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Crocidura leucodon, one of the white-toothed shrews, is distributed from central Europe eastward to the Caspian Sea. The species is absent from southern France, the Iberian Peninsula, and the islands of the Mediterranean Sea except for Lesbos. (Corbet and Ovenden, 1980; Mitchell-Jones, et al....
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These whales are found in all oceans and adjoining seas, except polar and tropical regions. These animals occupy temperate and subpolar regions in the summer, but migrate to sub-tropical waters during the winter. Habitat These pelagic whales are found far from shore. Physical Description The...
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The Animal Diversity Web is an educational resource written largely by and for college students. ADW doesn't cover all species in the world, nor does it include all the latest scientific information about organisms we describe. Though we edit our accounts for accuracy, we cannot guarantee all...
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Anas creccacommon teal(Also: common teal;green-winged teal) KingdomAnimaliaanimals Bilateriabilaterally symmetrical animals PhylumChordatachordates SubphylumVertebratavertebrates SuperclassGnathostomatajawed vertebrates Euteleostomibony vertebrates ClassSarcopterygiilobe-finned fishes and...
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Sixteen species of pigs and hogs in eight genera make up the modern family Suidae. Suids originally occurred across Eurasia south of 48° N, on islands as far away as the Phillipines and Sulawesi, and throughout Africa. Humans have introduced Sus scrofa , from which the domesticated pigs are...
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This family, made up of the horses, asses and zebras, contains one genus with nine species. Domestic equids range worldwide; in the wild equids occur mainly in East Africa and the Near East to Mongolia. They inhabit a variety of habitats...
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MuridaeOld World mice and rats, gerbils, whistling rats, and relatives By Phil Myers Murids include most of the familiar rats and mice, but the family also encompasses an enormously diverse array of other rodents. Here, we follow recent authorities in treating murids as members of a single, very...
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The annelids include earthworms, polychaete worms, and leeches. All members of the group are to some extent segmented, in other words, made up of segments that are formed by subdivisions that partially transect the body cavity....