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Speothos venaticusLC

Speothos venaticus

Speothos venaticus,Bush Dog,bush dog, water dog, forest dog

CarnivoraAbout 10 years

Bush Dog (scientific name: Speothos venaticus) is also known as Bush Dog in English. It has 3 subspecies.Taxonomic Notes Because L···

African wild dogLC

African wild dog

Lycaon pictus

CarnivoraAbout 10 years

African wild dog, also known as Lycaon pictus, has five subspecies.The territory of African wild dogs ranges from 200 to 2,000 squ···

Dusicyon australisLC

Dusicyon australis

Dusicyon australis

Carnivora12-15 years

The Falkland Islands Wolf (scientific name: Dusicyon australis) is a species of Canidae that became extinct in 1876 (on West Falkl···

Chrysocyon brachyurusLC

Chrysocyon brachyurus

Maned wolf, Brazilian wolf, South American wolf

Carnivora12-15years

Maned wolf (scientific name: Chrysocyon brachyurus), also known as Maned wolf in English, is a rare animal of the genus Chrysocyon···

Canis simensisLC

Canis simensis

Simian jackal, steppe jackal, Abyssinian jackal, Simian mountain jackal

Carnivora8-9Year

The Ethiopian Wolf (scientific name: Canis simensis) is a small dog with two subspecies.Every morning, Ethiopian wolf packs spend ···

Red wolfLC

Red wolf

Canis lupus rufus

Carnivora4-14years

Red wolf (scientific name: Canis rufus), also known as Red Wolf in English, is a canine species that lives in North America and ha···

Canis mesomelasLC

Canis mesomelas

Canis mesomelas,Black-backed Jackal,Black-backed jackal

Carnivora10-12years

The Black-backed Jackal (scientific name: Canis mesomelas) is a long-legged, medium-sized canine with a fox-like pointed muzzle.Th···

Canis latransLC

Canis latrans

Canis latrans,Coyote,coyote, prairie wolf, coyote

CarnivoraAbout 10 years

Coyote (scientific name: Canis latrans) is a species of Canidae, a close relative of the gray wolf. Because there are as many as 1···

Canis adustusLC

Canis adustus

Canis adustus,Side-striped Jackal,side-striped jackal

CarnivoraAbout 8 years

Side-striped Jackal (scientific name: Canis adustus) is also known as Side-striped Jackal in English. There are 6 subspecies.Side-···

Atelocynus microtisLC

Atelocynus microtis

Atelocynus microtis,Short-eared Dog,short-eared dog, short-eared fox, small-eared dog

CarnivoraAbout 10 years

Short-eared Dog (scientific name: Atelocynus microtis) is also known as Short-eared Dog. They are more agile than most dogs when e···

Philippine tarsierLC

Philippine tarsier

Philippine tarsier,Tarsier

Primates15-20years

Tarsier (scientific name: Philippine tarsier), also known as tarsier, belongs to the primates, the suborder Simplorhinidae, the or···

Atheris hispidaLC

Atheris hispida

Atheris hispida,Hairy tree pit viper, scaly tree pit viper

SquamataNo verification information

The Kivu tree viper (scientific name: Atheris hispida), also known as the hairy tree viper and the scaly-skinned tree viper, is a ···

Vulpes lagopusLC

Vulpes lagopus

Vulpes lagopus,Arctic Fox,Blue fox, white fox

Carnivora8-10years

Arctic fox (scientific name: Vulpes lagopus) is called Arctic Fox in foreign language. There are 4 subspecies. In addition, Arctic···

Morpho HelenaLC

Morpho Helena

Morpho Helena,Blue morpho Helena butterfly,Helena Morpho, Goddess of Light, Helena Morpho, Blue Danube

ArthropodaNo verification information

The Blue morpho Helena butterfly (scientific name: Morpho Helena) was once a subspecies of the blue morpho butterfly (Morpho rhete···

Dabashan pikaLC

Dabashan pika

Lagoiformes

The Dabashan pika belongs to the subgenus Alienauroa. The subgenus Alienauroa was established by Liu Shaoying et al. (2016). It is···

Ochotona yarlungensisLC

Ochotona yarlungensis

Ochotona yarlungensis

Lagoiformes

The Yarlung Zangbo pika belongs to the subgenus Ochotona and is a new species discovered by Liu Shaoying et al. (2016). Its distri···

Ochotona thomasiLC

Ochotona thomasi

Ochotona thomasi,Singing Mouse

Lagoiformes

The scientific name of the narrow-headed pika is Ochotona thomasi, belonging to the subgenus <Ochotona>. It is a very specia···

Ochotona thibetanaLC

Ochotona thibetana

Ochotona thibetana

Lagoiformes

Tibetan pikas are active day and night, and are agile. They often chase each other for fun, and quickly go into the cave when they···

Nubulake PikaLC

Nubulake Pika

Lagoiformes

Nubulak pika belongs to the nominate subgenus (<Ochotona>). It was previously incorporated into the steppe pika (<O. pusi···

Ochotona dauuricaLC

Ochotona dauurica

Ochotona dauurica,Rabbit, rabbit, crying rabbit, Mongolian pika, Dahur pika

Lagoiformes

The Daurian pika belongs to the subgenus Ochotona, which was once included in the black-lipped pika (Ochotona curzoniae), but its ···

Ochotona curzoniaeLC

Ochotona curzoniae

Ochotona curzoniae,Plateau pika, singing mouse, stone rabbit, Anona

Lagoiformes

The black-lipped pika is also known as the plateau pika, the singing pika, the stone rabbit, and is called "Anona" in Ti···

Ochotona cansusLC

Ochotona cansus

Ochotona cansus, Singing Mouse

Lagoiformes

The Intercranial Pika, also known as the Singing Pika, belongs to the subgenus Ochotona. It was previously merged into the Tibetan···

Hymenopus coronatusLC

Hymenopus coronatus

Hymenopus coronatus,Orchid Mantis

Arthropoda8 months

Orchid Mantis (scientific name: Hymenopus coronatus) is an animal of the family Hymenopidae and the class Insecta.Wild orchid mant···

Pavo cristatusLC

Pavo cristatus

Pavo cristatus

LandfowlAbout 20 years

The scientific name of the white peacock is Pavo cristatus. It generally refers to a variant of the wild blue peacock bred under a···

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