I find the snowy owl to be quite an interesting animal. It belongs to the kingdom Animalia‚ the phylum Chordata‚ the class Aves‚ the order Strigiformes‚ the family Strigidae‚ the genus Nyctea‚ and the species Sandiaca along with boobooks‚ screeching owls‚ and earless owls. With a height reaching up to 27 inches and a weight of 4 to 6 pounds‚ the snowy owl has a reputation as one of the biggest owls in the Arctic. Its wingspan can spread out anywhere from 45-60 inches. Most people are familiar with
Premium Bird Owls Owl
particularly oily taste. A leatherback shell is usually black and has white or yellow spots with stripes leading down their back. Leatherback Turtles grow up to seven feet long and can exceed 2‚000 pounds and they can live up to 45 years. Their phylum is chordata which means at some stage of development a dorsal nerve cord‚ a notochord‚ and gill slits exist. Leatherbacks inhabit pretty much every zone of the ocean besides the abyss because they travel from the north all the way down to the south
Premium Sea turtle
apes. This led me to wonder if there was in fact a difference between monkeys and apes‚ or if they were just two different ways of saying the same thing. From researching this topic‚ I found that monkeys and apes belong to the same Domain‚ Kingdom‚ Phylum‚ Class‚ Order‚ and Sub Order‚ but have a number of profound differences that show up in what Family they belong to. Apes belong to the Sub Order Anthropoidea‚ which also includes monkeys and humans. However‚ they have their own Family‚ Hominoidea
Premium Primate
spotted ragged tooth shark‚ slender-tooth shark‚ spotted sand tiger shark and ground shark. Currently the Sand Tiger Shark is vulnerable and is still living in some areas of the world today. The domain of the Sand Tiger Shark is Eukaryote and its phylum is chordate. According to National Geographic Sand Tiger Shark get their name “from their tendency toward shoreline habitats‚ and they are often seen trolling the ocean floor in the surf zone‚ very close to shore.”
Premium Great white shark Shark attack
Home Log In Sign Up Top of Form Type to search for People‚ Research Interests and Universities Searching... Bottom of Form 1‚562 The African Origin of Ancient Egyptian Civilizationmore by Brandon Pilcher This paper argues that the ancient Egyptian people and their civilization were primarily of indigenous African origin. Multidisciplinary evidence from physical anthropology‚ genetics‚ archaeology‚ and cultural anthropology are all cited... more This paper argues that the ancient
Premium Ancient Egypt Egypt Africa
bioluminescence by North Americans is the firefly‚ which lights its abdomen during its mating season to communicate with potential mates. This bioluminescent ability occurs in 25 different phyla many of which are totally unrelated and diverse with the phylum Fungi included in this list (an illustration of a bioluminescent fungi is displayed in figure 1). One of the features of biological light that distinguishes it from other forms of light is that it is cold light. Unlike the light of a candle‚ a lightbulb
Premium Fungus Bioluminescence Tuberculosis
honor Theodor Escherich. E coli are normally harmless and are part of the normal flora found in the lower intestines of humans and healthy cattle. Some E. coli serotypes are known to cause serious food poisoning in humans. E. coli belongs to the phylum of Proteobacteria‚ it is in the class of gammaproteobacteria and the family of enterobacteriaceae. There are around 200 different E.coli serotypes. When stained‚ E. coli appears as gram-negative bacilli. It appears in pairs or singly. E. coli is non
Premium
Ceratopsians and Pachycephalosaurs Around 144 million years ago‚ began the emergence of the Ornithischian dinosaurs during the cretaceous period and diversified into North America and Asia. Ornithischians were classified as having a hip structure similar to that of birds‚ although they are not the descendants of birds. Marginocephalians‚ meaning "fringed heads" are a group of Ornithischians that have a distinctive skull structure‚ consisting of a slight shelf or bony frill on the back of the
Premium Dinosaur Skull Cretaceous
but they differentiate as a distinct group from other mammals with certain special features. On a CLASSIFICATION chart‚ a chart that organizes diversity into categories and indicates evolutionary relationships‚ primates are categorized under the Phylum CHORDATA‚ containing all VERTEBRATES (animals with segmented spinal columns)‚ and are also split into 2 suborders: HAPLORHINI‚ which includes lemurs and lorises and STREPSIRHINI‚ which includes tarsiers‚ monkeys‚ apes‚ and humans. I went to the Santa
Premium Primate Gorilla Ape
under the Naja genus‚ which most cobra species are‚ they have their own genus Ophiophagus. Their Taxonomy: Ophiophagus Hannah belongs to the monotypic genus Ophiophagus. It is classified under the family Elapidae‚ order squamata‚ class reptilian‚ phylum chordate‚ kingdom animalia. They are the longest venomous snakes in the world; their length is up to 18.5 to 18.8 feet (5.6 to 5.7 m). Their weight is Up to 20 lbs(9 kg). they can raise up to one-third of their bodies straight off the ground and
Premium Snake