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Margaropus
''Margaropus'' is a genus of ticks, characterized as inornate, having eyes, lacking festoons, and with the legs of the male increasing in size from pair I to IV with the segments enlarged, giving them a beaded appearance, from which the genus name was taken, ''margaritopus'' signifying beady-legged;Don R. Arthur. 1960. ''Ticks, Part V, The Genera Dermacentor, Anocentor, Cosmiomma, Boophilus, Margaropus'', Cambridge University Press, pp. 226-247; https://books.google.com/books?id=k688AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA226&lpg=PA226&dq=margaropus+ticks&source=bl&ots=c4TelGTqdi&sig=hsjNlfIVkrRXpofXqpXruH8USuM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiA17SCh_zbAhXjp1kKHS24B_k4ChDoAQhDMAE#v=onepage&q=margaropus%20ticks&f=false, accessed June 30, 2018. the species name memorialized naturalist and entomologist Wilhelm von Winthem. The genus currently includes three species:Animal Diversity Web: ''Margaropus'', https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Margaropus/classification/#Margaropus, accessed June 30, 2018. *''Margaropus rei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaropus Wileyi
''Margaropus'' is a genus of ticks, characterized as inornate, having eyes, lacking festoons, and with the legs of the male increasing in size from pair I to IV with the segments enlarged, giving them a beaded appearance, from which the genus name was taken, ''margaritopus'' signifying beady-legged;Don R. Arthur. 1960. ''Ticks, Part V, The Genera Dermacentor, Anocentor, Cosmiomma, Boophilus, Margaropus'', Cambridge University Press, pp. 226-247; https://books.google.com/books?id=k688AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA226&lpg=PA226&dq=margaropus+ticks&source=bl&ots=c4TelGTqdi&sig=hsjNlfIVkrRXpofXqpXruH8USuM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiA17SCh_zbAhXjp1kKHS24B_k4ChDoAQhDMAE#v=onepage&q=margaropus%20ticks&f=false, accessed June 30, 2018. the species name memorialized naturalist and entomologist Wilhelm von Winthem. The genus currently includes three species:Animal Diversity Web: ''Margaropus'', https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Margaropus/classification/#Margaropus, accessed June 30, 2018. *'' Margaropus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaropus Winthemi
''Margaropus'' is a genus of ticks, characterized as inornate, having eyes, lacking festoons, and with the legs of the male increasing in size from pair I to IV with the segments enlarged, giving them a beaded appearance, from which the genus name was taken, ''margaritopus'' signifying beady-legged;Don R. Arthur. 1960. ''Ticks, Part V, The Genera Dermacentor, Anocentor, Cosmiomma, Boophilus, Margaropus'', Cambridge University Press, pp. 226-247; https://books.google.com/books?id=k688AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA226&lpg=PA226&dq=margaropus+ticks&source=bl&ots=c4TelGTqdi&sig=hsjNlfIVkrRXpofXqpXruH8USuM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiA17SCh_zbAhXjp1kKHS24B_k4ChDoAQhDMAE#v=onepage&q=margaropus%20ticks&f=false, accessed June 30, 2018. the species name memorialized naturalist and entomologist Wilhelm von Winthem. The genus currently includes three species:Animal Diversity Web: ''Margaropus'', https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Margaropus/classification/#Margaropus, accessed June 30, 2018. *'' Margaropus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaropus Reidi
''Margaropus reidi'', the Sudanese beady-legged tick, is an ixodid tick that is parasitic on the Northern giraffe (''Giraffa camelopardalis'')Don R. Arthur: ''Ticks, A Monograph of the Ixodoidea'', Part V, On the Genera ''Dermacentor'', ''Anocentor'', ''Cosmiomma'', ''Boophilus'' & ''Margaropus'', Cambridge: University Press, 1960, pp. 231-236; https://books.google.com/books?id=YvQ8AAAAIAAJ, last accessed 16 Jun 2019.Animal Diversity Web: ''Margaropus'', https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Margaropus/classification/#Margaropus, accessed June 30, 2018. It is one of only three species in the genus ''Margaropus''. The type specimens were collected in Liednhom (or Lietnhom) on the south bank of the Jur River, and at Guar, in the Gual-Nyang Forest, Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan. First described by entomologist and parasitologist Harry Hoogstraal,Harry Hoogstraal: ''African Ixodoidea. I. Ticks of The Sudan (with Special Reference to Equatoria Province and with Prellminary Reviews of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ixodidae
The Ixodidae are the family of hard ticks or scale ticks, one of the three families of ticks, consisting of over 700 species. They are known as 'hard ticks' because they have a scutum or hard shield, which the other major family of ticks, the 'soft ticks' (Argasidae), lack. They are ectoparasites of a wide range of host species, and some are vectors of pathogens that can cause human disease. Description They are distinguished from the Argasidae by the presence of a scutum. In both the nymph and the adult, a prominent gnathosoma (or capitulum, mouth and feeding parts) projects forward from the animal's body; in the Argasidae, conversely, the gnathosoma is concealed beneath the body. They differ, too, in their lifecycle; Ixodidae that attach to a host bite painlessly and are generally unnoticed, and they remain in place until they engorge and are ready to change their skin; this process may take days or weeks. Some species drop off the host to moult in a safe place, whereas others r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the Kingdom (biology), biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals Heterotroph, consume organic material, Cellular respiration#Aerobic respiration, breathe oxygen, are Motility, able to move, can Sexual reproduction, reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in which their body consists of a hollow sphere of Cell (biology), cells, the blastula, during Embryogenesis, embryonic development. Over 1.5 million Extant taxon, living animal species have been Species description, described—of which around 1 million are Insecta, insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million animal species in total. Animals range in length from to . They have Ecology, complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs. The scientific study of animals is known as zoology. Most living animal species are in Bilateria, a clade whose members have a Symmetry in biology#Bilate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taurotragus Oryx
The common eland (''Taurotragus oryx''), also known as the southern eland or eland antelope, is a savannah and plains antelope found in East and Southern Africa. It is a species of the family Bovidae and genus ''Taurotragus''. An adult male is around tall at the shoulder (females are shorter) and can weigh up to with a typical range of , for females). It is the second-largest antelope in the world, being slightly smaller on average than the giant eland. It was scientifically described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1766. Mainly a herbivore, its diet is primarily grasses and leaves. Common elands form herds of up to 500 animals, but are not territorial. The common eland prefers habitats with a wide variety of flowering plants such as savannah, woodlands, and open and montane grasslands; it avoids dense forests. It uses loud barks, visual and postural movements, and the flehmen response to communicate and warn others of danger. The common eland is used by humans for leather, meat, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Common Eland
The common eland (''Taurotragus oryx''), also known as the southern eland or eland antelope, is a savannah and plains antelope found in East and Southern Africa. It is a species of the family Bovidae and genus ''Taurotragus''. An adult male is around tall at the shoulder (females are shorter) and can weigh up to with a typical range of , for females). It is the second-largest antelope in the world, being slightly smaller on average than the giant eland. It was scientifically described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1766. Mainly a herbivore, its diet is primarily grasses and leaves. Common elands form herds of up to 500 animals, but are not territorial. The common eland prefers habitats with a wide variety of flowering plants such as savannah, woodlands, and open and montane grasslands; it avoids dense forests. It uses loud barks, visual and postural movements, and the flehmen response to communicate and warn others of danger. The common eland is used by humans for leather, meat, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giraffa Camelopardalis
The northern giraffe (''Giraffa camelopardalis''), also known as three-horned giraffe,Linnaeus, C. (1758)The Nubian or Three-horned giraffe (''Giraffa camelopardalis'').Existing Forms of Giraffe (February 16, 1897): 14. is the type species of giraffe, ''G. camelopardalis'', and is native to North Africa, although alternative taxonomic hypotheses have proposed the northern giraffe as a separate species. Once abundant throughout Africa since the 19th century, Northern giraffes ranged from Senegal, Mali and Nigeria from West Africa to up north in Egypt. The similar West African giraffes lived in Algeria and Morocco in ancient periods until their extinctions due to the Saharan dry climate. Giraffes collectively are considered Vulnerable to extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), with around 97,000 wild individuals alive in 2016, of which 5,195 are Northern giraffes. Taxonomy and evolution The current IUCN taxonomic scheme lists one species of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giraffes
The giraffe is a large African hoofed mammal belonging to the genus ''Giraffa''. It is the tallest living terrestrial animal and the largest ruminant on Earth. Traditionally, giraffes were thought to be one species, ''Giraffa camelopardalis'', with nine subspecies. Most recently, researchers proposed dividing them into up to eight extant species due to new research into their mitochondrial and nuclear DNA, as well as morphological measurements. Seven other extinct species of ''Giraffa'' are known from the fossil record. The giraffe's chief distinguishing characteristics are its extremely long neck and legs, its horn-like ossicones, and its spotted coat patterns. It is classified under the family Giraffidae, along with its closest extant relative, the okapi. Its scattered range extends from Chad in the north to South Africa in the south, and from Niger in the west to Somalia in the east. Giraffes usually inhabit savannahs and woodlands. Their food source is leaves, fruits, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruminant
Ruminants (suborder Ruminantia) are ungulate, hoofed herbivorous grazing or browsing mammals that are able to acquire nutrients from plant-based food by Enteric fermentation, fermenting it in a specialized stomach prior to digestion, principally through microbial actions. The process, which takes place in the front part of the digestive system and therefore is called foregut fermentation, typically requires the fermented ingesta (known as cud) to be regurgitated and chewed again. The process of rechewing the cud to further break down plant matter and stimulate digestion is called rumination. The word "ruminant" comes from the Latin ''ruminare'', which means "to chew over again". The roughly 200 species of ruminants include both domestic and wild species. Ruminating mammals include cattle, all domesticated and wild bovines, goats, sheep, giraffes, deer, gazelles, and antelopes.Fowler, M.E. (2010).Medicine and Surgery of Camelids, Ames, Iowa: Wiley-Blackwell. Chapter 1 General Biolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parasite
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has characterised parasites as "predators that eat prey in units of less than one". Parasites include single-celled protozoans such as the agents of malaria, sleeping sickness, and amoebic dysentery; animals such as hookworms, lice, mosquitoes, and vampire bats; fungi such as Armillaria mellea, honey fungus and the agents of ringworm; and plants such as mistletoe, dodder, and the Orobanchaceae, broomrapes. There are six major parasitic Behavioral ecology#Evolutionarily stable strategy, strategies of exploitation of animal hosts, namely parasitic castration, directly transmitted parasitism (by contact), wikt:trophic, trophicallytransmitted parasitism (by being eaten), Disease vector, vector-transmitted parasitism, parasitoidism, and micropreda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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