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The turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) is the most widespread of the New World vultures. [2] One of three species in the genus Cathartes of the family Cathartidae, the turkey vulture ranges from southern Canada to the southernmost tip of South America. It inhabits a variety of open and semi-open areas, including subtropical forests, shrublands ...
Skull mounts are sometimes referred to as European mounts, western skull mounts, or western mounts. [1] They are a large portion of taxidermy work. Only the skull of the animal is displayed, which will have horns, antlers, or nothing attached to the skull depending on the animal. The mount does not take up much room because of the lack of neck ...
The generic name is composed of Cathartes, the New World vulture genus and -saura, feminine declination of the Greek term sauros, "lizard".It also implies the juxtaposition of the components of the scientific name of the turkey vulture, Cathartes aura, whose Spanish name, "buitre", named the locality where the fossil was found due to the abundance of such birds there.
The black vulture locates food either by sight or by following New World vultures of the genus Cathartes to carcasses. [54] These vultures—the turkey vulture, the lesser yellow-headed vulture, and the greater yellow-headed vulture—forage by detecting the scent of ethyl mercaptan, a gas produced by the beginnings of decay in dead animals. [55]
Sale later cancelled and seized by customs agents. [13] [14] Tarbosaurus bataar: Skull Collected from Mongolia I. M. Chait March 25, 2007: New York City $270,000 [d] $396,745 Specimen bought by actor Nicolas Cage. Specimen determined to have been illegally exported. Cage surrendered the specimen to authorities for repatriation to Mongolia in 2015
Timothée Chalamet is sharing that his physical transformation into Bob Dylan for the biopic A Complete Unknown went deeper than changing his hair and wardrobe.. During a Jan. 20 appearance on NPR ...
Lesser yellow-headed vultures [6] (Cathartes burrovianus), are large,slender black vultures. They typically have two-toned wings as well, yet there can be some yellow coloring on their heads. Wingtips go beyond the tip of their tail. Length of 53–65 cm, wingspan 150–165 cm, and weight 0.9-1.6 kg.
Species C. aura (Linnaeus, 1758); C. burrovianus Cassin, 1845; C. melambrotus Wetmore, 1964; Approximate distribution of the genus Cathartes.Green indicates that at least one species is resident year-round and yellow shows areas where one species, the turkey vulture, is a summer-only breeding visitor.