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Balaenoptera physalus

Balaenoptera physalus

Balaenoptera physalus,Fin Whale,Finback whale, baleen whale, razorback whale, herring whale, fin whale

Cetacea LC

Features:The second largest animal in the world

Fin whales are one of the fastest whales, with a speed of up to 37 kilometers per hour, and a record high of 40 kilometers per hour. They are known as the "greyhound of the deep sea".Fin whales use their baleen to filter food and then swallow it. Their food includes small fish, squid and c...

Balaenoptera omurai

Balaenoptera omurai

Balaenoptera omurai,Omura whale

Cetacea LC

Features:The rarest whale species on Earth

Omura's whale is a medium-sized whale that looks very similar to a fin whale, but is much smaller than a fin whale.Omura's whale was not confirmed and named until 2003. Because the type specimen was stranded on Tsukushima Island in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, it is commonl...

Balaenoptera brydei

Balaenoptera brydei

Balaenoptera brydei,Bryde's whale,Anchovy, Pseudomonas auratus

Cetacea LC

Features:The most distinctive feature is the three parallel longitudinal ridges on the head

Bryde's whale, also known as Bryde's whale in English, has no subspecies and is the only baleen whale that lives in tropical or subtropical areas all year round.Bryde's whale is very similar to Sei whale, the main difference is that Sei whale has a ridge on each side of the central ridge...

Balaenoptera borealis

Balaenoptera borealis

Balaenoptera borealis,Sei whale, baleen whale, northern baleen whale, great baleen whale, cod whale

Cetacea LC

Features:Fast swimmers, possibly the fastest of all whales

Sei whales are called Sei whales in foreign languages and have two subspecies.The body shape of Sei whales is similar to that of fin whales, Bryde's whales and small Bryde's whales, and the shape of their dorsal fins is also similar. The main distinguishing feature is that the sei whale has...

Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Balaenoptera acutorostrata,Minke Whale、Common Minke Whale,Minke whale, Sharp-billed whale

Cetacea LC

Features:Mother whales are very attached to their calves, and they seem to protect their calves.

Minke Whale has two subspecies and is a small baleen whale of the genus Mysticetus.Minke Whale has 230 to 273 baleen pieces on each side. According to statistics of 38 individuals, the average is 253 pieces. The length of the entire whisker row is about 60% of the length of the skull. The whisker pl...

Eschrichtius robustus

Eschrichtius robustus

Eschrichtius robustus,gray whale,Whale killer, shell digger, weak whale

Cetacea LC

Features:The mammal species with the longest migration distance

Gray whale is also known as gray whale in English. Its body circumference is larger than that of baleen whales, but smaller than that of right whales.On the North American side of the Pacific Ocean, gray whales pass through the Bering Strait and the northwest Bering Sea from late May to late October...

Eubalaena japonica

Eubalaena japonica

Eubalaena japonica,North Pacific right whale, black right whale, black right whale

Cetacea LC

Features:The body circumference is thick, and the ratio of body circumference to body length is significantly greater than that of other types of baleen whales.

The North Pacific right whale has no subspecies.For a long time, cetaceans believed that right whales in the northern and southern hemispheres were two species: the northern right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) and the southern right whale (Eubalaena australis). Rice (1998) advocated that the genus Eub...

Wild Camel

Wild Camel

Camelus ferus

Features:The most rare wild animal on earth than the giant panda

Bactrian Camel, a monotypic species, a giant ungulate, with no valid subspecies.Wild camels are good at running, agile, quick to react, and have a very strong sense of smell. Some people believe that they rely on their sense of smell to find water in the desert, or they may rely on their unique gene...

Psittacus erithacus

Psittacus erithacus

Psittacus erithacus,Grey Parrot,Grey Parrot, Grey Parrot

Features:He has strong speaking ability, is intelligent, has a high IQ, and is famous for his ability to imitate human language.

African Gray ParrotIt is a large parrot, a typical climbing bird, with a pair of toes. The African Grey Parrot has a slender foot with two toes pointing forward and two toes pointing backward, which is suitable for grasping. The bird has a strong beak and can eat hard-shelled fruits. It has a short...

Psittacula alexandri

Psittacula alexandri

Psittacula alexandri,Red-breasted Parakeet,Sichuan parrot, big parrot, big purple-breasted parrot

Features:It is the most common parrot in the wild in my country and can imitate human speech after training.

The rose-breasted parrot is a medium-sized bird, a typical climbing bird, with a strong and powerful beak, a hooked beak, a movable joint in the upper jaw, and a wax film at the base of the beak. The muscular tongue is thick. The feet are short, powerful, and zygomatic, with two toes facing forward...

Clanga clanga

Clanga clanga

Wu Diao, Hua Diao, Tas, Wu Xiao Ni, Xiao Hua Zao Diao

Raptor LC

Features:It lives in open wilderness areas during migration and is one of the most likely birds of prey to be spotted along the migration routes in eastern Asia.

The black eagle is a national first-class protected animal. Its body is dark brown, with a slight purple luster on its back. Its chin, throat and chest are dark brown, and the rest of its lower body is slightly lighter. The breeding season of the black eagle is from May to July. It nests on pine tre...

Ictinaetus malayensis

Ictinaetus malayensis

Forest carving, tree carving, tree eagle

Raptor LC

Features:It has excellent flying skills but is not good at singing.

The forest eagle is a medium-sized bird of prey and a Class II protected animal in China. It has superb flying skills and its large body can easily fly through the gaps between densely foliaged trees, which is amazing. It often hovers in the air, and sometimes its wave-like aerobatics can be seen, w...

Corsac Fox

Corsac Fox

Vulpes corsac, Eastern Coral Fox

Features:It is a long-legged, reddish-gray fox.

Corsus foxes are slightly smaller than red foxes and as tall as a medium-sized dog. There are three subspecies.Corsus foxes live adjacent to other burrowing animals and take over vacant burrows. They are very active during the day, but there are also reports of nocturnal activity. Good at climbing,...

Gray Wolf

Gray Wolf

Wolf, Canis lupus, Common Wolf, Plains Wolf, Timber Wolf, Tundra Wolf

Features:People usually call it "wolf".

Grey wolf, Arctic wolf, etc., is usually referred to as "wolf" in human society. There are 38 subspecies and 1 domesticated species (domestic dog).The size of the gray wolf mainly depends on the geographical location, and there are great differences in the distribution area. The higher the...

Rhincodon typus

Rhincodon typus

Whale shark, whale shark, tofu shark, big stupid shark

Features:The largest fish in the world.

The whale shark is the largest shark and the largest fish. It is named whale shark because of its huge whale-like body. The largest whale shark scientifically recorded is 12.65 meters long, which is equivalent to the length of 3.5 Mini Cooper cars. (Guinness World Record)At this time, some friends w...

Emperor Penguin

Emperor Penguin

Aptenodytes forsteri

Features:Emperor penguins are the largest of all the different species of penguins.

Emperor penguins mainly live in the sea. They hunt, swim and play in the water. On the one hand, they exercise their bodies well, and on the other hand, they eat and drink enough to conserve their energy for the arrival of the winter breeding season. In winter, emperor penguins have the opportunity...

Adélie penguin

Adélie penguin

Pygoscelis adeliae

Features:The Adelie penguin's tail is slightly longer than other penguin species.

The legs of the Adélie penguin are light pink and the soles of the feet are black. Like other penguins, the Adélie penguin is also a good swimmer, and can swim at a speed of up to 15 kilometers per hour. Normally, it swims at a speed of 4-7 kilometers per hour. When the Adélie penguin swims fast,...

Pygoscelis antarcticus

Pygoscelis antarcticus

chinstrap penguin, Police officer penguin, Antarctic penguin, chinstrap penguin, whiskered penguin, chinstrap penguin

Features:There is a black stripe under the neck, like a naval officer's hat band, which makes it look majestic and resolute. The Soviets called it the "Police Officer Penguin".

As penguins that look like police officers, they are also very courageous and are likely to conflict with other penguins, or even fight with them.The breeding colony of chinstrap penguins is huge, usually consisting of more than 100,000 breeding pairs of penguins. Their communication is very complex...

Aurelia aurita

Aurelia aurita

Moon jellyfish, UFO jellyfish, Moon jellyfish

Features:Transparent jellyfish

Moon jellyfish feed on plankton such as mollusks, crustaceans, worms and copepods.Moon jellyfish occasionally eat gelatinous zooplankton such as hydromedusae and comb jellies.Moon jellyfish also use their stinging cells to capture plankton.Moon jellyfish live and reproduce for a few months before dy...

Arctocephalus australis

Arctocephalus australis

Sea lion, South American seal

Features:The South American sea lion is known as the "king of the sea" and is a very large predatory animal.

The fur of the South American Fur seal is dark gray.Females and most immature individuals have a variety of colors, mostly gray on the neck and back, but some have white tips on the hair, making it silver-gray, and a pale yellow belly. It was named by Zimmermann in 1783.Compared with other fur sea l...

Odobenus rosmarus

Odobenus rosmarus

Walrus, Seahorse

Features:It is the largest mammal in the ocean besides whales.

Walrus, as the name suggests, is the elephant in the sea. It has a huge body, thick and wrinkled skin, sparse bristles, small eyes, and poor eyesight. It has two long teeth.Walrus is one of the largest representatives of the Arctic fauna. Among pinnipeds, they are second only to elepha...