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The Western moose [2] (Alces alces andersoni) is a subspecies of moose that inhabits boreal forests and mixed deciduous forests in the Canadian Arctic, western Canadian provinces and a few western sections of the northern United States. It is the second largest North American subspecies of moose, second to the Alaskan moose.
Acer pensylvanicum, known as the striped maple, moosewood, moose maple or goosefoot maple, is a small North American species of maple. The striped maple is a sequential hermaphrodite , meaning that it can change its sex throughout its lifetime.
Chick. The painted sandgrouse is a plump ground-dwelling bird with a small head and short legs. The sexes are differently coloured. In the male, the bill is orange and there is a black bar across the white forehead, fine black longitudinal lines on the nape and a white patch of bare skin surrounding the eye.
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct. Contents
There are two species in genus: the moose (Alces alces) and the fossil Alces gallicus (also known as the Gallic moose), that existed in the Pleistocene about 2 million years ago. Sometimes only one species is included in the genus, the modern moose ( Alces alces ), and the extinct Gallic moose is more often referred to the genus Cervalces ...
Chinese lacquer tree Anacardiaceae (cashew family) Toxicodendron succedaneum: Japanese Hazenoki tree Anacardiaceae (cashew family) Toxicodendron striatum: manzanillo Anacardiaceae (cashew family) Toxicodendron rydbergii: western poison ivy Anacardiaceae (cashew family) Toxicodendron radicans: eastern poison ivy Anacardiaceae (cashew family)
The binomial comes from emblema meaning 'mosaic or inlaid work'; and pictum derives from the Latin word pictus, meaning 'painted' (from pingere, 'to paint'). [2] Other names include Emblema finch, mountain finch, painted firetail and Emblema. The painted finch is a popular bird to be kept in captivity and in backyard aviaries. [3] [4]
Bucerotiformes / b j uː ˈ s ɛ r ə t ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / is an order of birds that contains the hornbills, ground hornbills, hoopoes and wood hoopoes. [1] These birds were previously classified as members of Coraciiformes .