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The order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater. Suborder: Mysticeti. Family: Balaenidae (right whales) Genus: Eubalaena
It is the national animal of Italy. [2] [3] The fauna of Italy comprises all the animal species inhabiting the territory of the Italian Republic and its surrounding waters. Italy has the highest level of faunal biodiversity in Europe, with over 57,000 species recorded, representing more than a third of all European fauna. [4] This is due to ...
Ganges river dolphin (national aquatic animal) Platanista gangetica [33] Indian elephant (national heritage animal) Elephas maximus indicus [34] Indonesia: Komodo dragon (national animal) Varanus komodoensis [35] Javan hawk-eagle (national bird) Nisaetus bartelsi [35] Asian arowana (national fish) Scleropages formosus [35] Italy: Italian wolf ...
National animal Picture Italy: Italian wolf: Administrative region Historical region and cities Regional animal Picture: Abruzzo: Abruzzo: Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) Marsica: Marsican brown bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus) Aosta Valley: Aosta Valley: Lion rampant (Panthera leo) Apulia: Capitanata and Daunia: Griffin: Salento ...
move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; View history; General ... The fauna−animals of Italy; Subcategories. This category has the following 6 subcategories, out ...
The fauna of Europe is all the animals living in Europe and its surrounding seas and islands. Europe is the western part of the Palearctic realm (which in turn is part of the Holarctic ). Lying within the temperate region , (north of the equator) the wildlife is not as rich as in the hottest regions, but is nevertheless diverse due to the ...
The country is Europe's third most populous and has the oldest economy with a median age of 48.4 years, according to Eurostat data. Italy also has the highest share of the population aged 80 years ...
A broad view of the National Park of Abruzzo. The Marsican brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos, [3] formerly Ursus arctos marsicanus), also known as the Apennine brown bear, and orso bruno marsicano in Italian, is a critically endangered [4] population of the Eurasian brown bear, with a range restricted to the Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise, and the surrounding region in Italy.