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Kiwi (Genus Overview)
Apteryx (genus)
Kiwi (genus Apteryx) are nocturnal, terrestrial birds endemic to New Zealand,famous for their terminal‑nares bill and reduced win···
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Apteryx (genus)
Kiwi (genus Apteryx) are nocturnal, terrestrial birds endemic to New Zealand,famous for their terminal‑nares bill and reduced win···
CR
Strigops habroptilus
Kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus) is New Zealand’s flightless, nocturnal parrot—the largestand among the longest‑lived parrots. ···
VU
Dugong dugon
Dugong (Dugong dugon) is a large seagrass‑grazing sirenian of tropical/subtropicalIndo‑West Pacific shallows. As a seagrass‑mea···
CR
Cephalorhynchus hectori maui
Māui dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori maui) is a tiny coastal subspecies of Hector’s dolphin,restricted to the west coast of New···
EN
Sarcophilus harrisii
Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is the largest living carnivorous marsupial, native only toTasmania. With a powerful bite a···
LC
Phascolomidae
Wombats, or Phascolomidae, are marsupials in Australia. They belong to the order Diprotodon, with short legs and well-developed mu···
LC
Didelphinae
Opossum (scientific name Didelphinae, English name: Opossum) is a general term for mammals of the family Opossum in the order Poss···
LC
Cephalorhynchus heavisidii
Haviside's dolphin (scientific name: Cephalorhynchus heavisidii) is called Haviside's dolphin in foreign language, and has···
LC
Neophoca cinerea
The scientific name of the Australian sea lion is Neophoca cinerea, and its foreign name is Australian sealion. It is a sea lion t···
LC
Phocarctos hookeri
The scientific name of New Zealand sea lion is Phocarctos hookeri, also known as Hooker's sea lion. It feeds on small fish suc···
LC
Arapaima gigas
There is a kind of big fish in South America that is not afraid of piranhas. Not only that, they eat piranhas. This big fish that ···
LC
Rhincodon typus
The whale shark is the largest shark and the largest fish. It is named whale shark because of its huge whale-like body. The larges···
LC
Phascolarctos cinereus
Australia is the kingdom of marsupials, and the koala is the most precious one. It looks like a velvet teddy bear, with a fat body···
LC
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Giant anteaters may occupy territories as large as 9,000 hectares. Communication and perception, as well as most communication, oc···