Psilopogon nuchalis, Megalaima nuchalis and Taiwan Barbet are endemic to Taiwan, China. Originally considered to be one of five subspecies of Megalaima oorti, Feinstein et al. (2008) analyzed the genetic material of each subspecies using molecular biology techniques to determine that it was endemic...
Psilopogon oorti, Megalaima faber, Chinese Barbet, has 4 subspecies (1. Central South subspecies of Woodpecker: Psilopogon oorti annamensis. 2. Psilopogon oorti faber, Hainan subspecies. 3. Named subspecies: Psilopogon oorti oorti. 4. Psilopogon oorti sini, Guangxi subspecies.) .Picoides sinensis is...
The porpoise (Phocoena phocoena in Latin), also known as porpoise, is the most common toothed whale in the North and Baltic Seas.Porpoises prefer calmer waters at a medium depth of about 20 meters near the coast, but occasionally swim deeper into the ocean.Porpoises feed almost exclusively on fish,...
Reindeer (scientific name: Rangifer tarandus) is called Reindeer in foreign language. There are 17 subspecies. Also known as horned deer, it is the only animal under the genus Reindeer in the family Cervidae.The most amazing behavior of reindeer is the annual migration of hundreds of kilometers. As...
The scientific name of the spotted deer, Cervus axis or Axis axis, is active all day long and feeds on tender shoots. Its natural enemies include wolves, Bengal tigers, and Asiatic lions. It will sound alarm calls when frightened. The spotted deer like to live in groups, usually consisting of adult...
Pufferfish (scientific name Tetraodontidae) is also known as pufferfish or puffers in foreign languages. Because of its "pig-like" appearance and its frequent activities in river estuaries, it is commonly known as pufferfish in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, while it is called Dingba in Shandong, L...
Chimpanzees (scientific name: Pan troglodytes) are called Chimpanzees in foreign languages. There are 4 subspecies. The nominate subspecies is also called the black-faced chimpanzee. It has a lighter face and becomes bald in old age. The male has very little beard. It is found in Congo, Gabon, Camer...
Weddell seal (Latin name: Leptonychotes weddellii), also known as Weddell seal, Weddell seal or Weddell seal, is the only species of Weddell seal genus under the seal family, named by a British Antarctic navigator James Weddell.Weddell seals are an extremely ancient creature, so they are called &quo...
The scientific name of the Mediterranean monk seal is Monachus monachus, and its foreign name is Mediterranean monk seal. It is an ancient and rare seal. Its head is very round and densely covered with short hair, which looks like a monk's head, hence the name. It is the rarest seal in the world...
The scientific name of the Southern elephant seal is Mirounga leonina, and its foreign name is Southern elephant-seal. It is the largest seal on earth, the largest pinniped in history, and even the largest carnivore. It is divided into three subspecies: South American subspecies (M.l falclandicus),...
The scientific name of the Northern elephant seal is Mirounga angustirostris, and its foreign name is Northern elephant-seal. It is a large seal-like animal.The Northern elephant seal has large, round, black eyes. The width of the eyes shows that they mainly hunt by vision. Like other seals, norther...
Sawtooth seals are called Lobodon carcinophagus in scientific name and Crabeater seal in foreign language. They are the most numerous seals in the world.Sawtooth seals feed on krill. It is an illusion to call them crab-eating seals because there are very few crabs in Antarctica, which are not enough...
Leopard seal (scientific name: Hydrurga leptonyx) is also known as leopard seal in foreign languages. There are no subspecies.Leopard seals are solitary animals that mate and raise their young in groups. Compared with other pinnipeds, they prefer warm-blooded animals. Because it moves slowly on land...
Grey seal (scientific name: Halichoerus grypus) is a large seal in the family Phocidae and the only member of the genus Halichoerus. They also have another name - Atlantic grey seal.Grey seals feed on fish such as salmon, cod, herring, and flounder, as well as cephalopods and arthropods. The daily f...
Hooded seal (scientific name: Cystophora cristata) is also known as Hooded seal in foreign languages. There are no subspecies.Among the 19 species of seals, the hooded seal is the least known pinniped. In the past, people always mistakenly thought it was a whale (whales and pinnipeds are two distinc...
The scientific name of the harbor seal is Phoca vitulina (Linnaeus, 1758), and the foreign name is Common seal. It is a seal distributed in the temperate and polar waters of the Northern Hemisphere.The harbor seal lives in groups, but the number of its groups is not as large as other seals. When not...
Baikal Seal (Phoca sibirica), also known as Baikal Seal in English, lives in the Baikal Lake area of Russia. It is the only freshwater seal in the world and also the smallest seal species in the world.The Baikal seals have long and strong claws that can break through the ice and open the hole for ai...
The scientific name of the ringed seal is Phoca hispida, and its foreign name is Ringed seal. There are 5 subspecies. It is one of the smallest species in the seal family and the smallest seal in the Arctic.Most seals in the world live in seawater, and the only species that lives entirely in freshwa...
Harp seal (scientific name: Pagophilus groenlandicus) is also known as Harp Seal and Greenland Seal. It has no subspecies.Harp seals can travel 5,000 kilometers a year. Their migration pattern depends on where they breed and shed. They breed in the southernmost part of their distribution area in win...
The scientific name of the Caspian seal is Phoca caspica, an animal belonging to the genus Phoca of the family Phocidae.Caspian seals live in small groups in the middle or southern coast of the Caspian Sea in summer, migrate north in autumn, and form breeding groups on the ice. They give birth on fi...