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Cetaceans, order Cetacea. Cetaceans 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. Family Balaenidae (right whales) Genus: Balaena. Bowhead whale, B. mysticetus LC.
The largest difference between the opossum and non-marsupial mammals is the bifurcated penis of the male and bifurcated vagina of the female (the source of the term didelphimorph, from the Greek didelphys, meaning "double-wombed"). [38] Opossum spermatozoa exhibit sperm-pairing, forming conjugate pairs in the epididymis.
The Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana), also known as the North American opossum, is the only opossum living north of Mexico, its range extending south into Central America. It is the northernmost marsupial in the world. In the United States and Canada, it is typically called a possum which technically refers to a different group of ...
Hunter Island (also Hunters Island or Hunter's Island) is a 166-acre (67 ha) peninsula and former island in the Bronx, New York City, United States. [2] It is situated on the western end of Long Island Sound , along the sound's northwestern shore, and is part of Pelham Bay Park in the northeastern part of the Bronx.
[9] [14] Honey possums continue to be an iconic animal to the people of the region, and was selected by Amok Island to feature in a large public art project on silos in the wheatbelt. [30] The first report of the species was compiled by John Gilbert, the careful and thorough field collector commissioned by Gould to travel to the new colony at ...
Binomial name. Trichosurus cunninghami. Lindenmayer, Dubach and Viggers, 2002. Mountain brushtail possum range. The mountain brushtail possum, or southern bobuck ( Trichosurus cunninghami ), is a nocturnal, semi- arboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae native to southeastern Australia. It was not described as a separate species until 2002.
Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge. The Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge is located on the south shore of Long Island and is one of the undeveloped estuary systems on Long Island. In 1947, Maurice Wertheim donated 2,000 acres (8.1 km 2) on eastern Long Island to the United States government; the donated land subsequently became the Wertheim ...
Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve is a state park on Lloyd Neck, a peninsula extending into the Long Island Sound, in the Village of Lloyd Harbor, New York. [ 6][ 7] It is operated by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . The 1,520-acre (6.2 km 2) park [ 2] covers the former Marshall Field III estate ...