram-positive bacteria | The Listeriaceae are a family of Gram-positive bacteria. The cells are short rods and can form filaments. They are aerobic or facultative anaerobic. | |
Ceratonia | Skipped | Ceratonia is small genus of flowering trees in the pea family, Fabaceae, endemic to the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. Its best known member, the carob tree, is cultivated for its pods and has been widely introduced to regions with similar climates. The genus was long considered monotypic, but a second species, Ceratonia oreothauma, was identified in 1979 from Oman and Somalia. | |
Paenibacillaceae | Family of Gram-positive bacteria | The Paenibacillaceae are a family of Gram-positive bacteria. | |
Alicyclobacillaceae | Family of Gram-positive bacteria | The Alicyclobacillaceae are a family of Gram-positive bacteria. They are extremophiles with certain strains living at around 70 °C and a pH of 1.5–5.5. Endospores are formed. | |
Caryophanaceae | Family of Gram-positive bacteria | The Caryophanaceae are a family of Gram-positive bacteria. Only one genus, Caryophanon, is represented by this family. It is found in cow dung. | |
Pieris (plant) | Genus of seven species of shrubs in the family Ericaceae | Pieris ( or ) is a genus of seven species of shrubs in the family Ericaceae, native to mountain regions of eastern and southern Asia, eastern North America and Cuba. Known commonly in North America as andromedas or fetterbushes, they are broad-leaved evergreen shrubs growing to 1–6 metres (3 ft 3 in–19 ft 8 in) tall and 3–10 ft (0.9–3.0 m) wide. The leaves are spirally arranged, often appearing to be in whorls at the end of each shoot with bare stretches of shoot below; they are lanceolate-ovate, 2–10 cm (0.8–3.9 in) long and 1.0–3.5 cm (0.4–1.4 in) broad, leathery textured, and with an entire or serrated margin. | |
Oxydendrum | Sole species in the genus Oxydendrum | Sourwood or sorrel tree, Oxydendrum arboreum, is the sole species in the genus Oxydendrum, in the family Ericaceae. It is native to eastern North America, from southern Pennsylvania south to northwest Florida and west to southern Illinois; it is most common in the lower chain of the Appalachian Mountains. The tree is frequently seen as a component of oak-heath forests. | |
Blanding's turtle | Semi-aquatic turtle of the family Emydidae | Blanding's turtle (Emys blandingii or Emydoidea blandingii ) is a semi-aquatic turtle of the family Emydidae. This species is native to central and eastern parts of Canada and the United States. It is considered to be an endangered species throughout much of its range. | |
White-faced starling | Member of the starling family of birds | The white-faced starling, (Sturnornis albofrontatus), is a member of the starling family of birds. It is an endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka. It was for a long time erroneously known as S. senex; this was eventually identified as a junior synonym of the red-billed starling (Mees 1997). | |
Archidiptera | Suborder of Diptera under an alternative classification based largely on fossil taxa | Archidiptera is a suborder of Diptera under an alternative classification based largely on fossil taxa; it has not gained wide acceptance among non-paleontological dipterists.
Its sole living representative, the family Nymphomyiidae, is normally considered a member of the Blephariceromorpha within the Nematocera. | |
Candelabra primula | Skipped | The name candelabra primula or candelabra primrose refers to species of Primula section Proliferae (formerly Candelabra). | |
Cherry plum | Species of plum | Prunus cerasifera is a species of plum known by the common names cherry plum and myrobalan plum. It is native to Southeast Europe and Western Asia, and is naturalised in the British Isles and scattered locations in North America.
Wild types are large shrubs or small trees reaching 8–(12) m (25–40 feet) tall, sometimes spiny, with glabrous, ovate deciduous leaves 3–7 cm (1.5–2.5 inches) long. | |
Mariella | Ammonoid genus | Mariella is an ammonoid genus, named by Nowak (1916) from the upper Albian and Cenomanian stages of the mid Cretaceous, included in the Turrilitidae. | |
Abies grandis | Fir | Abies grandis (grand fir, giant fir, lowland white fir, great silver fir, western white fir, Vancouver fir, or Oregon fir) is a fir native to the Pacific Northwest and Northern California of North America, occurring at altitudes of sea level to 1,800 m. It is a major constituent of the Grand Fir/Douglas Fir Ecoregion of the Cascade Range.
The tree typically grows to 40–70 m in height. | |
Baylisascaris | Genus of roundworms | Baylisascaris is a genus of roundworms that infect more than fifty animal species. | |
Mopane | Tree in the legume family | Colophospermum mopane, commonly called mopane, mophane, mopani, balsam tree, butterfly tree, or turpentine tree, is a tree in the legume family (Fabaceae), that grows in hot, dry, low-lying areas, 200 to 1,150 metres (660 to 3,770 ft) in elevation, in the far northern parts of southern Africa. The tree only occurs in Africa and is the only species in genus Colophospermum. Its distinctive butterfly-shaped (bifoliate) leaf and thin seed pod make it easy to identify. | |
Strobilanthes | Genus of about 350 species of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae | Strobilanthes is a genus of about 350 species of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, mostly native to tropical Asia and Madagascar, but with a few species extending north into temperate regions of Asia. Many species are cultivated for their 2-lipped, hooded flowers in shades of blue, pink, white and purple. Most are frost-tender and require protection in frost-prone areas. | |
Red-headed bunting | Passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae | The red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae.
It breeds in central Asia. It is migratory, wintering in India and Bangladesh. | |
House bunting | Passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae | The house bunting (Emberiza sahari) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.
It is a resident breeder of dry country from north-western Africa from Morocco south to Mali and east to Chad. In Morocco, the species has expanded from the Atlas Mountains northwards since the 1960s, and has recently reached Tangier and Tétouan on the southern shore of the Strait of Gibraltar. | |
Chrysolepis | Small genus in the beech family Fagaceae | Chrysolepis is a small genus in the beech family Fagaceae, endemic to the western United States. Its two species have the common name chinquapin. The genus occurs from western Washington south to the Transverse Ranges in Southern California, and east into Nevada. | |
Actaea (plant) | Genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae | Actaea, commonly called baneberry, bugbane and cohosh, is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae, native to subtropical, temperate and subartic regions of the Europe, Asia and North America. | |
Ungnadia | Genus of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae containing one species | Ungnadia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae containing one species, Ungnadia speciosa, the Mexican buckeye, a shrub or small tree native to northern Mexico as well as Texas and southern New Mexico in the United States. The name honours David Baron von Ungnad (d. 1600), who first brought the horse chestnut to Vienna. | |
Parvovirus | Common name applied to all the viruses in the Parvoviridae taxonomic family | Parvovirus is the common name applied to all the viruses in the Parvoviridae taxonomic family. The Parvoviridae family has two subfamilies; the Parvovirinae (vertebrate viruses) and the Densovirinae (invertebrate viruses). Different examples can be given for the subfamily Parvovirinae, but the most common is Dependovirus spp., which only work with a helper virus such as adenovirus. | |
Neotyphodium | Genus of endophytic fungi symbiotic | Neotyphodium is a genus of endophytic fungi symbiotic with grasses. It used to contain a number of asexually reproducing species colonising the leaves of cool-season grasses, but most of them, including the type species N. coenophialum, have been merged into the genus Epichloë in 2014. Two species of unclear position are exclude from this treatment:
Neotyphodium chilense from Chile should be treated as Acremonium chilense since the previous transfer to Neotyphodium is untested. | |
Acetobacteraceae | Family of gram-negative bacteria | Acetobacteraceae is a family of gram-negative bacteria. The type genus is Acetobacter. Ten genera from Acetobacteraceae make up the acetic acid bacteria. | |
Proterospongia | Genus of single-celled aquatic organisms | Proterospongia is a genus of single-celled aquatic organisms which form colonies. It belongs to the choanoflagellate class. As a colony-forming choanoflagellate, Proterospongia is of interest to scientists studying the mechanisms of intercellular signaling and adhesion present before animals appeared. | |
Coccoloba pubescens | Species of Coccoloba | Coccoloba pubescens (Grandleaf Seagrape; syn. C. grandifolia, also sometimes called "Eve's Umbrella") is a species of Coccoloba native to coastal regions of the Caribbean, on Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Dominica, Hispaniola, Martinique, Montserrat, and Puerto Rico. | |
Striped cucumber beetle | Beetle of the family Chrysomelidae and a serious pest of cucurbit crops in both larval and adult stages | The striped cucumber beetle (Acalymma vittatum) is a beetle of the family Chrysomelidae and a serious pest of cucurbit crops in both larval and adult stages. It is replaced in the west by Acalymma trivittatum, a duller species often with greyish or pale white elytra rather than yellow. | |
Euchloe ausonides insulana | Subspecies of butterfly found in the San Juan Islands in Washington in the northwest United States | Euchloe ausonides insulana, the island marble, is a subspecies of butterfly found in the San Juan Islands in Washington in the northwest United States.
In 1998 the island marble, thought to be extinct since 1908, was discovered during a prairie butterfly survey in San Juan Island National Historical Park. The Canadian Species at Risk Act (SARA) listed the island marble butterfly as being extirpated in Canada in May 2000 and again in April 2010. | |
Euchloe ausonides | Species of butterfly | Euchloe ausonides, the Large Marble or Creamy Marblewing, is a species of butterfly that occurs in western North America. It lays eggs on the terminal flower buds of a variety of plants in the mustard family, including introduced Eurasian species, and the larvae feed on the buds, flowers and fruit of these plants. In California, it has witnessed population declines since the 1980s, especially in the Central Valley and the Bay Area, and in Washington, its subspecies the Island Marble Butterfly (Euchloe ausonides ssp. | |
Labyrinthulomycetes | Class of protists | The Labyrinthulomycetes (ICBN) or Labyrinthulea (ICZN) are a class of protists that produce a network of filaments or tubes, which serve as tracks for the cells to glide along and absorb nutrients for them. The two main groups are the labyrinthulids (or slime nets) and thraustochytrids. They are mostly marine, commonly found as parasites on algae and seagrasses or as decomposers on dead plant material. | |
Monocentridae | Skipped | Pinecone fishes are small and unusual beryciform marine fish of the family Monocentridae. The family contains just four species in two genera, one of which is monotypic. Their distribution is limited to tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific. | |
Phlomis | Genus of over 100 species of herbaceous plants | Phlomis is a genus of over 100 species of herbaceous plants, subshrubs and shrubs in the family Lamiaceae, native from the Mediterranean region east across central Asia to China. Common names include Jerusalem sage and lampwick plant.
The overall size varies between species from 30 cm tall up to 2 m tall. | |
Anthocharis midea | North American butterfly | Anthocharis midea, the falcate orangetip, is a North American butterfly that was described in 1809 by Jacob Hübner. It belongs to the family Pieridae, which is the white and sulphurs. These butterflies are mostly seen in the eastern United States, particularly in Texas and Oklahoma. | |
Goliath birdeater | Largest spider in the world by mass and size | The Goliath birdeater (Theraphosa blondi) belongs to the tarantula family Theraphosidae. Found in northern South America, it is the largest spider in the world by mass and size, but it is second to the giant huntsman spider by leg-span. It is also called the Goliath bird-eating spider; the practice of calling theraphosids "bird-eating" derives from an early 18th-century copper engraving by Maria Sibylla Merian that shows one eating a hummingbird. | |
Alfonsino | Species of deepwater berycid fish of the order Beryciformes | The alfonsino (Beryx decadactylus), also known as the alfonsin, longfinned beryx, red bream, or imperador, is a species of deepwater berycid fish of the order Beryciformes. It can be found in temperate and subtropical ocean waters nearly worldwide, though it is uncommon. It is typically associated with deep-sea corals, and schools are known to form over seamounts. | |
Betula neoalaskana | Species of birch | Betula neoalaskana (syn. B. resinifera) or Alaska Birch, also known as Alaska Paper Birch or Resin Birch, is a species of birch native to Alaska and northern Canada. Its range covers most of interior Alaska, and extends from the southern Brooks Range to the Chugach Range in Alaska, including the Turnagain Arm and northern half of the Kenai Peninsula, easterward from Norton Sound into western Ontario, and north to Northwest Territories and southern Nunavut. | |
Betula glandulosa | Species of birch | Betula glandulosa, American dwarf birch, also known as resin birch or shrub birch, is a species of birch native to North America, occurring in arctic and cool temperate areas from Alaska east to Newfoundland and southern Greenland, and south at high altitudes to northern California, Colorado, and the Black Hills of South Dakota in the west, and locally south to northern New York in the east. In the Arctic it occurs down to sea level, while in the south of the range, it grows as high as 3,400 metres (11,200 ft) altitude.
American dwarf birch is a multi-stemmed shrub typically growing to 1–3 m (3.3–9.8 ft) tall, often forming dense thickets. | |
Sophora toromiro | Species of flowering tree in the legume family | Sophora toromiro, commonly known as Toromiro, is a species of flowering tree in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to Easter Island. Heavy deforestation had eliminated most of the island's forests by the first half of the 17th century, and the once common toromiro became rare and ultimately extinct in the wild.
The tree is being reintroduced to the island in a scientific project partly led jointly by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Gothenburg Botanical Garden, where the only remaining plants of this species with a documented origin were propagated in the 1960s from seeds collected from a single tree by Thor Heyerdahl. | |
Smooth clam | Rather large | The smooth clam, Callista chione, (also sometimes classified as Cytherea chione or Meretrix chione) is a rather large, temperate, marine, bivalve mollusc that inhabits sandy bottoms or with small pebbles in clean waters down to about 200 m from the British Isles to the Mediterranean.[1] The shell can reach up to about 110 mm Ø, its outer side is smooth and ranges from light greenish creamy colour to medium brown [2], probably varies to match the background; the interior is white to soft pink. The concentric and radial growth lines are easily seen. Callista chione is edible, different dishes are prepared throughout the Mediterranean in Spain, Italy, France, the Balkan and the Magreb countries. | |
Prinia | Genus of small insectivorous birds belonging to the passerine bird family Cisticolidae | The prinias are a genus of small insectivorous birds belonging to the passerine bird family Cisticolidae. They were at one time classed in the Old World warbler family, Sylviidae.
The prinias are sometimes referred to as wren-warblers. | |
Snow bunting | Passerine bird in the family Calcariidae | The snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) is a passerine bird in the family Calcariidae. It is an Arctic specialist, with a circumpolar Arctic breeding range throughout the northern hemisphere. There are small isolated populations on a few high mountain tops south of the Arctic region, including the Cairngorms in central Scotland and the Saint Elias Mountains on the southern Alaska-Yukon border, and also Cape Breton Highlands. | |
Tangerine | Group of orange-colored citrus fruit consisting of hybrids of mandarin orange | The tangerine (Citrus tangerina) is a group of orange-colored citrus fruit consisting of hybrids of mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata).
The name was first used for fruit coming from Tangier, Morocco, described as a mandarin variety. Under the Tanaka classification system, Citrus tangerina is considered a separate species. | |
Pilosella aurantiaca | Perennial flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae | Pilosella aurantiaca (fox-and-cubs, orange hawk bit, devil's paintbrush, grim-the-collier) is a perennial flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae native to alpine regions of central and southern Europe, where it is protected in several regions. | |
Heliomonadida | Small group of heliozoan amoeboids | The Heliomonadida (formerly Dimorphida) are a small group of heliozoan amoeboids that are unusual in possessing flagella throughout their life cycle. | |
Cereal leaf beetle | Significant crop pest | The cereal leaf beetle (Oulema melanopus) is a significant crop pest, described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. | |
Mobula | Genus of ray in the family Mobulidae found worldwide in tropical and warm temperate seas | Mobula is a genus of ray in the family Mobulidae found worldwide in tropical and warm temperate seas. Some authorities consider this to be a subfamily of family Myliobatidae (eagle rays). Their appearance is similar to that of manta rays, which are in the same family, and based on genetic and morphological evidence the mantas belong in Mobula (they are traditionally in their own genus Manta). | |
Enterococcus faecalis | Gram-positive | Enterococcus faecalis – formerly classified as part of the group D Streptococcus system – is a Gram-positive, commensal bacterium inhabiting the gastrointestinal tracts of humans and other mammals. Like other species in the genus Enterococcus, E. faecalis can cause life-threatening infections in humans, especially in the nosocomial (hospital) environment, where the naturally high levels of antibiotic resistance found in E. faecalis contribute to its pathogenicity. E. faecalis has been frequently found in re-infected root canal-treated teeth in prevalence values ranging from 30% to 90% of the cases. | |
Crotalaria longirostrata | Perennial legume | Crotalaria longirostrata, the chipilín, is a perennial legume that is native to Mexico and Central America. Other common names include chepil, chepilin, and longbeak rattlebox. | |
Thylacosmilus | Extinct genus of saber-toothed metatherian | Thylacosmilus is an extinct genus of saber-toothed metatherian that inhabited South America from the Late Miocene to Pliocene epochs. Though Thylacosmilus is one of several predatory mammal genera typically called "saber-toothed cats", it was not a felid placentalian, like the well-known North American Smilodon, but a sparassodont, a group closely related to marsupials, and only superficially resembled other saber-toothed mammals due to convergent evolution. A 2005 study found that the bite forces of Thylacosmilus and Smilodon were low, which indicates the killing-techniques of saber-toothed animals differed from those of extant species. | |
Siberian flying squirrel | Old World flying squirrel | The Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) is an Old World flying squirrel with a range from the Baltic Sea in the west to the Pacific Coast in the east. It is the only species of flying squirrel found in Europe. It is considered vulnerable within the European Union where it is now found only in Finland, Estonia and Latvia out of the 28 countries in the Union. | |
Hibbertopterus | Genus of giant sea scorpion | Hibbertopterus is a genus of giant sea scorpion (order Eurypterida) that inhabited the swamps of the British Isles during the Carboniferous.
Hibbertopterus is a member of the family Hibbertopteridae, large bizarre Eurypterids found from the Upper Devonian to the end of the Permian period. They were sweep feeders, inhabiting freshwater swamps and rivers, feeding by raking through the soft sediment with blades on their anterior appendages to capture small invertebrates. | |
Pirate perch | Freshwater fish | The pirate perch (Aphredoderus sayanus) is a freshwater fish that commonly inhabits coastal waters along the east coast of the United States and the backwater areas of the Mississippi Valley. This species is often found towards the bottom of clear, warm water habitats with low currents. These fish are normally solitary, carnivorous, and nocturnal. | |
Eriophyllum lanosum | Spring wildflower Sunflower Family | Eriophyllum lanosum, the white woolly daisy or white easterbonnets, is a spring wildflower Sunflower Family. It grows in the eastern Mojave Desert and the Sonoran Desert in the southwestern United States (California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico) and northwestern Mexico (Baja California + Sonora).
Eriophyllum lanosum is a small annual plant, rarely reaching a height of more than 10 cm (4 inches). | |
Astragalus newberryi | Flowering plant in the family Fabaceae | Astragalus newberryi (Newberry's milkvetch), is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the western United States from Idaho to New Mexico and California. A variety is found in the Death Valley area and the eastern Mojave Desert in California and Nevada. It grows in rocky and gravelly areas between 1,300–2,350 metres (4,270–7,710 ft) elevation. | |
Apios priceana | Rare species of flowering plant in the legume family | Apios priceana is a rare species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names Price's potato-bean, Price's groundnut, and traveler's delight. It is a climbing yellow-green vine in the growing from a stout, potato-like tuber. It is native to the U.S. states of Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, and Tennessee. | |
Congo tetra | Species of fish in the African tetra family | The Congo tetra (Phenacogrammus interruptus) is a species of fish in the African tetra family. It is found in the central Congo River Basin in Africa. It is commonly kept in aquaria. | End of first hundred |
Monodactylidae | Family of perciform bony fish commonly referred to as monos | Monodactylidae is a family of perciform bony fish commonly referred to as monos, moonyfishes or fingerfishes. All are strongly laterally compressed with disc-shaped bodies and tall anal and dorsal fins. Unusually for fish, scales occur on their dorsal fins and sometimes on the anal fins. | |
Grunion | Skipped | Grunion are two fish species of the genus Leuresthes: the California grunion, L. tenuis, and the Gulf grunion, L. sardinas. They are sardine-sized teleost fishes of the Atherinopsidae family of New World silversides, found only off the coast of California, USA, and Baja California, Mexico, where the species are found on both the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of California coasts. Many people enjoy catching grunion at events called "grunion runs."
Grunion are known for their unusual mating ritual wherein at very high tides, the females come up on to sandy beaches where they dig their tails into the sand to lay their eggs. |
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Sunda stink badger | Mammal | The Sunda stink badger (Mydaus javanensis), also called the Javan stink badger, teledu, Malay stink badger, Malay badger, Indonesian stink badger and Sunda skunk, is a mammal native to Indonesia and Malaysia. Despite the common name, they are not closely related to true badgers, and are, instead, Old World relatives of the skunks. | skip |
Brown hawker | Large dragonfly about 73 millimetres long | The brown hawker (Aeshna grandis) is a large dragonfly about 73 millimetres (2.9 in) long. It is a distinctive species and is easily recognised, even in flight, by its brown body and bronze wings. At rest, blue spots on the second and third segments of the male's abdomen can be noticed; these are absent in female. | |
Thaumetopoeidae | Small family of moths in the order Lepidoptera | Thaumetopoeidae is a small family of moths in the order Lepidoptera. The genera in this family have been historically treated as a subfamily within Notodontidae (Thaumetopoeinae), and this subfamily has been raised to the family status.
The etymology of the family name derives from the two ancient ancient greek words θαυματόεις (thaumatóeis), marvelous, and ποιέω (poiéō), to do, and literally means showing beautiful things. | |
Small red-eyed damselfly | Member of the damselfly family Coenagrionidae | The small red-eyed damselfly (Erythromma viridulum) is a member of the damselfly family Coenagrionidae. It is very similar to the red-eyed damselfly. | |
Prosopis alba | South American tree species | For other tree species with similar names, see Algarrobo (disambiguation).
Prosopis alba is a South American tree species that grows in central Argentina, the Gran Chaco ecoregion, and part of the Argentine Mesopotamia, as well as Bolivia, Paraguay, and Peru. It is known as algarrobo blanco in Spanish, which means "white carob tree". | |
European sprat | Klein | The European sprat (Sprattus sprattus), also known as bristling, brisling or skipper, is a small, herring-like, marine fish. Found in European waters, it has silver grey scales and white-grey flesh. Specific seas in which the species occurs include the Irish Sea, Black Sea, Baltic Sea and Sea of the Hebrides. | skip |
Darwin's frog | Rhinodermatid frog | Darwin's frog (Rhinoderma darwinii), also called the southern Darwin's frog is a rhinodermatid frog native to the forest streams of Chile and Argentina. It was first described by the French zoologist André Marie Constant Duméril and his assistant Gabriel Bibron in 1841, and is named after Charles Darwin, who had previously discovered it in Chile during his world voyage on HMS Beagle.
The most striking feature of this frog is the tadpoles' development inside the vocal sac of the male. | |
Domesticated red fox | Form of the wild red fox | The Russian domesticated red fox is a form of the wild red fox (Vulpes vulpes) which has been domesticated to an extent, under laboratory conditions. They are the result of an experiment which was designed to demonstrate the power of selective breeding to transform species, as described by Charles Darwin in On the Origin of Species. The experiment was purposely designed to replicate the process that had produced dogs from wolves, by recording the changes in foxes, when in each generation only the most tame foxes were allowed to breed. | eyes on |
Rhynchospora colorata | Perennial sedge | Rhynchospora colorata, also known as starrush whitetop, white star sedge and white-topped sedge, is a perennial sedge with white bracts, giving it the appearance of white petals with long, green points. It is native to southeastern North America, from Virginia west to New Mexico in the United States, and south into the Caribbean islands.
The inflorescence is a dense cluster of small spikes, each containing several tiny flowers. | |
Spirolina | Genus of foraminifera in the family Peneroplidae | Spirolina is a genus of foraminifera in the family Peneroplidae. | |
Oenas | Genus of blister beetle related to the well-known Lytta vesicatoria | Oenas is a genus of blister beetle related to the well-known Lytta vesicatoria (a.k.a. "Spanish Fly"). The genus is Mediterranean in its distribution (from Morocco & Spain, east to Caucasus, Palestine & Iran). | |
Feral pigeon | Skipped | Feral pigeons (Columba livia domestica), also called city doves, city pigeons, or street pigeons' are pigeons that are derived from the domestic pigeons that have returned to the wild. The domestic pigeon was originally bred from the wild rock dove, which naturally inhabits sea-cliffs and mountains. Rock (i.e., "wild"), domestic, and feral pigeons are all the same species and will readily interbreed. | skip |
Dactylopteridae | Family | The flying gurnards are a family, Dactylopteridae, of marine fish notable for their greatly enlarged pectoral fins. As they cannot literally fly or glide in the air (like flying fish), an alternative name preferred by some authors is helmet gurnards. They are the only family in the suborder Dactylopteroidei. | skip |
Bryde's whale | Larger form | Bryde's whale or the Bryde's whale complex (BREW-də) putatively comprises two species of rorqual and maybe three. The "complex" means the number and classification remains unclear because of a lack of definitive information and research. The common Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei, Olsen, 1913) is a larger form that occurs worldwide in warm temperate and tropical waters, and the Sittang or Eden's whale (B. edeni, Anderson, 1879) is a smaller form that may be restricted to the Indo-Pacific. | fail, need starter Comprises |
Whitefly | Skipped | Whiteflies are small Hemipterans that typically feed on the undersides of plant leaves. They comprise the family Aleyrodidae, the only family in the superfamily Aleyrodoidea. More than 1550 species have been described. | skip |
Citrus ichangensis | Slow-growing species of papeda | Citrus ichangensis, the Ichang papeda (Chinese: 宜昌橙), is a slow-growing species of papeda that has characteristic lemon-scented foliage and flowers.
It is native to southwestern and west-central China and is likely named for the city of Yichang (宜昌), in China's Hubei province. It is sometimes referred to as Citrus × ichangensis. | |
Berdmore's ground squirrel | Ground squirrel found in Southeast Asia | The Berdmore's ground squirrel (Menetes berdmorei) is a ground squirrel found in Southeast Asia, from the east of Myanmar to Vietnam. It is however absent on the Malay peninsula, as well as the islands.
The rarely known squirrel has a grey-brown back and a white belly. | |
Laetiporus sulphureus | Species of bracket fungus found in Europe and North America | Laetiporus sulphureus is a species of bracket fungus (fungi that grow on trees) found in Europe and North America. Its common names are crab-of-the-woods, sulphur polypore, sulphur shelf, and chicken-of-the-woods. Its fruit bodies grow as striking golden-yellow shelf-like structures on tree trunks and branches. | |
Aurinia | Genus of flowering plants of the family Brassicaceae | The gastropod genus Aurinia is nowadays usually considered a junior synonym of Scaphella.
Aurinia is a genus of flowering plants of the family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), native to mountainous areas of Central and Southern Europe, Russia and Turkey. They are closely related to Alyssum, which they resemble. | |
Green hairstreak | Small butterfly in the family Lycaenidae | The green hairstreak (Callophrys rubi) is a small butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. | |
Calvatia gigantea | Puffball mushroom commonly found in meadows | Calvatia gigantea, commonly known as the giant puffball, is a puffball mushroom commonly found in meadows, fields, and deciduous forests usually in late summer and autumn. It is found in temperate areas throughout the world. | |
Velvet crab | Species of crab | The velvet crab (alternatively velvet swimming crab, devil crab or lady crab), Necora puber, is a species of crab. It is the largest swimming crab (family Portunidae) found in British coastal waters, with a carapace width of up to 100 millimetres (3.9 in), and the only species in the genus Necora. The body is coated with short hairs, giving the animal a velvety texture, hence the common name. | |
Acer spicatum | Species of maple | Acer spicatum (mountain maple) is a species of maple native to northeastern North America from Saskatchewan to Newfoundland, and south to Pennsylvania. It also grows at high elevations in the southern Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia. | |
Malagasy civet | Euplerid endemic to Madagascar | The Malagasy or striped civet (Fossa fossana), also known as the fanaloka (Malagasy, [fə̥ˈnaluk]) or jabady, is an euplerid endemic to Madagascar.
The Malagasy civet is a small mammal, about 47 centimetres (19 in) long excluding the tail (which is only about 20 centimetres (7.9 in)). It can weigh 1.5 to 2.0 kilograms (3.3 to 4.4 lb). | |
Gynostemma pentaphyllum | Dioecious | Gynostemma pentaphyllum, also called jiaogulan ((Chinese: 绞股蓝, Pinyin: jiǎogǔlán), literally "twisting blue plant", is a dioecious, herbaceous climbing vine of the family Cucurbitaceae (cucumber or gourd family) widely distributed in South and East Asia as well as New Guinea. Jiaogulan is best known as an herbal medicine reputed to have powerful antioxidant and adaptogenic effects purported to increase longevity. Pharmacological research has indicated a number of therapeutic qualities of jiaogulan, such as lowering cholesterol and high blood pressure, and strengthening immunity. | skip |
Eristalis | Large genus of hoverflies | Eristalis is a large genus of hoverflies, family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. One of the more common species in the genus, Eristalis tenax is also known as the dronefly, because it bears a superficial resemblance to honeybee drones. Droneflies and their relatives are fairly common generalist pollinators, the larvae of which are aquatic, and breathe through a long, snorkel-like appendage, hence the common name rat-tailed maggots. | |
Aeonium | Genus of about 35 species of succulent | Aeonium (tree houseleek) is a genus of about 35 species of succulent, subtropical plants of the family Crassulaceae. Many species are popular in horticulture. The genus name comes from the ancient Greek "aionos" (ageless). | bad |
Aichryson | Genus of about 15 species of succulent | Aichryson is a genus of about 15 species of succulent, subtropical plants, mostly native to the Canary Islands, with a few in the Azores, Madeira and Morocco, and one in Portugal.
The species of Aichryson are not frost-resistant. They are related to Sempervivum, Jovibarba, Greenovia, Aeonium and Monanthes, readily seen in their similar flowers. |
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Monanthes | Genus of small | Monanthes is a genus of small, succulent, subtropical plants of the Crassulaceae family. The about ten species are mostly endemic to the Canary Islands and Savage Islands, with some found on Madeira. Its center of diversity is Tenerife, with seven species occurring on this island. | bad |
Stellaria | Genus of about 90-120 species flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae | Stellaria is a genus of about 90-120 species flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution. Common names include starwort, stitchwort and chickweed. | |
Jovibarba | Small genus of three species of succulent flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae | Jovibarba ("beard of Jupiter") is a small genus of three species of succulent flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae, endemic to mountainous regions in the southeastern quadrant of Europe. The genus is sometimes classified as a subgenus of Sempervivum, to which it is closely related. Jovibarba have pale-greenish-yellow or yellow actinomorphic flowers with about six petals, while Sempervivum have generally pinkish flowers with around twice as many petals, which open more widely than jovibarba flowers. | |
Chenopodium vulvaria | Foul-smelling plant or weed | Stinking goosefoot (Chenopodium vulvaria), or notchweed, is a foul-smelling plant or weed. The plant is a member of the genus Chenopodium, the goosefoots. | |
Southern hawker | Species of hawker dragonfly | The southern hawker or blue hawker (Aeshna cyanea) is a species of hawker dragonfly. | |
Agrochola circellaris | Moth of the family Noctuidae | Agrochola circellaris, the brick, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout most of Europe, Asia Minor and Armenia.
This is a variable species, the forewings ranging from yellow to reddish brown and marked with paler stigmata and fascia. | |
Korscheltellus | Genus of moths of the family Hepialidae | Korscheltellus is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. It consists of two widespread species, the familiar common swift (K. lupulina) of Europe and the conifer swift (K. gracilis) of Canada and the eastern United States. K. gracilis has been recorded feeding on the roots of quaking aspen, white spruce and yellow birch but is especially associated with balsam fir and red spruce. | |
Leto venus | Monotypic moth genus of the family Hepialidae | Leto is a monotypic moth genus of the family Hepialidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1820. The only described species is Leto venus, described by Pieter Cramer in 1780, which is endemic to South Africa. The larval food plant is Virgilia. | |
Hypsugo anthonyi | Species of vesper bat | Hypsugo anthonyi, also known as Anthony's pipistrelle, is a species of vesper bat. It is known from a single specimen, collected at Changyinku, Burma, at 7000 ft (2134 m) altitude. Its taxonomic status is doubtful; while currently classified in Hypsugo and previously in Pipistrellus, it may also belong to Nyctalus or Philetor. | |
Back-striped weasel | Weasel widely distributed in Southeastern Asia | The back-striped weasel (Mustela strigidorsa), also called the stripe-backed weasel, is a weasel widely distributed in Southeastern Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List in view of its presumed large population, occurrence in a number of protected areas, apparent tolerance to some degree of habitat modification and hunting pressure. | |
Phoenix canariensis | Species of flowering plant in the palm family Arecaceae | Phoenix canariensis is a species of flowering plant in the palm family Arecaceae, native to the Canary Islands. It is a relative of Phoenix dactylifera, the true date palm. It is the natural symbol of the Canary Islands, together with the canary Serinus canaria. | |
Saint Helena earwig | Skipped | The Saint Helena earwig or Saint Helena giant earwig (Labidura herculeana) was a large species of earwig endemic to the oceanic island of Saint Helena in the south Atlantic Ocean. It is now considered extinct. | |
Abobra | Monotypic genus of the gourd family containing the one species Abobra tenuifolia | Abobra is a monotypic genus of the gourd family containing the one species Abobra tenuifolia (syn. Abobra viridiflora Naudin, Bryonia tenuifolia Hook. & Arn.). | |
Espostoa | Genus of columnar cacti | Espostoa is a genus of columnar cacti, comprising 16 species known from the Andes of southern Ecuador and Peru. It usually lives at an altitude of between 800m and 2500m. Its fruit is edible, sweet, and juicy. | |
Espostoopsis | Monotypic genus of cactus containing the single species Espostoopsis dybowskii | Espostoopsis is a monotypic genus of cactus containing the single species Espostoopsis dybowskii. The generic name is formed from Greek opsis meaning "view", referring to its resemblance to the genus Espostoa, with which it is often confused. The plant is only known from northern Bahia, Brazil. | |
Crepis capillaris | Species in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family | The smooth hawksbeard, Crepis capillaris, is a species in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family, native to Europe. It has become naturalized in other lands and is regarded as a weed in some places.
Crepis capillaris is a low, annual plant commonly found on roadsides, the stems often trailing along the ground but sometimes erect, the leaves sometimes forming a rosette. | |
Cynodictis | Extinct amphicyonid carnivoran | Cynodictis elegans, ("slender dog marten") is an extinct amphicyonid carnivoran which inhabited Eurasia from the Late Eocene subepoch to the Early Oligocene subepoch living from 37.2—28.4 million years ago, existing for approximately 8.8 million years. | |
Haageocereus | Genus of cacti endemic to the lower elevations of the extremely dry desert along the coast of Peru and northern Chile | Haageocereus is a genus of cacti endemic to the lower elevations of the extremely dry desert along the coast of Peru and northern Chile. | SKIP |
Apsopelix | Extinct genus of ray-finned fish | Apsopelix is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that existed about 95-80 million years ago in the shallow waters of the Western Interior Seaway, Hudson Seaway, and Japan. | |
Portunus armatus | Large crab found in the intertidal estuaries around most of Australia and east to New Caledonia | Portunus armatus (formerly Portunus pelagicus), also known as the flower crab, blue crab, blue swimmer crab, blue manna crab or sand crab, rajungan in Indonesian, and alimasag in Tagalog, is a large crab found in the intertidal estuaries around most of Australia and east to New Caledonia. | |
Sphagneticola trilobata | Plant in the Heliantheae tribe of the Asteraceae family | Sphagneticola trilobata, commonly known as the Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye, Singapore daisy, creeping-oxeye, trailing daisy, and wedelia, is a plant in the Heliantheae tribe of the Asteraceae (sunflower) family. | |
Gran Canaria giant rat | Extinct species of rat endemic to the island of Gran Canaria | The Gran Canaria giant rat (Canariomys tamarani) is an extinct species of rat endemic to the island of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain). | |
Lava mouse | Extinct endemic rodent | The Lava mouse, Malpaisomys insularis, is an extinct endemic rodent from the Canary Islands, Spain. | |
Persian lime | Citrus fruit species of hybrid origin | Persian lime (Citrus × latifolia), also known by other common names such as seedless lime, Bearss lime and Tahiti lime, is a citrus fruit species of hybrid origin, known only in cultivation. The Persian lime is a triploid cross between key lime (Citrus × aurantiifolia) and lemon (Citrus limon).
Although there are other citrus species that are referred to as "limes", the Persian lime is the most widely cultivated lime species commercially, and accounts for the largest share of the fruits sold as limes. | |
Mugger crocodile | One of the three crocodilians found in India | The mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris = "crocodile of the marsh"), also called the Indian, Indus, Persian, Sindhu, marsh crocodile or simply mugger, is found throughout the Indian subcontinent. It is one of the three crocodilians found in India, the others being the gharial and the saltwater crocodile. It is a medium-sized crocodile that mostly inhabits freshwater lakes, ponds, sluggish rivers, swamps and marshes. | |
Menoceras | Genus of extinct | Menoceras ("Crescent Horns") is a genus of extinct, small rhinoceros endemic to most of southern North America and ranged as far south as Panama during the early Miocene epoch. It lived from around 30.7—19.7 Ma, existing for approximately 11 million years. | |
Ptelea | Genus of flowering plants in the citrus family | Ptelea is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae. The name, of Greek derivation, is the classical name of the elm tree. Carl Linnaeus used that word for this genus because of the resemblance of its fruit to that of the elm. | |
Eriobotrya | Genus of flowering plants | Eriobotrya is a genus of flowering plants, mostly large evergreen shrubs and small trees in the family Rosaceae, native to woodland in the Himalayas and East Asia. The loquat, E. japonica, is grown for its edible fruit.
Eriobotrya species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Hypercompe hambletoni. | |
Giant armadillo | Largest living species of armadillo | The giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus), colloquially tatou, ocarro, tatu-canastra or tatú carreta, is the largest living species of armadillo (although their extinct relatives, the glyptodonts, were much larger). It lives in South America, ranging throughout as far south as northern Argentina. This species is considered vulnerable to extinction. | |
Agrostophyllum | Genus | Agrostophyllum is a genus with about ninety species from the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The genus name is derived from the Greek words agrostis ("grass") and phyllos ("leaf"), referring to the grass-like appearance of the leaves of some species.
These epiphytic orchids occur in tropical lowland forests, growing on trunks or branches of trees. | |
Adenophora | Genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae | Adenophora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, the bellflowers. Plants of this genus are known commonly as ladybells. Most are native to eastern Asia, with a few in Europe. | |
Rhinoceros auklet | Seabird and a close relative of the puffins | The rhinoceros auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata) is a seabird and a close relative of the puffins. It is the only extant species of the genus Cerorhinca. Given its close relationship with the puffins, the common name rhinoceros puffin has been proposed for the species. | |
Silvery marmoset | New World monkey | The silvery marmoset (Mico argentatus) is a New World monkey that lives in the eastern Amazon Rainforest in Brazil.
The fur of the silvery marmoset is colored whitish silver-grey except for a dark tail. Remarkable are its naked, flesh-colored ears which stand out from the skin. | |
Pachypodium ambongense | Skipped | Pachypodium ambongense belongs to the dogbane family Apocynaceae, which has recently been merged with the milkweed family Asclepiadaceae. | |
Mauritia flexuosa | Palm tree | Mauritia flexuosa, known as the moriche palm, ité palm, ita, buriti, muriti, canangucho (Colombia), or aguaje (Peru), is a palm tree. | |
Tetrapanax | Evergreen shrub in the family Araliaceae | Tetrapanax papyrifer (rice-paper plant, or 通草—tong cao) is an evergreen shrub in the family Araliaceae, the sole species in the genus Tetrapanax. | |
Amaurobiidae | Skipped | The Amaurobiidae are three-clawed cribellate or ecribellate spiders found in most parts of the world and difficult to distinguish from related spiders in other families, especially Agelenidae, Desidae and Amphinectidae. | |
Lapsana | Genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family | Lapsana is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family. | |
Dickeya dadantii | Gram-negative bacillus | Dickeya dadantii is a gram-negative bacillus that belongs to the family Enterobacteriaceae. | |
Oreochromis urolepis hornorum | Tilapiine cichlid | The Wami tilapia is a tilapiine cichlid that grows to over 20 cm in length and is considered a useful food fish in Tanzania and the island of Zanzibar, where it may have been introduced by man. | |
Pied myna | Species of starling found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia | The pied myna or Asian pied starling (Gracupica contra) is a species of starling found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. | |
Pachliopta hector | Large swallowtail butterfly belonging to the genus Pachliopta of the red-bodied swallowtails | Pachliopta hector, the crimson rose, is a large swallowtail butterfly belonging to the genus Pachliopta (roses) of the red-bodied swallowtails. | |
Quercus phellos | North American species of a deciduous tree in the red oak group of oaks | Quercus phellos (willow oak) is a North American species of a deciduous tree in the red oak group of oaks. | |
Odonturus dentatus | Small scorpion | The Kenyan deathstalker (Odonturus dentatus) is a small (roughly 5 centimetres or 2 inches) scorpion native to Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania in East Africa. | |
Acacia cyperophylla | Tree in the family Fabaceae | Acacia cyperophylla, commonly known as creekline miniritchie or red mulga, is a tree in the family Fabaceae. | |
Acacia grasbyi | Tree in the family Fabaceae | Acacia grasbyi, commonly known as miniritchie, is a tree in the family Fabaceae. | |
Saxifraga stellaris | Arctic–alpine species of saxifrage | Saxifraga stellaris, the starry saxifrage or hairy kidney-wort, is an Arctic–alpine species of saxifrage. | |
Amygdalodon | One of the few Jurassic dinosaurs | Amygdalodon (; "almond tooth" for its almond shaped teeth) was a genus of herbivorous dinosaur with a long neck. Fossils of the dinosaur have been found in the Toarcian to Aalenian or Bajocian Cerro Carnerero Formation of the Jurassic (about 170 million years ago), and only a few bone fragments and teeth have been discovered. Very little is known about it, but it is one of the few Jurassic dinosaurs from South America found thus far. | |
Dusky moorhen | Bird species in the rail family and is one of the eight extant species in the moorhen genus | The dusky moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa) is a bird species in the rail family and is one of the eight extant species in the moorhen genus. It occurs in India, Australia, New Guinea, Borneo and Indonesia. It is often confused with the purple swamphen and the Eurasian coot due to similar appearance and overlapping distributions. | |
White-billed buffalo weaver | Resident breeding bird species in most of Africa south of the Sahara Desert | The white-billed buffalo weaver (Bubalornis albirostris) is a resident breeding bird species in most of Africa south of the Sahara Desert.
This common weaver occurs in open country, especially cultivation and scrub. It is a communal breeder, building massive untidy stick nests in tree colonies, each of which may have several spherical woven nests within. | |
Northern red bishop | Weaver belonging to the family Ploceidae | The northern red bishop or orange bishop (Euplectes franciscanus) is a weaver belonging to the family Ploceidae.
It was formerly regarded as a subspecies of the southern red bishop (Euplectes orix) of the southern half of Africa. The two are now usually classified as separate species. | |
Black-winged red bishop | Resident breeding bird species in tropical Africa | The black-winged red bishop (Euplectes hordeaceus), formerly known in southern Africa as the fire-crowned bishop, is a resident breeding bird species in tropical Africa from Senegal to Sudan and south to Angola, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
This common weaver occurs in a range of open country, especially tall grassland and often near water. It builds a spherical woven nest in tall grass. | |
Rickettsia prowazekii | Species of gram-negative | Rickettsia prowazekii is a species of gram-negative, alphaproteobacteria, obligate intracellular parasitic, aerobic Bacillus bacteria that is the etiologic agent of epidemic typhus, transmitted in the feces of lice. In North America, the main reservoir for R. prowazekii is the flying squirrel. R. prowazekii is often surrounded by a protein microcapsular layer and slime layer; the natural life cycle of the bacterium generally involves a vertebrate and an invertebrate host, usually an arthropod, typically the human body louse. | |
Christmas beetle | Name commonly applied to the Australian beetle genus Anoplognathus | Christmas beetle is a name commonly applied to the Australian beetle genus Anoplognathus . They are known as Christmas beetles because they are abundant in both urban and rural areas close to Christmas. Christmas beetles are large (20–30 mm long) members of the scarab family that are noisy and clumsy fliers, similar to the cockchafers of Europe. | |
Gecarcinus quadratus | Colourful land crab | Gecarcinus quadratus, known as the red land crab, whitespot crab, halloween crab, moon crab, halloween moon crab, mouthless crab or harlequin land crab, is a colourful land crab from the family Gecarcinidae. | |
Panulirus | Genus of spiny lobsters in the family Palinuridae | Panulirus is a genus of spiny lobsters in the family Palinuridae, including those species which have long flagella on their first antennae. | |
European sea sturgeon | Species of sturgeon previously found on most coasts of Europe | The European sea sturgeon (Acipenser sturio), also known as the Atlantic sturgeon or common sturgeon, is a species of sturgeon previously found on most coasts of Europe. It is anadromous and breeds in rivers. It is currently a critically endangered species. | |
Nomingia | Genus of oviraptorid theropod dinosaur hailing | Nomingia is a genus of oviraptorid theropod dinosaur hailing from the Late Cretaceous Bugin Tsav Beds of Mongolia. | |
Scutellaria barbata | Species of flowering plant in the mint family | Scutellaria barbata, the barbed skullcap, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae. | |
Slender snipe eel | Fish | The slender snipe eel (Nemichthys scolopaceus) is a fish that can weigh only a few ounces, yet reach 5 feet or 1.5 m in length. | |
Plasmodium knowlesi | Primate malaria parasite commonly found in Southeast Asia | Plasmodium knowlesi is a primate malaria parasite commonly found in Southeast Asia. | |
Crab-eating raccoon | Species of raccoon | The crab-eating raccoon or South American raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus) is a species of raccoon native to marshy and jungle areas of Central and South America (including Trinidad and Tobago). | |
Scarce chaser | Species of dragonfly | The Scarce Chaser (Libellula fulva) is a species of dragonfly. | |
Dibbler | Common name for Parantechinus apicalis | Dibbler is the common name for Parantechinus apicalis, an endangered species of marsupial. It is an inhabitant of the southwest mainland of Western Australia and some offshore islands. It is a member of the order Dasyuromorphia, and the only member of the genus, Parantechinus. | |
Lobularia maritima | Species of low-growing flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae | Lobularia maritima syn. Alyssum maritimum, common name sweet alyssum or sweet alison, also commonly referred to as just alyssum (from the genus Alyssum in which it was formerly classified) is a species of low-growing flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. | |
Little red kaluta | Carnivorous nocturnal marsupial | The little red kaluta (Dasykaluta rosamondae), also known as the little red antechinus, russet antechinus, spinifex antechinus or simply kaluta, is a carnivorous nocturnal marsupial. It lives in the dry areas of Western Australia. Individuals are 9–11 cm (3.5–4.5 in) long and weigh 20–40 g (0.71–1.41 oz). | |
Coprinus | Small genus of mushroom-forming fungi consisting of Coprinus comatus - the shaggy ink cap or shaggy mane - and several of its close relatives | Coprinus is a small genus of mushroom-forming fungi consisting of Coprinus comatus - the shaggy ink cap (British) or shaggy mane (American) - and several of its close relatives. Until 2001, Coprinus was a large genus consisting of all agaric species in which the lamellae autodigested to release their spores. The black ink-like liquid this creates gave these species their common name "ink cap" (British) or "inky cap" (American). | |
Potato spindle tuber viroid | Klein | The Potato spindle tuber viroid ("PSTVd") was the first viroid to be identified. PSTVd is a small, circular RNA molecule closely related to the chrysanthemum stunt viroid. Present within the viroidal RNA is the Pospiviroid RY motif stem loop. | |
Podocarpus totara | Species of podocarp tree endemic to New Zealand | Podocarpus totara (tōtara) is a species of podocarp tree endemic to New Zealand. It grows throughout the North Island and northeastern South Island in lowland, montane and lower subalpine forest at elevations of up to 600 m.
Tōtara is commonly found in lowland areas where the soil is fertile and well drained. | |
Drosophila melanogaster | Species of fly in the family Drosophilidae | Drosophila melanogaster is a species of fly (the taxonomic order Diptera) in the family Drosophilidae. The species is known generally as the common fruit fly or vinegar fly. Starting with Charles W. Woodworth's proposal of the use of this species as a model organism, D. melanogaster continues to be widely used for biological research in genetics, physiology, microbial pathogenesis, and life history evolution. | |
Pachyrhizus | Small genus of five or six species of tropical and subtropical plants | Pachyrhizus is a small genus of five or six species of tropical and subtropical plants growing from large, often edible taproots. | |
Lentil | Edible pulse | The lentil (Lens culinaris or Lens esculenta) is an edible pulse. It is a bushy annual plant of the legume family, known for its lens-shaped seeds. It is about 40 cm (16 in) tall, and the seeds grow in pods, usually with two seeds in each. | Beginning of first three hundred |
Acer saccharinum | One of the most common trees in the United States | Acer saccharinum, commonly known as silver maple, creek maple, silverleaf maple, soft maple, large maple, water maple, swamp maple, or white maple—is a species of maple native to eastern and central North America in the eastern United States and Canada. It is one of the most common trees in the United States. | |
Streptomyces achromogenes | Species of gram-positive bacterium | Streptomyces achromogenes is a species of gram-positive bacterium that belongs in the genus Streptomyces. S. achromogenes can be grown at 28 °C in a medium of yeast and malt extract with glucose.
S. achromogenes is the source of the restriction enzymes SacI and SacII, as well as the antibiotic compound sarcidin. | |
Marmosa | One of three | The nineteen species in the genus Marmosa are relatively small Neotropic members of the family Didelphidae. This genus is one of three that are known as mouse opossums. The others are Thylamys (the "fat-tailed mouse opossums") and Tlacuatzin, the grayish mouse opossum. | |
Short-tailed opossum | Genus of marsupials in the family Didelphidae | Monodelphis is a genus of marsupials in the family Didelphidae, commonly referred to as short-tailed opossums. They are found throughout South America. The most recently described species are Monodelphis arlindoi Pavan, Rossi & Schneider, 2012, Monodelphis sanctaerosae Voss, Pine & Solari, 2012 and Monodelphis gardneri Solari et al., 2012, with reinstatement of Monodelphis touan (Shaw, 1800), Monodelphis pinocchio Pavan, 2015 and Monodelphis saci Pavan, 2017. | |
Woolly opossum | Skipped | The three species in the genus Caluromys, commonly known as woolly opossums, are members of the order Didelphimorphia. | |
Caenolestes | Eastern caenolestid | The common shrew opossums (genus Caenolestes), are members of the family Caenolestidae. They are found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. The most recently discovered species is the eastern caenolestid. | |
Osmeriformes | Skipped | The Osmeriformes comprise an order of ray-finned fish that includes the true or freshwater smelts and allies, such as the galaxiids and noodlefishes; they are also collectively called osmeriforms. They belong to the teleost superorder Protacanthopterygii, which also includes pike and salmon, among others. The order's name means "smelt-shaped", from Osmerus (the type genus) + the standard fish order suffix "-formes". | |
Stomiiformes | Order of deep-sea ray-finned fishes of very diverse morphology | Stomiiformes is an order of deep-sea ray-finned fishes of very diverse morphology. It includes, for example, dragonfishes, lightfishes (Gonostomatidae and Phosichthyidae), loosejaws, marine hatchetfishes and viperfishes. The order contains 4 families (5 according to some authors) with more than 50 genera and at least 410 species. | |
Moray eel | Cosmopolitan family of eels | Moray eels, or Muraenidae, are a cosmopolitan family of eels. The approximately 200 species in 15 genera are almost exclusively marine, but several species are regularly seen in brackish water, and a few are found in fresh water.
The smallest moray eel is probably Snyder's moray (Anarchias leucurus), which attains a maximum length of 11.5 cm (4.5 in), while the longest species, the slender giant moray (Strophidon sathete) reaches up to 4 m (13 ft). | |
Aulopiformes | Diverse order of marine ray-finned fish consisting of some 15 extant and several prehistoric families | Aulopiformes is a diverse order of marine ray-finned fish consisting of some 15 extant and several prehistoric families with about 45 genera and over 230 species. The common names grinners, lizardfishes and allies or aulopiforms are sometimes used for this group. The scientific name means "Aulopus-shaped", from Aulopus (the type genus) + the standard fish order suffix "-formes". | |
Laburnum | Golden shower tree | "Indian laburnum" is the golden shower tree, a distant relative of the genus Laburnum.
Laburnum, sometimes called golden chain or golden rain, is a genus of two species of small trees in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae. The species are Laburnum anagyroides—common laburnum and Laburnum alpinum—alpine laburnum. | |
Yellow fever | Viral disease of typically short duration | Yellow fever is a viral disease of typically short duration. In most cases, symptoms include fever, chills, loss of appetite, nausea, muscle pains particularly in the back, and headaches. Symptoms typically improve within five days. | |
Yeast | Skipped | Yeasts are eukaryotic, single-celled microorganisms classified as members of the fungus kingdom. The first yeast originated hundreds of millions of years ago, and 1,500 species are currently identified. They are estimated to constitute 1% of all described fungal species. | |
Zebra | Skipped | Zebras ( ZEE-brə or British English: ZEB-rə) are several species of African equids (horse family) united by their distinctive black and white striped coats. Their stripes come in different patterns, unique to each individual. They are generally social animals that live in small harems to large herds. | |
Coxsackie A virus | Cytolytic Coxsackievirus of the Picornaviridae family | Coxsackie A virus (CAV) is a cytolytic Coxsackievirus of the Picornaviridae family, an enterovirus (a group containing the polioviruses, coxsackieviruses, and echoviruses). | |
Eagle | Common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae | Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, not all of which are closely related. Most of the 60 species of eagle are from Eurasia and Africa. | |
Imperata cylindrica | Species of grass in the family Poaceae | Imperata cylindrica (commonly known as cogongrass , kunai grass , blady grass, alang-alang, lalang grass, cotton wool grass, kura-kura) is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. Red cultivars of the species grown as ornamental plants are known as Japanese bloodgrass.
It is a perennial rhizomatous grass native to east and southeast Asia, India, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australia, and eastern and southern Africa. | |
Juniperus oxycedrus | Species of juniper | Cade (Juniperus oxycedrus), also called cade juniper, prickly juniper, prickly cedar, and sharp cedar, is a species of juniper, native across the Mediterranean region from Morocco and Portugal, north to southern France, east to westernmost Iran, and south to Lebanon and Israel, growing on a variety of rocky sites from sea level up to 1600 m elevation. The specific epithet oxycedrus means "sharp cedar" and this species may have been the original cedar or cedrus of the ancient Greeks. | |
Anabaena | Genus of filamentous cyanobacteria | Anabaena is a genus of filamentous cyanobacteria that exist as plankton. They are known for nitrogen-fixing abilities, and they form symbiotic relationships with certain plants, such as the mosquito fern. They are one of four genera of cyanobacteria that produce neurotoxins, which are harmful to local wildlife, as well as farm animals and pets. | |
Eviota sigillata | Species of marine fish in the family Gobiidae | Eviota sigillata, commonly called seven-figure pygmy goby or adorned dwarfgoby, is a species of marine fish in the family Gobiidae. They are widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific area, from the Seychelles to the Micronesia.
It inhabits reef habitats at depths from 3 to 20 m (9.8–65.6 ft). | |
Naididae | Family of clitellate oligochaete worms like the sludge worm | The Naididae (formerly known as Tubificidae) are a family of clitellate oligochaete worms like the sludge worm, Tubifex tubifex. They are key components of the benthic communities of many freshwater and marine ecosystems. In freshwater aquaria they may be referred to as detritus worms. | |
Oedematopus | Genus of fly in family Dolichopodidae | The plant genus Oedematopus is nowadays a synonym of Clusia.
Oedematopus is a genus of fly in family Dolichopodidae. | |
Whiskered auklet | Small seabird of the auk family | The whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea) is a small seabird of the auk family. It has a more restricted range than other members of its genus, Aethia, living only around the Aleutian Islands and on some islands off Siberia (like Commander Islands), and breeding on these islands. It is one of the smallest alcids, only the closely related least auklet being smaller. | |
Acidosasa | Genus of East Asian bamboo in the grass family | Acidosasa is a genus of East Asian bamboo in the grass family.
Acidosasa is found primarily in Southern China, with 1 species in Vietnam. Its name is formed from Latin acidum ("sour") and Sasa (another bamboo genus), referring to its edible shoots. | |
Ampelocalamus | Genus of Asian bamboo in the grass family) | Ampelocalamus is a genus of Asian bamboo in the grass family). It is found mostly in Southern China, with some species in the eastern Himalayas and northern Indochina. | |
Pelecinus polyturator | Large glossy black wasp | Pelecinus polyturator is a large (up to 7 cm) glossy black wasp, the most common and familiar species in the family Pelecinidae. The adults drink nectar. They live in crop fields, woods, and suburban gardens throughout North, Central, and South America. | |
Campylobacter | Genus of Gram-negative bacteria | Campylobacter (meaning "curved bacteria") is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria. Campylobacter typically appear comma or s-shaped and motile.
Most Campylobacter species can cause disease and can infect humans and other animals. | |
Peafowl | Skipped | The peafowl include three species of birds in the genera Pavo and Afropavo of the Phasianidae family, the pheasants and their allies. There are two Asiatic species: the blue or Indian peafowl originally of the Indian subcontinent; and the green peafowl of Southeast Asia; and one African species, the Congo peafowl, native only to the Congo Basin. Male peafowl are known for their piercing call and their extravagant plumage. | |
Partridge | Skipped | Partridges are medium-sized non-migratory gamebirds, with a wide native distribution throughout the Old World, including Europe, Asia, and parts of Africa. They are sometimes grouped in the Perdicinae subfamily of the Phasianidae (pheasants, quail, etc.). However, molecular research suggests that partridges are not a distinct taxon within the family Phasianidae, but that some species are closer to the pheasants, while others are closer to the junglefowls. | |
Diplura | One of the four groups of hexapods | The order Diplura is one of the four groups of hexapods, alongside insects, Collembola (springtails) and Protura. They are sometimes called "two-pronged bristletails". Around 800 species have been described, of which around 70 occur in North America, 12 in Great Britain and two in Australia. | |
Protura | Skipped | The Protura, or proturans, and sometimes nicknamed coneheads, are very small (<2 mm long), soil-dwelling animals, so inconspicuous they were not noticed until the 20th century. The Protura constitute an order of hexapods that were previously regarded as insects, and sometimes treated as a class in their own right.
Some evidence indicates the Protura are basal to all other hexapods, although not all researchers consider them Hexapoda, rendering the monophyly of Hexapoda unsettled. | |
Paeonia rockii | Woody species of tree peony | Rock's peony (Paeonia rockii) is a woody species of tree peony that was named after Joseph Rock. It is one of several species given the vernacular name tree peony, and is native to the mountains of Gansu and adjoining provinces in China. In Chinese, it is known as 紫斑牡丹 (pinyin: zǐbān mǔdān). | |
Maned rat | Nocturnal | The maned rat or crested rat (Lophiomys imhausi) is a nocturnal, long-haired and bushy-tailed East African rodent that superficially resembles a porcupine. | |
Balantidium coli | Parasitic species of ciliate alveolates | Balantidium coli is a parasitic species of ciliate alveolates that causes the disease balantidiasis. It is the only member of the ciliate phylum known to be pathogenic to humans. | |
Aristida stricta | Warm-season grass | Aristida stricta is a warm-season grass, native to North America, that dominates understory vegetation in sandhills and flatwoods coastal plain ecosystems of the Southeastern United States. It is known as wiregrass (due to its texture) and pineland three-awn grass.
Its common name, wiregrass, gave rise to the naming of the Wiregrass Region in which it is located. | |
Heliconiinae | Subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies | The Heliconiinae, commonly called heliconians or longwings, are a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae). They can be divided into 45–50 genera and were sometimes treated as a separate family Heliconiidae within the Papilionoidea. The colouration is predominantly reddish and black, and though of varying wing shape, the forewings are always elongated tipwards, hence the common name. | |
Miacis | Genus of extinct carnivorous mammals | Miacis is a genus of extinct carnivorous mammals that appeared in the late Paleocene and continued through the Eocene. The genus Miacis is not monophyletic but a diverse collection of species that belong to the stemgroup within the Carnivoramorpha. As such, most Miacis species belong to the group of early carnivores that represent the ancestors of the modern order, the crown-group Carnivora. | |
Physocarpus capitatus | Species of Physocarpus | Physocarpus capitatus, commonly called Pacific ninebark or tall ninebark, is a species of Physocarpus native to western North America from southern Alaska east to Montana and Utah, and south to southern California.
It is a dense deciduous shrub growing to 1–2.5 metres (3 ft 3 in–8 ft 2 in) tall. The name comes from the appearance of the bark, which is flaky, peeling away in many layers. | |
Ballan wrasse | Species of wrasse | The Ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) is a species of wrasse native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean from Norway to Morocco, including the islands of Madeira, the Azores and the Canary Islands. They can be found at depths from 1 to 50 m (3.3 to 164.0 ft) amongst rocks, seaweed and reefs. It can grow to 65.9 cm (25.9 in) in total length (though most do not exceed 50 cm (20 in) standard length), and the greatest recorded weight of this species is 4.4 kg (9.7 lb). | |
DsDNA-RT virus | Skipped | dsDNA-RT viruses are the seventh group in the Baltimore virus classification. They are not considered DNA viruses (class I of Baltimore classification), but rather reverse transcribing viruses because they replicate through an RNA intermediate. It includes the families Hepadnaviridae and Caulimoviridae. | |
Namdapha flying squirrel | Arboreal | The Namdapha flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus biswasi) is an arboreal, nocturnal flying squirrel endemic to northeastern India, where it is known from a single specimen collected in Namdapha National Park in 1981. It was the sole member in the genus Biswamoyopterus until the description of the Laotian giant flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus laoensis) in 2013. No population estimates are available for B. biswasi, but the known habitat is tall Mesua ferrea jungles, often on hill slopes in the catchment area of Na Dihing river (particularly on the western slope of Patkai range) in North eastern India. | |
Potoroidae | Skipped | The marsupial family Potoroidae includes the bettongs, potoroos, and two of the rat-kangaroos. | |
American coot | Bird of the family Rallidae | The American coot (Fulica americana), also known as a mud hen, is a bird of the family Rallidae. | |
Microbiotheriidae | Family of australidelphian marsupials represented by only one extant species | Microbiotheriidae is a family of australidelphian marsupials represented by only one extant species, the monito del monte, and a number of extinct species known from fossils in South America, Western Antarctica, and northeastern Australia. | |
Paubrasilia | Genus of flowering plants in the legume family | Paubrasilia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. | |
Eurasian spoonbill | Wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae | The Eurasian spoonbill or common spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) is a wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae. | |
Acosmium | South America genus of Leguminosae | Acosmium Schott is a South America genus of Leguminosae (Fabaceae). Three species are currently recognized. Most Acosmium species have been recently transferred to Leptolobium and one species to the South American Guianodendron while the genus Acosmium itself has been transferred from the tribe Sophoreae to the tribe Dalbergieae in a monophyletic clade informally known as the Pterocarpus clade. | |
African sacred ibis | Species of ibis | The African sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) is a species of ibis, a wading bird of the Threskiornithidae family. It is native to Africa and the Middle East. It is especially known for its role in the religion of the Ancient Egyptians, where it was linked to the god Thoth. | |
Orycteropus | Genus of mammals in the family Orycteropodidae within Tubulidentata | Orycteropus is a genus of mammals in the family Orycteropodidae within Tubulidentata. The genus is known from Late Miocene to Recent of Africa.
The only living species within Tubulidentata is the aardvark (Orycteropus afer). | |
Almaleea | Genus of perennial shrubs | Almaleea is a genus of perennial shrubs from the legume family Fabaceae native to Australia. | |
Urodon | Small genus | Urodon is a small genus from the family Fabaceae native to southwestern Australia. | |
Aboriella | Monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Urticaceae | Aboriella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Urticaceae, native to the eastern Himalaya, in the Abor Hills. The sole species is Aboriella myriantha.
Sometimes this genus is included in Pilea by some authors. | |
Pedicularis | Genus of perennial green root parasite plants currently placed in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae | Pedicularis is a genus of perennial green root parasite plants currently placed in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae (the genus previously having been placed in Scrophulariaceae sensu lato). | |
Trialeurodes | Large genus of whiteflies in the family Aleyrodidae | Trialeurodes (Greenhouse whitefly) is a large genus of whiteflies in the family Aleyrodidae. | |
Prosopis pubescens | Species of flowering shrub or small tree in the pea family | Prosopis pubescens, commonly known as screwbean mesquite, is a species of flowering shrub or small tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to the southwestern United States (Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, California, southern Nevada and Utah) and northern Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora). | |
Abroma | Genus in the Sterculiaceae family of one or two species | Abroma is a genus in the Sterculiaceae family (or Malvaceae family in some classifications) of one or two species from Asia and Australia. | |
Pallenis | Small genus of flowering plants in the samphire tribe within the sunflower family | For the checkered beetle genus, see Pallenis (beetle).
Pallenis is a small genus of flowering plants in the samphire tribe within the sunflower family. The name is derived from palea (chaff), referring to the chaffy receptacle. | |
Dryas (plant) | Genus of perennial cushion-forming evergreen dwarf shrubs in the family Rosaceae | Dryas is a genus of perennial cushion-forming evergreen dwarf shrubs in the family Rosaceae, native to the arctic and alpine regions of Europe, Asia and North America. The genus is named after the dryads, the tree nymphs of ancient Greek mythology. The classification of Dryas within the Rosaceae has been unclear. | |
Common asparagus beetle | Important pest of asparagus crops both in Europe and in North America | The common asparagus beetle (Crioceris asparagi) is an important pest of asparagus crops both in Europe and in North America. Asparagus is its only food plant. The beetle is about half a centimeter long, metallic blue-black in color with cream or yellow spots on its red-bordered elytra. | |
Periodical cicadas | Genus of the 13-year and 17-year periodical cicadas of eastern North America | Magicicada is the genus of the 13-year and 17-year periodical cicadas of eastern North America. Although they are sometimes called "locusts", this is a misnomer, as cicadas belong to the taxonomic order Hemiptera (true bugs), suborder Auchenorrhyncha, while locusts are grasshoppers belonging to the order Orthoptera. Magicicada belongs to the tribe Lamotialnini, a group with representatives in Australia, Africa, and Asia. | |
Pteridales | Skipped | The Pteridales are ferns that have their sori in linear strips under the edge of the leaf tissue, usually with the edge of the lamina reflexed over.
This order is considered a family under the Smith classification. However, this group, a natural clade, is clearly the most basal offshoot of the entire polypodioid line, and if any portion of that clade is segregated as a separate order, this would be the obvious one. | |
Australian sprat | Sprat fish | The Australian sprat (Sprattus novaehollandiae) is a sprat fish whose habitat ranges in the waters surrounding Australia including Tasmania. They can grow to 14 cm. Their depth range is from 0 to 50 m. | |
Miacis | Genus of extinct carnivorous mammals | Miacis is a genus of extinct carnivorous mammals that appeared in the late Paleocene and continued through the Eocene. The genus Miacis is not monophyletic but a diverse collection of species that belong to the stemgroup within the Carnivoramorpha. As such, most Miacis species belong to the group of early carnivores that represent the ancestors of the modern order, the crown-group Carnivora. | |
Physocarpus capitatus | Species of Physocarpus | Physocarpus capitatus, commonly called Pacific ninebark or tall ninebark, is a species of Physocarpus native to western North America from southern Alaska east to Montana and Utah, and south to southern California.
It is a dense deciduous shrub growing to 1–2.5 metres (3 ft 3 in–8 ft 2 in) tall. The name comes from the appearance of the bark, which is flaky, peeling away in many layers. | |
Ballan wrasse | Species of wrasse | The Ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) is a species of wrasse native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean from Norway to Morocco, including the islands of Madeira, the Azores and the Canary Islands. They can be found at depths from 1 to 50 m (3.3 to 164.0 ft) amongst rocks, seaweed and reefs. It can grow to 65.9 cm (25.9 in) in total length (though most do not exceed 50 cm (20 in) standard length), and the greatest recorded weight of this species is 4.4 kg (9.7 lb). | |
DsDNA-RT virus | Skipped | dsDNA-RT viruses are the seventh group in the Baltimore virus classification. They are not considered DNA viruses (class I of Baltimore classification), but rather reverse transcribing viruses because they replicate through an RNA intermediate. It includes the families Hepadnaviridae and Caulimoviridae. | |
Aysheaia | Skipped | Aysheaia was a genus of Cambrian-aged soft-bodied, caterpillar-shaped fossil organisms with average body lengths of 1–6 cm. | |
Africanized bee | Hybrid of the Western honey bee species | The Africanized bee, also known as the Africanised honey bee, and known colloquially as "killer bee", is a hybrid of the Western honey bee species (Apis mellifera), produced originally by cross-breeding of the African honey bee (A. m. scutellata), with various European honey bees such as the Italian bee A. m. ligustica and the Iberian bee A. m. | |
Penicillium | Skipped | Penicillium () ascomycetous fungi are of major importance in the natural environment as well as food and drug production.
Some members of the genus produce penicillin, a molecule that is used as an antibiotic, which kills or stops the growth of certain kinds of bacteria. Other species are used in cheesemaking. | |
Aphid | Skipped | Aphids are small sap-sucking insects and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea. Common names include greenfly and blackfly, although individuals within a species can vary widely in colour. The group includes the fluffy white woolly aphids. | |
Phalacridae | Family of beetles commonly called the shining flower beetles | The Phalacridae are a family of beetles commonly called the shining flower beetles. They are often found in composite flowers. They are oval-shaped, usually tan, and about 2 mm in length. | |
Parelaphostrongylus tenuis | Neurotropic nematode parasite common to white-tailed deer | Parelaphostrongylus tenuis (also known as meningeal worm, brainworm, or moose illness) is a neurotropic nematode parasite common to white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus, which causes damage to the central nervous system. Moose (Alces alces), elk (Cervus canadensis), caribou (Rangifer tarandus), and mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and others, see below, are also susceptible to the parasite but are aberrant hosts and are infected in neurological instead of meningeal tissue. The frequency of infection in these species increases dramatically when their ranges overlap high densities of white-tailed deer. | |
Marsh frog | Largest frog | The marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus) is the largest frog native to Europe and belongs to the family of true frogs. It is very similar in appearance to the closely related edible frog and pool frog. These three species, now again in the genus Pelophylax, are often referred to as "green frogs" to distinguish them from the more terrestrial European Rana species, which are known as "brown frogs" (best exemplified by the common frog Rana temporaria). | |
Grias cauliflora | Fruit | The anchovy pear (Grias cauliflora) (also called the river pear) is a fruit native to Jamaica, Central America, and Colombia. It is often found near rivers or marshes in large colonies. It grows on the evergreen tree Grias cauliflora of the Lecythidaceae (Brazil nut) family. | |
Indian grey hornbill | Common hornbill found on the Indian subcontinent | The Indian grey hornbill (Ocyceros birostris) is a common hornbill found on the Indian subcontinent. It is mostly arboreal and is commonly sighted in pairs. It has grey feathers all over the body with a light grey or dull white belly. | |
Corixidae | Family of aquatic insects in the order Hemiptera | Corixidae is a family of aquatic insects in the order Hemiptera. They are found worldwide in virtually any freshwater habitat and a few species live in saline water. There are about 500 known species worldwide, in 33 genera, including the genus Sigara. | |
Common snook | Species of marine fish in the family Centropomidae of the order Perciformes | The common snook (Centropomus undecimalis) is a species of marine fish in the family Centropomidae of the order Perciformes. | |
Latidae | Family of perch-like fishes found in Africa | The Latidae, known as the lates perches, are a family of perch-like fishes found in Africa, Asia and the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. | |
Spikey bass | Species of fish in the family Latidae | The spikey bass (Hypopterus macropterus) is a species of fish in the family Latidae, the lates perches. | |
Ayu | Species of fish | The ayu (アユ, 鮎, 年魚, 香魚) or sweetfish, Plecoglossus altivelis, is a species of fish. It is the only species in the genus Plecoglossus and family Plecoglossidae. It is a relative of the smelts and other fish in the order Osmeriformes. | |
Lactobacillus plantarum | Widespread member of the genus Lactobacillus | Lactobacillus plantarum is a widespread member of the genus Lactobacillus, commonly found in many fermented food products as well as anaerobic plant matter. It is also present in saliva (from which it was first isolated). It has the ability to liquefy gelatin. | |
Ancylostoma | Genus of nematodes | Ancylostoma is a genus of nematodes that includes some species of hookworms. | |
Hepatozoon | Genus of Apicomplexa alveolates | Hepatozoon is a genus of Apicomplexa alveolates which incorporates over 300 species obligate intraerythrocytic parasites. Species have been described from all groups of tetrapod vertebrates, as well as a wide range of haematophagous arthropods, which serve as both the vectors and definitive hosts of the parasite. By far the most biodiverse and prevalent of all haemogregarines, the genus is distinguished by its unique reciprocal trophic lifecycle which lacks the salivary transmission between hosts commonly associated with other apicomplexans. | |
Rhododendron canadense | Deciduous flowering shrub | Rhododendron canadense, the rhodora, is a deciduous flowering shrub that is native to northeastern North America. | |
Aconoidasida | Class of apicomplexan parasites created by Mehlhorn et al in 1980 | The Aconoidasida are a class of apicomplexan parasites created by Mehlhorn et al in 1980. | |
Plasmodiidae | Family of apicomplexan parasites | The Plasmodiidae are a family of apicomplexan parasites, including the type genus Plasmodium, which is responsible for malaria. This genus was created in 1903 by Mesnil. They are one of the four families in the order Haemospororida. | |
Echinocactus | Genus of cacti in the subfamily Cactoideae | Echinocactus is a genus of cacti in the subfamily Cactoideae. | |
Eunice aphroditois | Aquatic predatory polychaete worm dwelling at the ocean floor | Eunice aphroditois (colloquially known as the Bobbit(t) worm or sand striker) is an aquatic predatory polychaete worm dwelling at the ocean floor. | |
Streptococcus salivarius | Species of spherical | Streptococcus salivarius is a species of spherical, gram-positive, facultative anaerobic bacteria that is both catalase and oxidase negative. | |
Gnetum gnemon | Species of Gnetum | Gnetum gnemon is a species of Gnetum native to southeast Asia and the western Pacific Ocean islands, from Mizoram and Assam in India, south and east through Indonesia and Malaysia to the Philippines and Fiji. | |
Coast mole | Medium-sized North American mole found in forested and open areas | The coast mole or Pacific mole (Scapanus orarius) is a medium-sized North American mole found in forested and open areas with moist soils along the Pacific coast from southwestern British Columbia to northwestern California. | |
Telingana | Genus of membracid tree hoppers found in Asia | Telingana is a genus of membracid tree hoppers found in Asia. They lay solitary eggs and the young do not aggregate as in some membracids. The genus was described by William Lucas Distant in 1908. | |
Alpine salamander | Shiny black salamander found in the central | The alpine salamander (Salamandra atra) is a shiny black salamander found in the central, eastern and Dinaric Alps, at altitudes above 700 m (2,300 ft). The western Alps are inhabited by a similar species, Lanza's alpine salamander (Salamandra lanzai), in only one small area. No differences in length are seen between the sexes (9–14 cm (3.5–5.5 in)) and the sex ratio is 1:1. | |
Mopane | Tree in the legume family | Colophospermum mopane, commonly called mopane, mophane, mopani, balsam tree, butterfly tree, or turpentine tree, is a tree in the legume family (Fabaceae), that grows in hot, dry, low-lying areas, 200 to 1,150 metres (660 to 3,770 ft) in elevation, in the far northern parts of southern Africa. The tree only occurs in Africa and is the only species in genus Colophospermum. Its distinctive butterfly-shaped (bifoliate) leaf and thin seed pod make it easy to identify. | |
Strobilanthes | Genus of about 350 species of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae | Strobilanthes is a genus of about 350 species of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, mostly native to tropical Asia and Madagascar, but with a few species extending north into temperate regions of Asia. Many species are cultivated for their 2-lipped, hooded flowers in shades of blue, pink, white and purple. Most are frost-tender and require protection in frost-prone areas. | |
Red-headed bunting | Passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae | The red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae.
It breeds in central Asia. It is migratory, wintering in India and Bangladesh. | |
Stromboscerus | Genus of the weevil subfamily Dryophthorinae | Stromboscerus is a genus of the weevil subfamily Dryophthorinae. | |
Siraitia | Genus of plants | Siraitia is a genus of plants from the Cucurbitaceae family. | |
Talipariti elatum | Species of flowering tree in the mallow family | The blue mahoe, Talipariti elatum, is a species of flowering tree in the mallow family, Malvaceae. | |
Phymatopus | Genus of moths belonging to the family Hepialidae | Phymatopus (Originally: Noctua Linnaeus, 1758) is a genus of moths belonging to the family Hepialidae (commonly referred to as swift moths or ghost moths), which consists of around 500 species and 30 genera. They can be found across Eurasia and North America. Species can be distinguished by the different morphology of male genitalia and different forewing patterns, which vary in stripe colour and size and arrangement of spots. | |
Orinoco crocodile | Critically endangered crocodile | The Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) is a critically endangered crocodile. Its population is very small and it can only be found in freshwater environments in Colombia and Venezuela, in particular the Orinoco River and its tributaries. Extensively hunted for their skins in the 19th and 20th centuries, this species is one of the most critically endangered species of crocodiles. | |
Tribrachidium | Tri-radially symmetrical fossil animal | Tribrachidium heraldicum is a tri-radially symmetrical fossil animal that lived in the late Ediacaran (Vendian) seas. In life, it was hemispherical in form. T. heraldicum is the best known member of the extinct group Trilobozoa. | |
Redfin danio | Skipped | The redfin danio resembles a zebra danio with blood-red fins. | |
Opistophthalmus boehmi | Small scorpion | Yellow Burrow Scorpion also known as Yellow Forest Scorpion is a small (around 5 centimeters / 1.97 inches) scorpion native to southern Africa. It is a burrowing scorpion which can create intricated tunnels and spend days buried at the bottom on its lair. | |
Williamsonia (plant) | Extinct genus of plant belonging to Bennettitales | Williamsonia is an extinct genus of plant belonging to Bennettitales, an order of seed plants which bore a resemblance to cycads. Fossilized specimens of Williamsonia have been discovered worldwide. | |
Vicia pyrenaica | Species | Vicia pyrenaica, known as Pyrenean vetch, is a species from the large genus Vicia. It is grown as an ornamental and is a hardy perennial with compact foliage that produces deep crimson flowers in Summer. | |
Black-tailed tityra | Medium-sized passerine bird of tropical South America | The black-tailed tityra (Tityra cayana) is a medium-sized passerine bird of tropical South America. The tityras have been placed in the cotinga or the tyrant flycatcher families (Cotingidae and Tyrannidae) by various authors. But the weight of evidence strongly suggest they and their closest relatives are better separated as Tityridae; the AOU for example advocates this separation. | |
Raphanus raphanistrum | Flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae | Raphanus raphanistrum, (the wild radish, white charlock or jointed charlock) is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is sometimes claimed to be the ancestor of the edible radish, Raphanus sativus. Native to western Asia, Europe and parts of Northern Africa. | |
Cocconerion | Genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae | Cocconerion is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1873. The entire genus is endemic to New Caledonia and is related to Baloghia.
Species Cocconerion balansae Baill. | |
Myricanthe | Genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae | Myricanthe is a genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1980. It has only one known species, Myricanthe discolor, endemic to New Caledonia. | |
Beyeria | Genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Euphorbiaceae | Beyeria is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Euphorbiaceae known as turpentine bushes. It was first described as a genus in 1844. The entire genus is endemic to Australia. | |
Pseudophryne | Genus of small Myobatrachid frogs | Pseudophryne is a genus of small Myobatrachid frogs. All of these frogs are small terrestrial frogs, and as such, most species are commonly called toadlets (pseudo- meaning deceptive, phryne meaning toad). The genus comprises thirteen species, ten from eastern Australia, and three from Western Australia. | |
Myrmicaria brunnea | Species of ant | Myrmicaria brunnea is a species of ant that is native to southern Asia. They have a distinctive down-curved abdomen and spines on the thorax. | |
Camponotus sericeus | Species of carpenter ant widely distributed in the Afrotropical and oriental regions | Camponotus sericeus is a species of carpenter ant (genus Camponotus) widely distributed in the Afrotropical and oriental regions. | |
Scelidotherium | Extinct genus of ground sloth of the family Mylodontidae | Scelidotherium is an extinct genus of ground sloth of the family Mylodontidae, endemic to South America during the Late Pleistocene epoch. It lived from 780,000—11,000 years ago, existing for approximately 0.67 million years. | |
Promegatherium | Genus of prehistoric xenarthrans | Promegatherium ("before Megatherium") is a genus of prehistoric xenarthrans that lived in Argentina, during the Late Miocene. This genus is regarded as closely related to the later, and more famous genus, Megatherium, hence the reference in the name. The first specimens of Promegatherium were originally described by the biologist Florentino Ameghino in 1887. | |
Great grey shrike | Large songbird species in the shrike family | The great grey shrike, northern grey shrike, or northern shrike (Lanius excubitor) is a large songbird species in the shrike family (Laniidae). | |
Bunting (bird) | Group of Eurasian and African passerine birds of the family Emberizidae | Buntings are a group of Eurasian and African passerine birds of the family Emberizidae. | |
Paramyxoviridae | Family of viruses in the order Mononegavirales | Paramyxoviridae is a family of viruses in the order Mononegavirales. | |
Synurid | Small group of heterokont algae | The synurids are a small group of heterokont algae, found mostly in fresh water. | |
Beta vulgaris | Plant | Beta vulgaris (beet) is a plant which is included in Betoideae subfamily in the Amaranthaceae family. It is the economically most important crop of the large order Caryophyllales. It has several cultivar groups: the sugar beet, of greatest importance to produce table sugar; the root vegetable known as the beetroot or garden beet; the leaf vegetable known as chard or spinach beet; and mangelwurzel, which is a fodder crop. | |
Japanese encephalitis | Infection of the brain | Japanese encephalitis (JE) is an infection of the brain caused by the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). | |
Thermodesulfobacteria | Phylum of thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacteria | The Thermodesulfobacteria are a phylum of thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacteria. | |
Archaeoglobaceae | Family of the Archaeoglobales | Archaeoglobaceae are a family of the Archaeoglobales. All known genera within the Archaeoglobaceae are hyperthermophilic and can be found near undersea hydrothermal vents. Archaeoglobaceae are the only family in the order Archaeoglobales, which is the only order in the class Archaeoglobi. | |
Archaeoglobus | Genus of the phylum Euryarchaeota | Archaeoglobus is a genus of the phylum Euryarchaeota. Archaeoglobus can be found in high-temperature oil fields where they may contribute to oil field souring. | |
Ferroglobus | Genus of the Archaeoglobaceae | Ferroglobus is a genus of the Archaeoglobaceae.
Ferroglobus is a hyperthermophilic genus phylogenetically located within the Euryarchaeota. It consists of one species, F. placidus, isolated from hydrothermal vent sediment off the coast of Italy. | |
Cyclomedusa | Circular fossil of the Ediacaran biota | Cyclomedusa is a circular fossil of the Ediacaran biota; it has a circular bump in the middle and as many as five circular growth ridges around it. Many specimens are small, but specimens in excess of 20 cm are known. The concentric disks are not necessarily circular, especially when adjacent individuals interfere with each other's growth. | |
Tody | Family | The todies are a family, Todidae, of tiny Caribbean birds in the order Coraciiformes, which also includes the kingfishers, bee-eaters and rollers. The family has one living genus, Todus, and one genus known from the fossil record, Palaeotodus. | |
Ergot | Skipped | Ergot (pron. UR-gət) or ergot fungi refers to a group of fungi of the genus Claviceps.
The most prominent member of this group is Claviceps purpurea ("rye ergot fungus"). | |
Hiodontiformes | Relatively new order of fish | Hiodontiformes is a relatively new order of fish, consisting of the two living species of the mooneye family Hiodontidae and three genera of extinct types.
These are traditionally classified with the Osteoglossiformes, and many authorities still do, but fossil study of the extinct Yanbiania suggest that the hiodontids separated from other osteoglossiforms early, and thus belong to a separate order. | |
Mooneye | Family | The mooneyes are a family, the Hiodontidae, of ray-finned fish comprising two living and three extinct species in the genus Hiodon. They are large-eyed, fork-tailed fish that physically resemble shads. Their common name comes from the metallic gold or silver shine of their eyes. | |
Herdmania momus | One of the most commonly encountered species of ascidians | The solitary ascidian Herdmania momus is one of the most commonly encountered species of ascidians. While commonly referred to simply as sea squirts, this name is ambiguous, as it can refer to any member of the sub-phylum Tunicata.
This solitary ascidian is sometimes referred to as the red-throated ascidian, as its two siphons are a vivid red in colour. | |
Pliopithecus | Genus of extinct primates of the Miocene | Pliopithecus is a genus of extinct primates of the Miocene. It was discovered in 1837 by Édouard Lartet (1801–1871) in France, with fossils subsequently discovered in Switzerland, Slovakia and Spain.
Pliopithecus' had a similar size and form to modern gibbons, to which it may be related, although it is probably not a direct ancestor. | |
Epidermophyton | Genus of fungus causing superficial and cutaneous mycoses | Epidermophyton is a genus of fungus causing superficial and cutaneous mycoses, including E. floccosum, and causes tinea corporis (ringworm), tinea cruris (jock itch), tinea pedis (athlete’s foot), and tinea unguium (fungal infection of the nail bed). | |
Sclater's guenon | Old World monkey | The Sclater's guenon (Cercopithecus sclateri), also known as Sclater's monkey and the Nigerian monkey, is an Old World monkey that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1904 and named after Philip Sclater. It is an arboreal and diurnal primate that lives in the forests of southern Nigeria. It should not be confused with the closely related species, the white-throated guenon (Cercopithecus erythrogaster), which occurs in Nigeria and Benin. | |
Microphallus piriformes | Parasitic trematode | Microphallus piriformes is a parasitic trematode (fluke). It belongs to the Plagiorchiata, a large suborder of the digenean fluke order Plagiorchiida. M. piriformes is unusual among the flukes in having only one intermediate host rather than two, and no free-swimming cercarian stage. | |
Pilgrimella | Extinct early Eocene genus of anthracobunid | Pilgrimella is an extinct early Eocene genus of anthracobunid, a group of stem perissodactyls (formerly classified with proboscideans). It was a ground dwelling grazer with massive bilophodont molars (cusps aligned in two transverse ridges.) Dental remains of this animal have been found in Chorlakki, Punjab province, Pakistan, and in the Subathu Formation in North-West India.
The genus is considered by some paleontologists as a synonym of Anthracobune. | |
Condylarth | Informal group – previously considered an order – of extinct placental mammals | Condylarthra is an informal group – previously considered an order – of extinct placental mammals, known primarily from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs. They are considered early, primitive ungulates. It is now largely considered to be a wastebasket taxon, having served as a dumping ground for classifying ungulates which had not been clearly established as part of either Perissodactyla or Cetartiodactyla, being composed thus of several unrelated lineages. | |
Six-spot burnet | Day-flying moth of the family Zygaenidae | The six-spot burnet (Zygaena filipendulae) is a day-flying moth of the family Zygaenidae. | |
Deferribacteraceae | Family of gram-negative bacteria | The Deferribacteraceae are a family of gram-negative bacteria which make energy by anaerobic respiration. | |
Coprosma robusta | Flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae | Coprosma robusta, commonly known as karamu, is a flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It can survive in many climates, but is most commonly found in coastal areas, lowland forests, or shrublands. Karamu can grow to be around 6 meters tall, and grow leaves up to 12 centimeters long. | |
Stylonychia | Genus of ciliates | Stylonychia is a genus of ciliates, included among the stichotrichs. It is very common in fresh water and soil, found on filamentous algae, surface films, and among particles of sediment. They can also be found swimming on and through decaying vegetation and pond scum floating through the water. | |
Kermesidae | Family of scale insects belonging to the superfamily Coccoidea | The Kermesidae are a family of scale insects belonging to the superfamily Coccoidea. The typical genus, Kermes, includes the kermes scale insects, from which a red dye, also called kermes (a.k.a. crimson), is obtained. | |
Robinia neomexicana | Shrub or small tree in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae | Robinia neomexicana, the New Mexican, New Mexico, Southwest, Desert, Pink, or rose locust), is a shrub or small tree in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae. | |
Silver trout | Extinct char species or variety | The name "silver trout" is also sometimes used for rainbow trout.
The silver trout (Salvelinus agassizii) is an extinct char species or variety that inhabited a few waters in New Hampshire prior to 1939, when a biological survey conducted on the Connecticut watershed by the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department found none. | |
Prunus japonica | Shrub species in the genus Prunus | Prunus japonica (also Cerasus japonica), also called Japanese bush cherry, or Oriental bush cherry, or Korean bush cherry is a shrub species in the genus Prunus that is widely cultivated for ornamental use. Its native range extends from Central China through to the Korean peninsula. P. maximowiczii, the Miyama cherry is also often referred to as Japanese bush cherry. | |
Fistulina hepatica | Unusual bracket fungus classified in the Agaricales | Fistulina hepatica (beefsteak fungus, also known as beefsteak polypore or ox tongue) is an unusual bracket fungus classified in the Agaricales, that is commonly seen in Britain, but can be found in North America, Australia, North Africa, Southern Africa and the rest of Europe. As its name suggests, it looks remarkably similar to a slab of raw meat. It has been used as a meat substitute in the past, and can still be found in some French markets. | |
Alyxia oliviformis | Species of flowering plant in the dogbane family | Alyxia oliviformis, known as maile in Hawaiian, is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, that is native to Hawaii. It grows as either a twining liana, scandent shrub, or small erect shrub, and is one of the few vines that are endemic to the islands. The binomial nomenclature means "chain resembling olive" in Latin. | |
African civet | Largest representative of the African Viverridae and the sole member of its genus | The African civet (; Civettictis civetta) is the largest representative of the African Viverridae and the sole member of its genus. It is considered common and widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa.
It is primarily nocturnal and spends the day sleeping in dense vegetation. | |
Pinus monophylla | Pine in the pinyon pine group | Pinus monophylla, the single-leaf pinyon, (alternatively spelled piñon) is a pine in the pinyon pine group, native to the United States and northwest Mexico. The range is in southernmost Idaho, western Utah, Arizona, southwest New Mexico, Nevada, eastern and southern California and northern Baja California.
It occurs at moderate altitudes from 1,200 to 2,300 m (3,900 to 7,500 ft), rarely as low as 950 m (3,120 ft) and as high as 2,900 m (9,500 ft). | |
Pinus quadrifolia | Pine in the pinyon pine group | Pinus quadrifolia, the Parry pinyon, is a pine in the pinyon pine group native to southernmost California in the United States and northern Baja California in Mexico, from 33° 30' N south to 30° 30' N. It occurs at moderate altitudes from 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) to 1,800 metres (5,900 ft), rarely as low as 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) and as high as 2,500 metres (8,200 ft). It is scarce and often scattered in this region, forming open woodlands, usually mixed with junipers. Other common names include nut pine and fourleaf pinyon pine. | |
Hepatitis A | Infectious disease of the liver | Hepatitis A is an infectious disease of the liver caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV). Many cases have few or no symptoms, especially in the young. The time between infection and symptoms, in those who develop them, is between two and six weeks. | |
Bryonia | Genus of flowering plant in the gourd family | For the Royal Navy ships, see HMS Bryony.
Bryonia is a genus of flowering plant in the gourd family. Bryony is its best-known common name. | |
Subalpine warbler | Small typical warbler | The subalpine warbler (Sylvia cantillans) is a small typical warbler which breeds in the southernmost areas of Europe and northwest Africa. It was first described by the German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas in 1764 and given the binomial name Montacilla cantillans. The current genus name is from Modern Latin silvia, a woodland sprite, related to silva, a wood. | |
Quercus ilex | Large evergreen oak | Quercus ilex, the evergreen oak, holly oak or holm oak, is a large evergreen oak native to the Mediterranean region. It takes its name from holm, an ancient name for holly. It is a member of the white oak section of the genus, with acorns that mature in a single summer. | |
Quercus garryana | Tree species | Quercus garryana, the Garry oak, Oregon white oak, Oregon oak, or Hu'dshnam, from the traditional Klamath language, is a tree species with a range stretching from southern California to southwestern British Columbia. It grows from sea level to 210 meters (690 ft) altitude in the northern part of its range, and at 300 to 1,800 meters (980 to 5,910 ft) in the south of the range in California. The tree gets one of its names from Nicholas Garry, deputy governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, 1822–35. | |
Sium sisarum | Perennial plant of the family Apiaceae sometimes | Sium sisarum, commonly known as skirret, is a perennial plant of the family Apiaceae sometimes grown as a root vegetable. The English name skirret is derived from the Middle English 'skirwhit' or 'skirwort', meaning 'white root'. In Scotland it is known as crummock. | |
Ficus benjamina | Species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae | Ficus benjamina, commonly known as weeping fig, benjamin fig or Ficus tree, and often sold in stores as just ficus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae, native to Asia and Australia. It is the official tree of Bangkok. The species is also naturalized in the West Indies and in the States of Florida and Arizona in the United States. | |
Orbicular batfish | Popular aquarium fish | The orbicular batfish (Platax orbicularis), also known as the circular batfish, orbiculate batfish, round batfish, or orbic batfish is a popular aquarium fish which occurs naturally in the tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. | |
Rhomborhina | Genus of large scarab beetles | Rhomborhina is a genus of large scarab beetles described by Hope in 1837. They are members of the subfamily Cetoniinae. They mostly live in East and South Asia. | |
Lovebug | Species of march fly found in parts of Central America and the southeastern United States | The lovebug (Plecia nearctica) is a species of march fly found in parts of Central America and the southeastern United States, especially along the Gulf Coast. It is also known as the honeymoon fly or double-headed bug. During and after mating, adult pairs remain coupled, even in flight, for up to several days. | |
Great grey shrike | Large songbird species in the shrike family | The great grey shrike, northern grey shrike, or northern shrike (Lanius excubitor) is a large songbird species in the shrike family (Laniidae). | |
Bunting (bird) | Group of Eurasian and African passerine birds of the family Emberizidae | Buntings are a group of Eurasian and African passerine birds of the family Emberizidae. | |
Paramyxoviridae | Family of viruses in the order Mononegavirales | Paramyxoviridae is a family of viruses in the order Mononegavirales. | |
Synurid | Small group of heterokont algae | The synurids are a small group of heterokont algae, found mostly in fresh water. | |
Beta vulgaris | Plant | Beta vulgaris (beet) is a plant which is included in Betoideae subfamily in the Amaranthaceae family. It is the economically most important crop of the large order Caryophyllales. It has several cultivar groups: the sugar beet, of greatest importance to produce table sugar; the root vegetable known as the beetroot or garden beet; the leaf vegetable known as chard or spinach beet; and mangelwurzel, which is a fodder crop. | |
Papilio multicaudata | Species of the family Papilionidae found in western North America | Papilio multicaudata, the two-tailed swallowtail, is a species of the family Papilionidae found in western North America from British Columbia to Central America. | |
Orthoceratidae | Extinct family of actively mobile carnivorous cephalopods | Orthoceratidae is an extinct family of actively mobile carnivorous cephalopods, subclass Nautiloidea, that lived in what would be North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia from the Ordovician through Triassic from 490—203.7 mya, existing for approximately 286.4 million years. | |
V-pug | Moth of the family Geometridae | The v-pug (Chloroclystis v-ata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout the Palearctic region, the Near East and North Africa. It is well distributed in the British Isles except for the north of Scotland. | |
Zoysia | Genus of creeping grasses widespread across much of Asia and Australia | Zoysia is a genus of creeping grasses widespread across much of Asia and Australia, as well as various islands in the Pacific. These species, commonly called zoysia or zoysiagrass, are found in coastal areas or grasslands. The genus is named after the Slovenian botanist Karl von Zois (1756–1799). | |
Perkinsus marinus | Species of alveolates belonging to the phylum Perkinsozoa | Perkinsus marinus is a species of alveolates belonging to the phylum Perkinsozoa. It is similar to a dinoflagellate. It is known as a prevalent pathogen of oysters, causing massive mortality in oyster populations. | |
Bostrichoidea | Superfamily of beetles | Bostrichoidea is a superfamily of beetles. It is the type superfamily of the infraorder Bostrichiformia. | |
Red-billed leiothrix | Member of the family Leiothrichidae | The red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea) is a member of the family Leiothrichidae, native to southern China and the Himalayas. Adults have bright red bills and a dull yellow ring around their eyes. Their backs are dull olive green, and they have a bright yellow-orange throat with a yellow chin; females are somewhat duller than males, and juveniles have black bills. | |
Tenebrionoidea | Very large and diverse superfamily of beetles | The Tenebrionoidea are a very large and diverse superfamily of beetles. It generally corresponds to the Heteromera of earlier authors.
It contains these families: Aderidae Winkler 1927 (ant-like leaf beetles) Anthicidae Latreille 1819 (ant-like flower beetles) Archeocrypticidae Kaszab 1964 Boridae C. G. Thomson 1859 Chalcodryidae Watt 1974 Ciidae Leach 1819 (minute tree-fungus beetles) (= Cisidae) Melandryidae Leach 1815 (false darkling beetles) Meloidae Gyllenhal 1810 (blister beetles) Mordellidae Latreille 1802 (tumbling flower beetles) Mycetophagidae Leach 1815 (hairy fungus beetles) Mycteridae Blanchard 1845 Oedemeridae Latreille 1810 (false blister beetles) Perimylopidae St. | |
Elateroidea | Large superfamily of beetles | The Elateroidea are a large superfamily of beetles. It contains the familiar click beetles, fireflies, and soldier beetles and their relatives.
Certain clusters of families within the superfamily are more strongly related to one another; for example, the Elateridae have close ties to the Anischiidae, Cerophytidae, Eucnemidae, and Throscidae, and some of these beetles can also "click". | |
Buprestoidea | Superfamily of beetles | Buprestoidea is a superfamily of beetles.
It contains two families: Buprestidae Leach 1815, the jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles. | |
Sigillaria | Genus of extinct | Sigillaria is a genus of extinct, spore-bearing, arborescent (tree-like) plants. It was a lycopodiophyte, and is related to the lycopsids, or club-mosses, but even more closely to quillworts, as was its associate Lepidodendron. | |
Lomatium | Genus of about 75 species of perennial herbs | Lomatium is a genus of about 75 species of perennial herbs native to western North America; its common names include biscuitroot, Indian parsley, and desert parsley. It is in the Apiaceae family and therefore related to many familiar edible species such as carrots and celery; some Lomatium species were extensively used by Native Americans in the inland Northwest as a staple food. | |
Small angle shades | Moth of the family Noctuidae | The small angle shades (Euplexia lucipara) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout the Palearctic.
As the common name suggests, this species is closely related to the angle shades (Phlogophora meticulosa), and is considerably smaller (wingspan 30–35 mm), but does not especially resemble that species. | |
Glechoma | Genus of flowering plants in the mint family | Glechoma is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described for modern science in 1753. It is distributed in northern Asia and Europe with a center of diversity in Asia, especially China. One species is naturalized in New Zealand and in North America. | |
Black-shouldered opossum | Opossum | The black-shouldered opossum (Caluromysiops irrupta), also known as the white-eared opossum is an opossum known from western Brazil and southeastern Peru. It was first described by Colin Campbell Sanborn, curator of Field Museum of Natural History, in 1951. The black-shouldered opossum is characterized by a gray coat, gray underbelly, and broad black stripes that extend from the forefeet, meet on the shoulders, run along the midline of the back and then split into parallel stripes that run down the hindfeet. | |
African darter | Water bird of sub-Saharan Africa and Iraq | The African darter (Anhinga rufa), sometimes called the snakebird, is a water bird of sub-Saharan Africa and Iraq. | |
Jacaranda mimosifolia | Sub-tropical tree | Jacaranda mimosifolia is a sub-tropical tree native to south-central South America that has been widely planted elsewhere because of its beautiful and long-lasting blue flowers. It is also known as jacaranda, blue jacaranda, black poui, or as the fern tree. Older sources call it Jacaranda acutifolia, but it is nowadays more usually classified as Jacaranda mimosifolia. | |
Stargazer (fish) | Family | The stargazers are a family, Uranoscopidae, of perciform fish that have eyes on top of their heads (hence the name). The family includes about 51 species (one extinct) in eight genera, all marine and found worldwide in shallow and deep saltwaters.
In addition to the top-mounted eyes, a stargazer also has a large, upward-facing mouth in a large head. | |
Tabernanthe | Genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family | Tabernanthe is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1888. It is native to tropical central Africa.
Species Tabernanthe elliptica (Stapf) Leeuwenb. | |
Quercus douglasii | Species of oak endemic to California | Quercus douglasii, known as blue oak, is a species of oak endemic to (found only in) California, common in the Coast Ranges and foothills of the Sierra Nevada. It is occasionally known as mountain oak and iron oak. | |
Phengodidae | Skipped | The beetle family Phengodidae is known also as glowworm beetles, whose larvae are known as glowworms. | |
Saxicola | Genus of 15 species of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World | Saxicola (Latin: saxum, rock + incola, dwelling in), the stonechats or chats, is a genus of 15 species of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World. | |
African stonechat | Species of the Old World flycatcher family | The African stonechat (Saxicola torquatus) is a species of the Old World flycatcher family (Muscicapidae), inhabiting sub-Saharan Africa and adjacent regions. Like the other chats, it was long assigned to the thrush family (Turdidae), to which the chats are convergent. Its scientific name refer to its appearance and habitat and means "collared rock-dweller": Saxicola from Latin saxum ("rock") + incola ("one who dwells in a place"), torquatus, Latin for "collared". | |
Ptilimnium nodosum | Plant | Ptilimnium nodosum (synonym=Harperella nodosa), common names piedmont mock bishopweed and harperella, is a plant native to riparian environments in the Southeastern United States, found at sites in West Virginia, Maryland, several Southeastern states such as Alabama and North Carolina, and the Ouachita National Forest in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Ptilimnium nodosum was placed on the United States' Endangered Species List in 1988. | |
Ptilimnium | Group of plants of the family Apiaceae | Ptilimnium is a group of plants of the family Apiaceae described as a genus in 1819. The common name is mock bishopweed or mock bishop's weed. It is endemic to the United States, primarily in the Southeast, the Lower Mississippi Valley, and the Lower Great Plains. | |
Greater long-nosed armadillo | South American species of armadillo found in Colombia | The greater long-nosed armadillo (Dasypus kappleri) is a South American species of armadillo found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. It is a solitary, nocturnal, terrestrial animal that feeds on arthropods and other invertebrates, usually living in the vicinity of streams and swamps.
One of the larger species of armadillo, it measures 83 to 106 cm (33 to 42 in) in total length and generally weighing 8.5 to 10.5 kg (19 to 23 lb), though it can reach as much as 15 kg (33 lb). | |
Southern naked-tailed armadillo | Species of small armadillo | The southern naked-tailed armadillo (Cabassous unicinctus) is a species of small armadillo from South America. | |
Seven-banded armadillo | Species of armadillo | Seven-banded, long-nosed armadillo or just seven-banded armadillo, Dasypus septemcinctus, is a species of armadillo from South America found in Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil. It is a solitary nocturnal, terrestrial animal, living mostly in dry habitats, outside of rainforest regions. | |
Machilus | Genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lauraceae | Machilus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lauraceae. It is found in temperate, subtropical, and tropical forest, occurring in China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Borneo, and the Philippines. It is sometimes included in the genus Persea, and currently includes about 100 species. | |
Neptis hylas | Species of nymphalid butterfly found in the Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia | Neptis hylas, the common sailor, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in the Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia. It has a characteristic stiff gliding flight achieved by short and shallow wingbeats just above the horizontal. | |
Roesel's bush-cricket | European bush-cricket | Roesel's bush-cricket (Metrioptera roeselii) is a European bush-cricket, named after August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof, a German entomologist. | |
Ashy woodswallow | Woodswallow | The ashy woodswallow (Artamus fuscus) sometimes also called the ashy swallow-shrike is a woodswallow which is found in south Asia. | |
Quercus imbricaria | Deciduous tree in the red oak group of oaks | Quercus imbricaria, the shingle oak, is a deciduous tree in the red oak group of oaks. | |
Maleevus | Genus of herbivorous ankylosaurid dinosaur | Maleevus is a genus of herbivorous ankylosaurid dinosaur from the late Cretaceous, around 90 million years ago, of Mongolia. | |
Zizhongosaurus | Genus of basal herbivorous sauropod dinosaur | Zizhongosaurus (meaning "Zizhong lizard") is a genus of basal herbivorous sauropod dinosaur which lived in the Early Jurassic Period of China. | |
Decollate snail | Medium-sized predatory land snail | The decollate snail, scientific name Rumina decollata, is a medium-sized predatory land snail, a species of terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Subulinidae. It is a European species that has been introduced in a number of areas worldwide. | |
Plesiadapis | One of the oldest | Plesiadapis is one of the oldest known primate-like mammal genera which existed about 55–58 million years ago in North America and Europe. Plesiadapis means "near-Adapis", which is a reference to the Eocene lemuriform, Adapis. Plesiadapis tricuspidens, the type specimen, is named after the three cusps present on its upper incisors. | |
Ribbonfish | Skipped | The ribbonfish are any lampriform fishes in the family Trachipteridae. These pelagic fish are named for their slim, ribbon-like appearance. They are rarely seen alive, as they typically live in deep waters, though are not bottom feeders. | |
Fagraea berteriana | Small spreading tree or a large shrub | Fagraea berteriana (orth. variant F. berteroana), commonly known as the pua keni keni, pua kenikeni or perfume flower tree, is a small spreading tree or a large shrub which grows in the sub-tropics, where temperatures are 10 °C or more. It is indigenous to the Samoa Islands where it is known as the pua-lulu and occurs from New Caledonia to eastern Polynesia. | |
Plains coreopsis | Annual forb | Plains coreopsis, garden tickseed, golden tickseed, or calliopsis, Coreopsis tinctoria, is an annual forb. The plant is common to Canada (from Quebec to British Columbia), northeast Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas), and much of the United States, especially the Great Plains and Southern states where it is often called "calliopsis." The species is also widely cultivated in and naturalized in China.
It often grows in disturbed areas such as roadsides and cultivated fields. | |
Achyrachaena | Annual herb Achyrachaena mollis | The only species in the monotypic genus Achyrachaena is the annual herb Achyrachaena mollis, which bears the common name blow-wives. The genus name is both singular and plural.
The plant is common in low-elevation hills, higher mountains, valleys, and grasslands across California from the coast to the Sierra Nevada, north into southern Oregon, and south into northern Baja California, Mexico. | |
Falcivibrio | Genus of bacteria | Falcivibrio is a genus of bacteria, in the family of Bifidobacteriaceae. | |
Laudakia caucasia | Species of agamid lizard found in the Caucasus | The Caucasian agama (Paralaudakia caucasia) is a species of agamid lizard found in the Caucasus, E/S Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Dagestan (Russia), E Turkey, Iraq, N Iran, Afghanistan, NW Pakistan, and parts of Kashmir. | |
Coriobacteriaceae | Family of Actinobacteria | The Coriobacteriaceae are a family of Actinobacteria, given their own subclass (Coriobacteridae). The Coriobacteriaceae family has shown to increase significantly in the ceca of mice in response to stress. | |
Atopobium | Genus of Actinobacteria | Atopobium is a genus of Actinobacteria, in the family Coriobacteriaceae.
Atopobium species are anaerobic bacteria, Gram-positive rod-shaped or elliptical found as single elements or in pairs or short chains. The atopobium vaginae was discovered in 1999 by Rodriguez as a common commensal of the woman's vagina. | |
Prioninae | Subfamily of Cerambycidae | The Prioninae are a subfamily of Cerambycidae (long-horned beetles). They are typically large (25–70 mm) and usually brown or black. The males of a few genera sport large mandibles that are used in fights with other males, similar to stag beetles. | |
Prionus | Genus of long-horned beetles of the subfamily Prioninae | Prionus Geoffroy, 1762 is a genus of long-horned beetles of the subfamily Prioninae, tribe Prionini, widespread in Europe, Asia and North America. | |
Micrococcaceae | Skipped | The family Micrococcaceae includes bacterial genera of Gram positive cocci that inhabit the air and skin, such as Micrococcus luteus. | |
Colias hyale | Butterfly of the family Pieridae | Colias hyale, the pale clouded yellow, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in most of Europe and large parts of Asia. It is a migrant to the British Isles and Scandinavia. The adult wingspan is 52–62 millimetres (2.0–2.4 in). | |
Edible dormouse | Large dormouse and the only living species in the genus Glis | The edible dormouse or fat dormouse (Glis glis) is a large dormouse and the only living species in the genus Glis, found in most of western Europe. Its name comes from the Romans, who ate them as a delicacy. | |
Ficus tinctoria | Hemiepiphytic tree of genus Ficus | Ficus tinctoria, also known as dye fig, or humped fig is a hemiepiphytic tree of genus Ficus. | |
Ephistemus | Genus comprising several species of beetles | Ephistemus is a genus comprising several species of beetles. | |
Capraria | Genus of flowering plants in the figwort family | Capraria is a genus of flowering plants in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae. | |
Opistognathidae | Family of fishes classified within the order Perciformes | Opistognathidae, the jawfishes, are a family of fishes classified within the order Perciformes, suborder Percoidei. | |
Macropoma | Extinct genus of coelacanth in the class Sarcopterygii | Macropoma (from Greek μακρός "large" + πόμα "cover", after its large operculum) is an extinct genus of coelacanth in the class Sarcopterygii. These fishes have apparently been extinct for over 70 million years and are most closely related to the modern coelacanth Latimeria.
Fossils of Macropoma have been found in both England and Czechoslovakia. | |
Sigillaria | Genus of extinct | Sigillaria is a genus of extinct, spore-bearing, arborescent (tree-like) plants. It was a lycopodiophyte, and is related to the lycopsids, or club-mosses, but even more closely to quillworts, as was its associate Lepidodendron. | |
Lomatium | Genus of about 75 species of perennial herbs | Lomatium is a genus of about 75 species of perennial herbs native to western North America; its common names include biscuitroot, Indian parsley, and desert parsley. It is in the Apiaceae family and therefore related to many familiar edible species such as carrots and celery; some Lomatium species were extensively used by Native Americans in the inland Northwest as a staple food. | |
Small angle shades | Moth of the family Noctuidae | The small angle shades (Euplexia lucipara) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout the Palearctic.
As the common name suggests, this species is closely related to the angle shades (Phlogophora meticulosa), and is considerably smaller (wingspan 30–35 mm), but does not especially resemble that species. | |
Glechoma | Genus of flowering plants in the mint family | Glechoma is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described for modern science in 1753. It is distributed in northern Asia and Europe with a center of diversity in Asia, especially China. One species is naturalized in New Zealand and in North America. | |
Black-shouldered opossum | Opossum | The black-shouldered opossum (Caluromysiops irrupta), also known as the white-eared opossum is an opossum known from western Brazil and southeastern Peru. It was first described by Colin Campbell Sanborn, curator of Field Museum of Natural History, in 1951. The black-shouldered opossum is characterized by a gray coat, gray underbelly, and broad black stripes that extend from the forefeet, meet on the shoulders, run along the midline of the back and then split into parallel stripes that run down the hindfeet. | |
Nostoc | Genus of cyanobacteria found in various environments | Nostoc is a genus of cyanobacteria found in various environments that forms colonies composed of filaments of moniliform cells in a gelatinous sheath.
The name Nostoc was coined by Paracelsus. Nostoc can be found in soil, on moist rocks, at the bottom of lakes and springs (both fresh- and saltwater), and rarely in marine habitats. | |
Trifolium pratense | Herbaceous species of flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae | Trifolium pratense, the red clover, is a herbaceous species of flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae, native to Europe, Western Asia and northwest Africa, but planted and naturalised in many other regions. | |
Xyleborus (beetle) | Skipped | With over 500 species, Xyleborus is by far the largest ambrosia beetle genus in the tribe Xyleborini.
Xyloborus nowadays includes a number of formerly independent genera. In addition, the genera Coptoborus, Cryptoxyleborus and Euwallacea are often included here, too; this may be correct, as they seem to be closely related. | |
Common white wave | Moth of the family Geometridae | The common white wave (Cabera pusaria) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout the Palearctic region and the Near East.
This species has white wings, sometimes tinged with pink, with three dark fascia on the forewing and two on the hindwing. | |
Chysis | Genus of orchids | Chysis is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae), consisting of 10 currently accepted species (as of May 2014) which originate in the region from Mexico to Peru. Only two or three of these are commonly found in cultivation. The genus is abbreviated Chy in trade journals. | |
Chlosyne janais | Common New World butterfly found | Chlosyne janais, the crimson patch or janais patch, is a common New World butterfly found from Colombia north through Central America and Mexico to southern Texas, with occasional sightings in southeastern Mexico and northern Texas. The dorsal and ventral wing surface is black with several undulating rows of small white spots on the medial forewings and along all outer wing margins. On each dorsal hindwing is a medial orange-red patch situated anteriorly. | |
Black-whiskered vireo | Small passerine bird | The black-whiskered vireo (Vireo altiloquus) is a small passerine bird, which breeds in southern Florida, USA, and the West Indies as far south as the offshore islands of Venezuela. It is a partial migrant, with northern birds wintering from the Greater Antilles to northern South America. This species has occurred as a rare vagrant to Costa Rica. | |
Consolea | Genus of cacti | Consolea is a genus of cacti, named after Italian botanist Michelangelo Console. The genus is native to the Caribbean and Florida. It has 10 accepted species. | |
Miqueliopuntia | Species of cactus and the only species comprised in the genus Miqueliopuntia | Miqueliopuntia miquelii is a species of cactus and the only species comprised in the genus Miqueliopuntia.
Miqueliopuntia miqueli is native to the Chilean coasts of South America. | |
Corynopuntia | Genus in the family Cactaceae | Corynopuntia, also known as club chollas (or "perritos" in Mexico), is a genus in the family Cactaceae, established by Knuth in 1935. | |
Eucinetidae | Family of beetles | Eucinetidae is a family of beetles, notable for their large coxal plates that cover much of the first ventrite of the abdomen, sometimes called plate-thigh beetles. The family is small for beetles, with about 37 species in nine genera, but are found worldwide.
Adults are generally elliptical in shape, ranging from 0.8 to 4.0 mm in length, and black or brown in color. | |
Apple maggot | Pest of several fruits | The apple maggot (Rhagoletis pomonella), also known as a "railroad worm" (not to be confused with the Phrixothrix beetle larvae also called that), is a pest of several fruits, mainly apples. Before the arrival in America of apples from Europe, it was found mainly in hawthorns.
The adult form of this insect is about 5 mm (0.20 in) long, slightly smaller than a house fly, with a white dot on its thorax and a characteristic black banding shaped like an "F" on its wings. | |
Dicerorhinus | Genus of the family Rhinocerotidae | Dicerorhinus is a genus of the family Rhinocerotidae, consisting of a single extant species, the Sumatran rhinoceros (D. sumatrensis), and several extinct species. | |
European mink | Semiaquatic species of mustelid | The European mink (Mustela lutreola), also known as the Russian mink, and Eurasian mink is a semiaquatic species of mustelid native to Europe.
It is similar in colour to the American mink, but is slightly smaller and has a less specialized skull. Despite having a similar name, build and behaviour, the European mink is not closely related to the American mink, being much closer to the European polecat and Siberian weasel (kolonok). | |
Styphnolobium | Small genus of three or four species of small trees and shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae | Styphnolobium is a small genus of three or four species of small trees and shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae, formerly included within a broader interpretation of the genus Sophora. It was recently assigned to the unranked, monophyletic Cladrastis clade. They differ from the genus Calia (mescalbeans) in having deciduous leaves and flowers in axillary, not terminal, racemes. | |
Colorado tick fever | Viral infection transmitted | Colorado tick fever (CTF) (also called mountain tick fever, American tick fever, and American mountain tick fever) is a viral infection (Coltivirus) transmitted from the bite of an infected Rocky Mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni). It should not be confused with the bacterial tick-borne infection, Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
The type species of the genus Coltivirus, Colorado tick fever virus (CTFV) infects haemopoietic cells, particularly erythrocytes, which explains how the virus is transmitted by ticks and also accounts for the incidence of transmission by blood transfusion. | |
Ground spider | Skipped | Ground spiders (family Gnaphosidae) include nearly 2,000 described species in over 100 genera, distributed worldwide. This makes the family the seventh largest known. New species are still being discovered. | |
Edible frog | Name for a common European frog | The edible frog (Pelophylax kl. esculentus) is a name for a common European frog, also known as the common water frog or green frog (however, this latter term is also used for the North American species Rana clamitans).
It is used for food, particularly in France for the delicacy frog legs. | |
Wuchereria bancrofti | Human parasitic roundworm | Wuchereria bancrofti is a human parasitic roundworm that is the major cause of lymphatic filariasis. It is one of the three parasitic worms, together with Brugia malayi and B. timori, that infect the lymphatic system to cause lymphatic filariasis. These filarial worms are spread by a variety of mosquito vector species. | |
Gray catbird | Medium-sized North American and Central American perching bird of the mimid family | The gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis), also spelled grey catbird, is a medium-sized North American and Central American perching bird of the mimid family. It is the only member of the "catbird" genus Dumetella. Like the black catbird (Melanoptila glabrirostris), it is among the basal lineages of the Mimidae, probably a closer relative of the Caribbean thrasher and trembler assemblage than of the mockingbirds and Toxostoma thrashers. | |
Dinematichthys | Genus of viviparous brotulas | Dinematichthys is a genus of viviparous brotulas. Its name comes from Greek, meaning two-filamented fish (di means two, nema filament and ichthys fish). | |
Leymus | Genus of plants in the grass family Poaceae | Leymus is a genus of plants in the grass family Poaceae (Gramineae). It is widespread across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. | |
Silene acaulis | Small mountain-dwelling wildflower | Silene acaulis, known as moss campion or cushion pink, is a small mountain-dwelling wildflower that is common all over the high arctic and tundra in the higher mountains of Eurasia and North America, (south to the Alps, Carpathians, southern Siberia, Pyrenees, British Isles, Faroe Islands, Rocky Mountains). It is an evergreen perennial.
It is also called the compass plant, since the flowers appear first on the south side of the cushion. | |
Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever | Zoonotic human illness first identified in 1989 | Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever (VHF) is a zoonotic human illness first identified in 1989. The disease is most prevalent in several rural areas of central Venezuela and is caused by the Guanarito virus (GTOV) which belongs to the Arenaviridae family. The short-tailed cane mouse (Zygodontomys brevicauda) is the main host for GTOV which is spread mostly by inhalation of aerosolized droplets of saliva, respiratory secretions, urine, or blood from infected rodents. | |
Prunus salicina | Small deciduous tree | Prunus salicina (syn. Prunus triflora or Prunus thibetica), commonly called the Japanese plum or Chinese plum, is a small deciduous tree native to China. It is now also grown in fruit orchards in Korea, Japan, the United States, and Australia. | |
Bush rat | Small Australian nocturnal animal | The bush rat (Rattus fuscipes) is a small Australian nocturnal animal. | |
Calamites | Genus of extinct arborescent horsetails to | Calamites is a genus of extinct arborescent (tree-like) horsetails to which the modern horsetails (genus Equisetum) are closely related. Unlike their herbaceous modern cousins, these plants were medium-sized trees, growing to heights of more than 30 meters (100 feet). They were components of the understories of coal swamps of the Carboniferous Period (around 360 to 300 million years ago). | |
Anadenanthera | Genus of South American trees in the Legume family | Anadenanthera is a genus of South American trees in the Legume family, Fabaceae. The genus contains two to four species, including A. colubrina and A. peregrina. These trees respectively are known to the western world primarily as sources of the hallucinogenic snuffs Vilca/Cebil and Yopo/Cohoba. | |
Lassa virus | Arenavirus | Lassa virus (LASV) is an arenavirus that causes Lassa hemorrhagic fever, a type of viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF), in humans and other primates. Lassa virus is an emerging virus and a select agent, requiring Biosafety Level 4-equivalent containment. It is endemic in West African countries, especially Sierra Leone, the Republic of Guinea, Nigeria, and Liberia, where the annual incidence of infection is between 300,000 and 500,000 cases, resulting in 5,000 deaths per year. | |
Steropodontidae | Skipped | The Steropodontidae was a possible family of monotremes that are known from fossils from the Early Cretaceous in Australia.
There are two genera placed in this family: Steropodon and Teinolophos, which have been tentatively placed in the family due to the similarity of the lower molars in these two genera. However, the latter may be more basal. | |
New World flying squirrel | Skipped | The three species of New World flying squirrels, genus Glaucomys, are the only species of flying squirrel found in North America. They are distributed from Alaska to Honduras. They are similar in many ways to the Eurasian flying squirrels in the genus Pteromys. | |
Tulipa turkestanica | Species of tulip | Tulipa turkestanica (Turkestan tulip) is a species of tulip native to central Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Xinjiang). It was first described by Eduard August von Regel in 1873 as a variety of T. sylvestris, then elevated to full species status two years later. | |
Didymosphenia geminata | Species of diatom | Didymosphenia geminata, commonly known as didymo or rock snot, is a species of diatom that produces nuisance growths in freshwater rivers and streams with consistently cold water temperatures and low nutrient levels. It is native to the northern hemisphere, and considered an invasive species in Australia, Argentina, New Zealand, and Chile. Even within its native range, it has taken on invasive characteristics since the 1980s. | |
Acacia anastema | Tree in the family Fabaceae | Acacia anastema, commonly known as sandridge gidgee or just gidgee, is a tree in the family Fabaceae. Endemic to Western Australia, it occurs within a fairly small area of semi-arid land east of Carnarvon.
Sandridge Gidgee grows as an upright tree to seven metres high. | |
John Dory | Edible benthic coastal marine fish | John Dory, St Pierre or Peter's Fish, refers to fish of the genus Zeus, especially Zeus faber, of widespread distribution. It is an edible benthic coastal marine fish with a laterally compressed olive-yellow body which has a large dark spot, and long spines on the dorsal fin. The dark spot is used to flash an 'evil eye' if danger approaches. | |
Trichostema lanceolatum | Annual flowering herb of the mint family | Trichostema lanceolatum, with the common names vinegarweed and camphor weed, is an annual flowering herb of the mint family native to western North America.
The common name 'vinegarweed' originated due to its foliage containing volatile oils that have a strong vinegar odor. The oils have phytotoxic properties, which help the plant compete by killing or injuring other plant species. | |
Rytidosperma pallidum | Australian species of tussock grass found in Victoria | Rytidosperma pallidum (syn. Joycea pallida), commonly known as red-anther wallaby grass, is an Australian species of tussock grass found in Victoria, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. The grass has flowers in December, and the flowers have a prominent red anther, after which it is commonly named. | |
Cussonia spicata | Tree in the Araliaceae family | Cussonia spicata (known as spiked cabbage tree, lowveld cabbage tree or common cabbage tree) is a tree in the Araliaceae family, which is native to the moister regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. It is cultivated as a garden plant in areas without extreme degrees of frost. It is one of the favorite foods of wild elephants. | |
Lissachatina fulica | Species of large land snail | Lissachatina fulica is a species of large land snail that belong in the family Achatinidae. It is also known as the giant African snail or giant African land snail.
This snail species has been considered a significant cause in pest issues around the world. | |
Menoponidae | Monophyletic family of lice in the suborder/order of chewing lice | Menoponidae is a monophyletic family of lice in the suborder/order of chewing lice, Amblycera, often referred to as the chicken body louse family. They are ectoparasites of a wide range of birds including chickens, which makes them important to understand for veterinary science and for human health. However, Menoponidae are not exclusive to poultry and are common parasites for migratory birds, with more and more species being discovered every year. | |
Anostraca | One of the four orders of crustaceans in the class Branchiopoda | Anostraca is one of the four orders of crustaceans in the class Branchiopoda; its members are also known as fairy shrimp. | |
Ancistrochilus | Genus of the orchid family | Ancistrochilus is a genus of the orchid family (Orchidaceae), comprising only 2 species. | |
Heliobacteria | Skipped | The heliobacteria are phototrophic: they convert light energy into chemical energy by photosynthesis and they use a type I reaction center. | |
Bradyrhizobiaceae | Family of bacteria | The Bradyrhizobiaceae are a family of bacteria, with 10 genera. | |
Methylocystaceae | Family of bacteria | The Methylocystaceae are a family of bacteria that are capable of obtaining carbon and energy from methane. | |
Dactylis | Genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the bluegrass subfamily within the grass family | Dactylis is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the bluegrass subfamily within the grass family. They are known in English as cock's-foot or cocksfoot grasses, also sometimes as orchard grasses. | |
Schinus | Genus of flowering trees and tall shrubs in the sumac family | Schinus is a genus of flowering trees and tall shrubs in the sumac family, Anacardiaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as pepper trees. The Peruvian pepper tree (Schinus molle) is the source of the spice known as pink peppercorns. | |
Cotinus | Genus of two species of flowering plants in the family Anacardiaceae | Smoketree or Smoke bush (Cotinus ) is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the family Anacardiaceae, closely related to the sumacs (Rhus). | |
Zanthoxylum | Genus of about 250 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs in the citrus or rue family | Zanthoxylum (including genus Fagara) is a genus of about 250 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs in the citrus or rue family, Rutaceae, native to warm temperate and subtropical areas worldwide. Several of the species have yellow heartwood, to which their generic name alludes.
The fruit of several species is used to make the spice Sichuan pepper. | |
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis | Spiny tree or shrub | Zanthoxylum clava-herculis (Hercules' club, Hercules-club, pepperwood, or southern prickly ash) is a spiny tree or shrub native to the southeastern United States. It grows to 10–17 m tall and has distinctive spined thick, corky lumps 2–3 cm long on the bark. The leaves are glabrous and leathery, pinnately compound, 20–30 cm long with 7-19 leaflets, each leaflet 4–5 cm long. | |
White-flanked antwren | Insectivorous bird in the antbird family | The white-flanked antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris) is a insectivorous bird in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. | |
Nothofagus pumilio | Deciduous tree or shrub in the Nothofagaceae family | Nothofagus pumilio (lenga beech in Mapuche language) is a deciduous tree or shrub in the Nothofagaceae family that is native to the southern Andes range, in the temperate forests of Chile and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego, from 35° to 56° South latitude. This tree is in the same genus as the coihue. It regenerates easily after fires. | |
Dolichoderinae | Subfamily of ants | Dolichoderinae is a subfamily of ants, which includes species such as the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile), the erratic ant, the odorous house ant, and the cone ant. The subfamily presents a great diversity of species throughout the world, distributed in different biogeographic regions, from the Palearctic, Nearctic, Afrotropical region and Malaysia, to the Middle East, Australian, and Neotropical regions.
This subfamily is distinguished by having a single petiole (no post-petiole) and a slit-like orifice, from which chemical compounds are released, rather than the round acidopore encircled by hairs that typifies the family to which it belongs, Formicidae. | |
Yellow mongoose | Member of the mongoose family averaging about 1 lb in weight and about 20 in in length | The yellow mongoose (Cynictis penicillata), sometimes referred to as the red meerkat, is a member of the mongoose family averaging about 1 lb (1/2 kg) in weight and about 20 in (500 mm) in length. It lives in open country, from semi-desert scrubland to grasslands in Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. | |
Tapinoma | Genus of ants | Tapinoma (from Greek ταπείνωμα low position) is a genus of ants that belongs to the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus currently comprises 74 described species distributed worldwide in tropical and temperate regions. Members of are generalized foragers, nesting in a wide variety of habitats, ranging from grasslands, open fields, woodlands, to inside buildings. | |
Charales | Order of freshwater green algae in the division Charophyta | Charales is an order of freshwater green algae in the division Charophyta, class Charophyceae, commonly known as stoneworts. Linnaeus established the genus Chara in 1753. | |
Short-finned eel | One of the 15 species of eel in the family Anguillidae | The short-finned eel (Anguilla australis), also known as the shortfin eel, is one of the 15 species of eel in the family Anguillidae. It is native to the lakes, dams and coastal rivers of south-eastern Australia, New Zealand, and much of the South Pacific, including New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island, Tahiti, and Fiji. | |
Desmidiales | Order in the Charophyta | Desmidiales, commonly called Desmids (Gr. desmos, bond or chain), are an order in the Charophyta, a division of green algae in which the land plants (Embryophyta) emerged.
The desmids belong to the class Zygnematophyceae. | |
Honey locust | Deciduous tree in the Fabaceae family | The honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) also known as the thorny locust, is a deciduous tree in the Fabaceae family, native to central North America where it is mostly found in the moist soil of river valleys ranging from southeastern South Dakota to New Orleans and central Texas, and as far east as eastern Massachusetts. The species has become a significant invasive weed in other regions of the world. | |
Abrus | Genus of flowering plants in the pea family | Abrus is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae and the only genus found in the tribe Abreae. It contains, 13–18 species, but is best known for a single species, Jequirity (A. precatorius). The highly toxic seeds of that species are used to make jewellery. | |
Woodlouse spider | Species of spider | The woodlouse spider, Dysdera crocata, is a species of spider that preys primarily upon woodlice. Other common names refer to variations on the common name of its prey, including woodlouse hunter, sowbug hunter, sowbug killer, pillbug hunter and slater spider. | |
Dwarf gymnure | Gymnure found only at Mount Kerinci | The dwarf gymnure (Hylomys parvus) is a gymnure found only at Mount Kerinci, Sumatra, Indonesia. It is listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as a critically endangered species due to a restricted range.
The dwarf gymnure was first described as a separate taxon in 1916, but it was not considered a valid species until it was more closely examined in 1994. | |
Père David's mole | Mole found only in Kurdistan Province | Père David's mole (Talpa davidiana) is a mole found only in Kurdistan Province, Iran. It is listed as a data deficient species. The species is named after the zoologist Armand David. | |
Pink ivory | African hardwood | Pink ivory (Berchemia zeyheri), also called purple ivory, red ivory, umnini or umgoloty, is an African hardwood used to make a variety of products (for example: billiard cues and knife handles). The pink ivory tree grows predominantly in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa. The tree is protected and sustainably maintained in South Africa, only felled by very limited permit. | |
Senna obtusifolia | Legume in the genus Senna | "Cassia humilis" redirects here. This taxon may also refer to other species; see below.
Senna obtusifolia (Chinese senna, American sicklepod or sicklepod) is a legume in the genus Senna, sometimes separated in the monotypic genus Diallobus. | |
Himalayan marmot | Marmot species | The Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana) is a marmot species that inhabits alpine grasslands throughout the Himalayas and on the Tibetan Plateau. | |
Acacia covenyi | Rare plant | Acacia covenyi is a rare plant from Southern New South Wales. | |
Hog badger | Terrestrial mustelid | The hog badger (Arctonyx collaris), also known as greater hog badger, is a terrestrial mustelid native to Central and Southeast Asia. | |
Cymbidium goeringii | Orchid found in temperate locations of East Asia including Japan | The Noble Orchid (Cymbidium goeringii) is an orchid found in temperate locations of East Asia including Japan, China, Taiwan and South Korea. | |
Ryegrass bunt | Species of fungus in the Tilletiaceae family | Tilletia walkeri is a species of fungus in the Tilletiaceae family. |
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