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Tapirus indicusLC

Tapirus indicus

Asian tapir,Indian tapir

Ungulata20-30 years

The body color of an adult Malay tapir is the classic "black and white", with no other colors. The head, shoulders, and ···

asian elephantLC

asian elephant

Elephas maximus

Proboscidea60-70 years old, can reach 80 years old in captivity

Asian elephants are giant herbivoresFood,The staple food is bamboo shoots, young leaves, wild plantains and palm leaf reeds, etc. ···

flat-billed swanLC

flat-billed swan

Coscoroba coscoroba,Coscoroba Swan

Waterfowlaround 20 years old

扁嘴天鹅主要在水中生活,游泳时颈部弯曲,头部低垂,姿态极为优雅。飞行时颈部向前伸直,脚伸向后,两翅煽动缓慢而有力。主要采食各种水生···

Giant anteaterLC

Giant anteater

Myrmecophaga tridactyla

Ungulata20-25 years old

Giant anteaters may occupy territories as large as 9,000 hectares. Communication and perception, as well as most communication, oc···

black-necked swanLC

black-necked swan

Cygnus melanocoryphus

Waterfowl25-35 years

The black-necked swan is a swan with a black neck and white body. It mainly feeds on various aquatic plants, seaweeds, algae and a···

takinLC

takin

Takin,wildebeest,golden takin

Ungulata12-15 years old

Takin is a large bovine herbivore distributed in the dense forests of the eastern foothills of the Himalayas. Due to different ori···

giant pandaLC

giant panda

Cat bear,bamboo bear,silver dog,iron-eating beast

Carnivora18-20 years old, can be over 30 years old in captivity

The giant panda has lived on the earth for at least 8 million years and is a first-level protected animal in China. At the end of ···

black bearLC

black bear

Ursus thibetanus,Moon bear,bear,black blind man

Carnivora25 years old

Black bears, also known as Asiatic black bears, were historically placed in a separate genus <Selenarctos>. A wild hybrid be···

tigerLC

tiger

Big cat,big insect,mountain king,Yin beast

CarnivoraAbout 20-25 years

There are nine species of tigers, namely: Siberian tiger, South China tiger, Bali tiger, Indochinese tiger, Malayan tiger, Javan t···

Picumnus rufiventrisLC

Picumnus rufiventris

Picumnus rufiventris,Rufous-breasted piculet

Climbing birdsThere is no textual research data at present

The scientific name of the brown breasted woodpecker is Picumnus rufiventris, and the foreign name is Rufous treated piculet. The ···

Eupetomena macrouraLC

Eupetomena macroura

Eupetomena macroura,Swallow-tailed Hummingbird

Climbing birdsNo textual research information is available

The Swallow-tailed Hummingbird is Eupetomena macroura and swallow-tailed hummingbird.Protect wild animals and eliminate wild meat.···

kubanochoeresLC

kubanochoeres

kubanochoeres

UngulataNo textual research information is available

kubanochoeres are a group of large, mound-toothed pigs that once lived in the Old World.Kuban pig is a kind of huge pig that lived···

wolverineLC

wolverine

Wolf's green

Carnivora10 to 14 years

Wolf green dog pedigree is more complex, mainly several breeds from the cross, tracing is very difficult, is a big project, both h···

Ptilinopus hyogastraLC

Ptilinopus hyogastra

Ptilinopus hyogastra,Grey-headed Fruit-dove,Grey-headed Fruit Dove

LandfowlNo textual research information is available

Its scientific name is Ptilinopus hyogastra, and its foreign names are Grey-headed fruit-dove, Grey-headed Fruit Dove, and its spe···

PleuronectiformesLC

Pleuronectiformes

Pleuronectiformes,heterosomata,flounder

Small fish60 years or so

Flounder is a general term for fishes of the order Plaice. It has no swim bladder and feeds on worms, crustaceans and other animal···

Megapodius tenimberensisLC

Megapodius tenimberensis

Megapodius tenimberensis,Tanimbar Scrubfowl

LandfowlNo textual research information is available

The Tanimbar Scrubfowl (Megapodius tenimberensis), formerly a subspecies of the orange-footed Megapod, was designated as a separat···

Taphozous melanopogonLC

Taphozous melanopogon

Taphozous melanopogon

Chiroptera

The black-bearded tomb bat (Taphozous melanopogon), also known as the black-bearded sheath-tailed bat, is a member of the sheath-t···

Macroglossus sobrinusLC

Macroglossus sobrinus

Macroglossus sobrinus

Chiroptera

Andersen's long-tongued fruit bat (<M. sobrinus>) was named by Andersen (1911) based on the specimens of Gunong Igari, M···

Eonycteris spelaeaLC

Eonycteris spelaea

CHIROPTERA

Chiroptera

The tongue of the long-tongued fruit bat is very long, with a brush-like protrusion at the tip, a tridentate papillae in the cente···

Apus cookiLC

Apus cooki

Apus cooki,Cook's Swift,Apus cooki

Climbing birds

Indochinese White-rumped Swift (English name: Cook's Swift, scientific name: Apus cooki) is a bird of the genus Apus in the fa···

Apus salimaliiLC

Apus salimalii

Salim Ali's Swift,Apus salimalii

Climbing birds

The Tibetan White-rumped Swift (English name: Salim Ali's Swift, scientific name: Apus salimalii) is a bird of the genus Apus ···

Hirundapus celebensisLC

Hirundapus celebensis

Purple Needletail,Hirundapus celebensis,Purple Needletail

Climbing birds

The Purple Needletail (Hirundapus celebensis) is a species of bird in the genus Hirundapus of the family Apodidae. It has a comple···

Cynictis penicillataLC

Cynictis penicillata

Cynictis penicillata ,Yellow mongoose, bush-tailed mongoose, yellow mongoose, red mongoose

CarnivoraAbout 12 years

Yellow mongoose (Cynictis penicillata, G. Cuvier, 1829) is a carnivorous animal of the genus Cynictis in the family Viverridae. Th···

Saccoglossus hwangtauensisLC

Saccoglossus hwangtauensis

Saccoglossus hwangtauensis,Huangdao long-nosed acorn worm, jade hookworm

Nematomorpha

The snout of the Huangdao long-nosed worm is relatively long, about 1/20 of the total length, hence the name. The snout is oblate ···

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