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The Living Encyclopedia
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invertebrate
Rainbow Stag Beetle
Phalacrognathus muelleri
Phalacrognathus muelleri, colloquially known as the rainbow stag beetle, and also the king, magnificent or Mueller's stag beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Lucanidae. It is found in northern Queensland, Australia and New Guinea. It can come in red, green, black, and blue forms. It is the only species in its genus, Phalacrognathus, which is closely related to the genus Lamprima.
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invertebrate
Sun Beetle
Pachnoda marginata
Amara is a large genus of carabid beetles, commonly called the sun beetles. Many are holarctic, but a few species are neotropical or occur in eastern Asia.
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invertebrate
Flower Chafer
Mecynorrhina torquata
Mecynorhina torquata is a beetle from the subfamily Cetoniinae, tribe Goliathini.
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invertebrate
Giant Land Snail
Lissachatina fulica
Giant Land Snail (Lissachatina fulica)
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invertebrate
Garden Snail
Cornu aspersum
Garden Snail (Cornu aspersum)
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invertebrate
Apple Snail
Pomacea canaliculata
Pomacea canaliculata, commonly known as the golden apple snail or the channeled apple snail, is a species of large freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails. South American in origin, this species is considered to be in the top 100 of the "World's Worst Invasive Alien Species". It is also ranked as the 40th worst alien species in Europe and the worst alien species of gastropod in Europe.
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invertebrate
Vampire Shrimp
Atya gabonensis
Vampire Shrimp (Atya gabonensis)
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invertebrate
Halloween Crab
Gecarcinus quadratus
Halloween Crab (Gecarcinus quadratus)
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invertebrate
Red Claw Crab
Perisesarma bidens
Red Claw Crab (Perisesarma bidens)
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invertebrate
Thai Micro Crab
Limnopilos naiyanetri
Thai Micro Crab (Limnopilos naiyanetri)
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invertebrate
Blue Crayfish
Procambarus alleni
Blue Crayfish (Procambarus alleni)
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mammal
Bonobo
Pan paniscus
The bonobo, also historically called the pygmy chimpanzee, is the smallest species of great ape and one of the two making up the genus Pan. While bonobos are today recognized as a distinct species, they were initially thought to be a subspecies of Pan troglodytes, because of the physical similarities between the two species. Taxonomically, members of the chimpanzee/bonobo subtribe Panina—composed entirely by the genus Pan—are collectively termed panins.
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mammal
Eastern Gorilla
Gorilla beringei
Eastern Gorilla (Gorilla beringei)
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mammal
Sumatran Orangutan
Pongo abelii
The Sumatran orangutan is one of the three species of orangutans. Critically endangered, and found only in the north of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, it is rarer than the Bornean orangutan but more common than the recently identified Tapanuli orangutan, also found in Sumatra.
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mammal
Gibbon
Hylobates lar
The lar gibbon, also known as the white-handed gibbon, is an endangered primate in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. It is one of the better-known gibbons and is often kept in captivity.
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mammal
Siamang
Symphalangus syndactylus
The siamang is an endangered arboreal, black-furred gibbon native to the tropical rainforests of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. The largest of the gibbons, the siamang can be twice the size of other gibbons, reaching 1 m (3.3 ft) in height, and weighing up to 14 kg (31 lb). It is the only species in the genus Symphalangus. Fossils of siamangs date back to the Middle Pleistocene.
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mammal
Mandrill
Mandrillus sphinx
The mandrill is a large Old World monkey native to west central Africa. It is one of the most colorful mammals in the world, with red and blue skin on its face and posterior. The species is sexually dimorphic, as males have a larger body, longer canine teeth and brighter coloring. Its closest living relative is the drill, with which it shares the genus Mandrillus. Both species were traditionally thought to be baboons, but further evidence has shown that they are more closely related to white-eyelid mangabeys.
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mammal
Gelada
Theropithecus gelada
The gelada, sometimes called the bleeding-heart monkey or the gelada baboon, is a species of Old World monkey found only in the Ethiopian Highlands, living at elevations of 1,800–4,400 m (5,900–14,400 ft) above sea level. It is the only living member of the genus Theropithecus, a name derived from the Greek root words for "beast-ape". Like its close relatives in genus Papio, the baboons, it is largely terrestrial, spending much of its time foraging in grasslands, with grasses comprising up to 90% of its diet.
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mammal
Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur
Varecia variegata
Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variegata)
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mammal
Aye-aye
Daubentonia madagascariensis
The aye-aye is a long-fingered lemur, a strepsirrhine primate native to Madagascar with rodent-like teeth that perpetually grow and a special thin middle finger that they can use to catch grubs and larvae out of tree trunks.
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