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3 days ago · The beaver has a stout body, strong neck, oversized head, short and rounded ears, dexterous hands, webbed feet, and a flat tail. Its reddish dark brown waterproof fur is composed of two layers: a soft lower layer and stiffer protective upper layer. The beaver’s back foot has a specialized claw that functions as a comb for cleaning its fur.
3 days ago · The Linnaeus Method, also known as Linnaean Taxonomy, creates a hierarchy of groupings called taxa, as well as binomial nomenclature that gives each animal species a two-word scientific name. This method of giving scientific names to animals is typically rooted in Latin by combining the genus and species.
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5 days ago · echidna, (family Tachyglossidae), any of four species of peculiar egg-laying mammals from Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea that eat and breathe through a bald tubular beak protruding from a dome-shaped body covered in spines. Echidnas have beady eyes and mere slits for ears, and at the end of their beaks are two small nares (or nostrils) and ...
2 days ago · The coyote ( Canis latrans ), also known as the American jackal, prairie wolf, or brush wolf is a species of canine native to North America. It is smaller than its close relative, the gray wolf, and slightly smaller than the closely related eastern wolf and red wolf. It fills much of the same ecological niche as the golden jackal does in ...
5 days ago · platypus. Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) swimming underwater. The platypus is common in waterways of eastern Australia, where it generally feeds on bottom-dwelling invertebrates but also takes an occasional frog, fish, or insect at the water’s surface. This shy creature forages most actively from dusk to dawn, sheltering during the day ...
3 days ago · Kingdom (biology) The hierarchy of biological classification 's eight major taxonomic ranks. A domain contains one or more kingdoms. Intermediate minor rankings are not shown. In biology, a kingdom is the second highest taxonomic rank, just below domain. Kingdoms are divided into smaller groups called Phylum.
3 days ago · The scientific name of the nutria is Myocastor coypus. Nutrias were formerly classified as the only living member of the family Myocastoridae but has now been moved into the spiny-rat family, Echimyidae. Nutria are also called coypu, coipu, swamp beavers, and nutria rat.
