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Leptoptilos robustus (from lepto [Greek: thin, slender] + ptilo [Greek: soft feather] and robustus [Latin: strong]) is an extinct species of large-bodied stork belonging to the genus Leptoptilos that lived on the island of Flores in Indonesia during the Pleistocene epoch. It stood at about 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) tall and weighed up to an estimated ...
Leptoptilos is a genus of very large tropical storks, commonly known as adjutants.The name means thin (lepto) feather (ptilos).Two species are resident breeders in southern Asia, and the marabou stork is found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Leptoptilos falconeri is an extinct species of large-bodied stork that existed during the Pliocene, having persisted until just over 2.58 million years ago.Although not the oldest fossil species of the genus Leptoptilos (as several date to earlier times such as the Miocene) it was the first fossil species of the genus to be described (found in cave deposits in India).
While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, which comprise the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.
The northern cat eye is primarily arboreal and entirely nocturnal. At night, it hunts for frogs and their eggs and tadpoles; it is particularly known for feeding on those of the red-eyed tree frog.
Leptometra celtica is a marine invertebrate and species of crinoid or feather star of the Leptometra genus in the family Antedonidae.It is found in the Atlantic Ocean around the coasts of north west Europe.
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Leptofelis vallesiensis is theorized to have had long and slender legs, and to weigh between 7.21–9.02 kg (15.9–19.9 lb), similar in size to a caracal or serval. It had certain adaptations intermediate between earlier felids, which were mostly arboreal or semi-arboreal, and later felids that lived mainly on the ground.