Species - Wikipedia
2 天之前 · [37] [38] Versions of the phylogenetic species concept that emphasise monophyly or diagnosability [39] may lead to splitting of existing species, for example in Bovidae, by recognising old subspecies as species, despite the fact that there are no reproductive barriers, and populations may intergrade morphologically. [40]
List of felids - Wikipedia
2 天之前 · The family Felidae consists of 41 extant species belonging to 14 genera and divided into 92 subspecies. This does not include hybrid species (such as the liger ) or extinct prehistoric species (such as Smilodon ).
Red fox - Wikipedia
2 天之前 · Red fox subspecies in Eurasia and North Africa are divided into two categories: [7] Northern foxes are large and brightly coloured. Southern grey desert foxes include the Asian subspecies V. v. griffithi, V. v. pusilla, and V. v. flavescens.
Carolus Linnaeus | Biography, Education, Classification System,
2 天之前 · Carolus Linnaeus (born May 23, 1707, Råshult, Småland, Sweden—died January 10, 1778, Uppsala) was a Swedish naturalist and explorer who was the first to frame principles for defining natural genera and species of organisms and to create a uniform system for naming them (binomial nomenclature).. Early life and travels. Linnaeus was the son of a curate and grew up …
Brown bear | Diet, Habitat, & Facts | Britannica
4 天之前 · Brown bear, large shaggy-haired bear (family Ursidae) native to Eurasia and northwestern North America. The Kodiak bear, a subspecies weighing up to 720 kg (1,600 pounds), is often considered to be the world’s largest carnivore, a title it shares with the polar bear (Ursus maritimus), which grows to a similar size.
Description, Habitat, Diet, Classification, & Facts - Britannica
4 天之前 · mouse, (genus Mus), the common name generally but imprecisely applied to rodents found throughout the world with bodies less than about 12 cm (5 inches) long.In a scientific context, mouse refers to any of the 38 species in the genus Mus, which is the Latin word for mouse.The house mouse (Mus musculus), native to Central Asia, has established itself with …
Coyote - Wikipedia
2 天之前 · Coyote males average 8 to 20 kg (18 to 44 lb) in weight, while females average 7 to 18 kg (15 to 40 lb), though size varies geographically. Northern subspecies, which average 18 kg (40 lb), tend to grow larger than the southern subspecies of Mexico, which average 11.5 kg (25 lb).
World Ostracoda Database - WoRMS - World Register of Marine …
2 天之前 · The class encloses over 33,000 described species and subspecies (see Kempf Ostracoda Database for details), and many more species remain unknown to science. There are two subclasses with living representatives: Myodocopa and Podocopa.
Peacock | Facts & Habitat | Britannica
4 天之前 · peacock, any of three species of resplendent birds of the pheasant family, Phasianidae (order Galliformes).Strictly, the male is a peacock, and the female is a peahen; both are peafowl. The two most-recognizable species of peafowl are the blue, or Indian, peacock (Pavo cristatus), of India and Sri Lanka, and the green, or Javanese, peacock (P. muticus), found from Myanmar …
Collared Scops Owl – Birds of Singapore
5 天之前 · Subspecies are: plumipes, lettia, erythrocampe, glabripes, umbratilis, cnephaeus. Local Subspecies: cnephaeus. Size: 23 cm. Identification: Adult resembles Oriental Scops Owl but is bigger and has dark eyes, dusky-yellowish bill, brownish vermiculated upperparts and pale sandy-buffish underparts with fine blackish streaks. Juvenile resembles ...