two of the elephant (African and the Asian). All are in jeopardy of extinction with their slow rate of breeding‚ poaching and in the rhinoceroses‚ their territorial behavior. Both of these beasts belong to the same kingdom (Animalia)‚ phylum (Chordata)‚ sub-phylum (Vertebrata) and class (Mammalia). Meaning they are both back-boned mammalian‚ animals. They both have hair and give birth to live young. White rhinos (Ceratotherium simum)‚ and Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) are both grey in colour
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Anthocerotophyta (an-tha-se-ro-TA-fa-ta) is made of three Greek roots that mean flower (anthos -άνθος); horn (keras -κέρας); and plant (phyto -φυτό). The reference is to the horn-like sporangium or fruiting body. The phylum name is formalized from a common genus‚ Anthoceros. INTRODUCTION TO THE ANTHOCEROTOPHYTA The hornworts‚ in the gametophyte stage‚ resemble the thallose hepatics; however‚ when grown in uncrowded conditions‚ the gametophytes tend to be almost circular. The thallus structure
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Earthworm is the common name for the largest members of Oligochaeta (which is either a class or subclass depending on the author) in the phylum Annelida. In classical systems they were placed in the order Opisthopora‚ on the basis of the male pores opening posterior to the female pores‚ even though the internal male segments are anterior to the female. Theoretical cladistic studies have placed them instead in the suborder Lumbricina of the order Haplotaxida‚ but this may again soon change. Folk names
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Wanted PHYLUM NEMATODA ;COMMON NAME: ROUNDWORM What causes this disease: contaminated soil‚ contaminated food and water‚ and insects. Genus: Toxocara Species: Toxocara canis How they’re spread: Roundworms are quite common in animals‚ who easily spread the infection when the worm eggs develop into larvae and are in the animals feces. Pets get the infection by eating infected soil‚ licking contaminated fur or paws‚ or drinking contaminated water. If the pet is a female and had babies‚ the babies
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The snow Leopard The panthera uncia‚ also known as the Snow Leopard‚ is and endangered species from central and south Asia. It is a carnivore which means they only eat meat. Their phylum is chordate‚ comes from the genus of the roaring cats. The snow Leopard’s environment is on cliffs‚ rocky outcrops ‚and rines. Which provide good cover and clear view to help them find and sneak up on their prey.Snow leopards also are nomadic and change their home ranges frequently‚ but yet there are only 4‚000 to
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of one-half inches and a wing span of 0.0079 inches. As all insects‚ the wasp has bilateral symmetry‚ an exoskeleton‚ two eyes‚ six legs‚ and three body parts. It has two antenna and 2 wings. The wasp is part of the Animalia Kingdom‚ Arthropoda Phylum & Insecta Class. The life cycle of a wasp begins with an egg and ends sometime between 12 days and 12 months later as an adult wasp. The queen wasp lays eggs into the cell of the nest. Each egg will hatch in its own cell becoming larva‚ or
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<b>Scientific name</b> -Kingdom- Fungi‚ Phylum- Ascomycota Class- Ascomycetes Order- Saccharomycetaler‚ Family- Saccharomycetaceae‚ Genus- Saccharomyces‚ Species- Cervisiae<br><br><b>Description</b> - Yeast is a unicellular organism that lacks chloroplasts. They are so small that it can ’t be seen by the naked eye and they are so small that it would take 4000 of them lined up side by side to measure an inch. <br><br><b>Habitat</b> - Yeast lives on and is nourished by dead or living plant or animal
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Toxoplasmosis is a disease caused by a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii). It is an intracellular parasite in the phylum Apicomplexa‚ and its life cycle completed only in cats and other felids (the definitive host). However‚ T. gondii also infects a wide variety of intermediate hosts‚ including humans (Wastling et al.‚ 2000). Humans get infection either by the ingestion of tissue cysts in infected meat or by the ingestion of water or food contaminated with sporulated oocysts derived from
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stomach. There is also an ink gland and digestive gland that aid in defense and digestion of food. Image taken from biology.ualberta.ca. From the image of different Mollusca shells‚ it can be seen that there is a wide variety of shells in the phylum. Seeing as how there are many different species‚ a diversity of shells is not surprising. Image taken from biology.ualberta.ca.
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says „The shining cat“‚ but people often get it mistaken for a fox‚ and some don’t even understand why is it called a panda at all when it’s nothing like the Giant panda we’re all used to. Classification: Kingdom: Animalia Family: Ailuridae Phylum: Chordata Genus: Ailurus Class: Mamalia Species: Fulgens Order: Carnivora What is it? Believe it or not‚ its relatives are raccoons‚ skunks‚ and weasels. The red panda was previously classified in the families of Procyonidae
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