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A show Peruvian with hair wraps. The Peruvian, formerly the Angora, is a breed of guinea pig that is relatively common as a pet.The Peruvian has a long smooth coat all over its body that may reach the floor, including a prominent "forelock" resulting from a portion of its coat on the head and the neck growing forward on the body. [1]
He cross-bred the wild Red Jungle Fowl with fighting bantams of the type known at the time as "pit game". [ 4 ] : 106 The American Game Bantam was listed in the yearbook of the American Bantam Association from 1950, [ 7 ] and was admitted to the Standard of Perfection of the American Poultry Association in 2009.
Galliformes (/ ˌ ɡ æ l ɪ ˈ f ɔːr m iː z /) is an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkeys, chickens, quail, and others.Gallinaceous birds, as they are called, are important in their ecosystems as seed dispersers and predators, and are often reared by humans for their meat and eggs, or hunted as game birds.
The vicuña, Lama vicugna, is the national animal of Peru. This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Peru.There are 417 mammal species in Peru, of which five are critically endangered, nine are endangered, thirty-two are vulnerable, and ten are near threatened.
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A hen in the United States. Cockfighting was made illegal in Britain in 1849; in the following decades, some breeders cross-bred fighting birds of Old English Game and Malay stock to develop an ornamental bird for exhibition.
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The cover of the 1930 edition. The American Standard of Perfection is the official book of breed standards of the American Poultry Association.It classifies and describes the standard physical appearance, coloring and temperament for many breeds of poultry recognized in the United States, including chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese and guinea fowl, but not pigeons.