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bushmaster
bushmaster large venomous snake, Lachesis muta, of Central America and N South America. It is a member of the pit viper family, which also includes the rattlesnake. The largest New World snake, it reaches a length of 8 to 12 ft (2.5-5.5 m). It is gray and brown, with a diamond pattern. Unlike m... Read more
buzzard
buzzard common name for hawks of the genus Buteo and the genus Pernis, or honey buzzard, of the Old World family Accipitridae. Honey buzzards feed on insects, wasp and bumblebee larvae, and small reptiles. The name buzzard is also incorrectly applied to various hawks and New World vultures, suc... Read more
caracal
caracal or Persian lynx, mammal of the family Felidae (cat family), native to Asia and Africa. It is reddish brown with black-tufted ears. Its total length is about 3 1/4 ft (105 cm). It preys on small deer, hares, birds, and other animals. Active mainly at twilight, it will hunt during the ... Read more
junco
junco or snowbird, small seed-eating bird of North America closely related to the sparrows . Juncos have white underparts and gray (sometimes also brown) backs. They travel in flocks. The dark-eyed junco is the most common species, comprising in E North America the subgroup sometimes called th... Read more
killdeer
killdeer common North American shorebird related to the plover and the sandpiper . It is about 10 in. (25 cm) in length and its plumage is grayish brown with a double black band across a white breast. Its simple nest is a depression in the soil or gravel. The killdeer is classified in the phylum... Read more
nuthatch
nuthatch , common name applied to a number of Old and New World species of small birds of the genus Sitta, related to the titmouse and the creeper. The name refers to its habit of wedging nuts into crevices in trees and pecking them open. Nuthatches are unique in that they climb down tree trunks h... Read more
osprey
osprey , common name for a bird of prey related to the hawk and the New World vulture and found near water in most parts of the world. The American osprey, or fish hawk, Pandion haliaetus, has white underparts and a wingspread of 5 to 6 ft (152 to 183 cm). It feeds solely on live fish and is usual... Read more
ovenbird
ovenbird common name for a member of the family Furnariidae, primitive passerine birds, which build elaborate, domed nests of clay or dig tunnels in the ground to lay their eggs. Ovenbirds are most common in South America, where most are forest dwellers, although a few species are found on the coas... Read more
rook
rook term used for a common Eurasian bird (genus Corvus ) of the family Corvidae ( Crow family), smaller than the American crow. The jackdaw is a European species of the genus. Rooks nest in large colonies, whence the term rookery. They are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebr... Read more
tinamou
tinamou , common name for a South American game bird related to the ostrich. It is protectively colored in browns and grays. The females are the aggressors in courtship, and the males incubate the colorful eggs and rear the young. Their flesh is delicious; attempts have been made to introduce them i... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Vertebrata"

Chordates
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...physical characteristics: Urochordata, Cephalochordata, and Vertebrata. Urochordates have a notochord (a hollow dorsal nerve cord...Amphioxus. The major group of chordates is the sub-phylum Vertebrata, the vertebrates. Listed more-or-less in the order of...
zebra
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...with horses in an attempt to produce a draft animal, but the offspring have proved sterile and unreliable. Zebras are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Perissodactyla, family Equidae.
zorilla
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...weasel family, also called striped weasels, are more weasellike in appearance, with long, slender bodies. Zorillas are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Carnivora, family Mustelidae.
wombat
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...for a period of 6 to 12 months. Extinct wombats as large as hippopotamuses are known from fossil evidence. Wombats are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Marsupialia, family Vombatidae.
woodcreeper
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...themselves. They usually take over the abandoned nests of other cavity nesters, such as the woodpecker. Woodcreepers are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Dendrocolaptidae.
waxwing
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...N North America. The third species, the Japanese waxwing, is found only in NE Asia. Waxwings are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Bombycillidae, genus Bombycilla.
trunkfish
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...palatable flesh and are served baked in their shells by the inhabitants of some South Pacific islands. They are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Osteichthyes, order Tetraodontiformes, family Ostraciidae.
tilefish
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...currents of varying temperatures. The common Atlantic tilefish is Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps. Tilefishes are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Osteichthyes, order Perciformes, family Branchiostegidae.
thick-knee
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...incubation, and the highly precocious chicks are able to leave the nest almost immediately upon hatching. Thick-knees are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Charadriiformes, family Burhinidae.
tarsier
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...They are believed to mate for life and to form family groups. Tarsiers are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Primates, family Tarsiidae. Bibliography: See M. Kavanagh, Monkeys, Apes and Other Primates...

Dictionary entries related to "Vertebrata"

Vertebrata
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology Vertebrata (kingdom Metazoa , phylum Chordata ) The subphylum which includes the fish, Amphibia , Reptilia , Aves , and Mammalia. These...
Chordata
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology ...phyla and the jawed and jawless chordates are included together in a third phylum, Craniata, containing a single subphylum, Vertebrata. The old subphyla Agnatha and Gnathostomata are then regarded as superclasses of the Vertebrata.
Newton, Edwin Tulley
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Fishes of the British Cretaceous Rocks (London, 1878); The Vertebrata of the Forest-Bed Series of Norfolk and Suffolk (London...s Association , 10 (1888), 406 – 424; The Vertebrata of the Pliocene Deposits of Britain (London,) 1891...
Urodela
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology Urodela ( Caudata ; newts , salamanders ; subphylum Vertebrata , class Amphibia ) A modern order of tailed amphibians, of which there is a late Jurassic representative in the fossil record...
coelom
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences coelom Principal body cavity in most animals, forming the cavity around the gut in many Annelida , and in Echinodermata and Vertebrata . In Arthropoda and Mollusca , the main body cavity is an expanded part of the blood system (a haemocoel) and the coelom is small.
Leidy, Joseph
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...work, was thought by Henry Fairfield Osborn to be “ with the possible exception of Cope ’ s Tertiary Vertebrata, the most important paleontological work which America has produced. ” The infant science of paleontology became...
Leuckart, Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolf
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...of the Metazoa into six principal phyla — Coelenterata, Echinodermata, Annelida, Arthropoda, Mollusca, and Vertebrata — is still considered classic, although it provoked considerable opposition when it was first proposed. For example...
Aves
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences Aves ( birds ; subphylum Vertebrata , superclass Gnathostomata ) The class that comprises all the birds. The late Jurassic Archaeopteryx lithographica is still the...
Synapsida
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology Synapsida ( mammal-like reptiles ; subphylum Vertebrata , class Reptilia ) A subclass of reptiles which includes the Pelycosauria and Therapsida . The pelycosaurs appeared in the Upper...
Reptilia
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology Reptilia ( reptiles ; phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata ) A large and diverse class of poikilothermic vertebrates, which arose in the Carboniferous from labyrinthodont amphibians ( Labyrinthodontia...

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POGONISELLA A NEW NAME FOR POGONIAS O'DOGHERTY 1994 (ACTINOPODA, RADIOLARIA) PREOCCUPIED BY POGONIAS LA CEPÈDE, 1801 (VERTEBRATA, ACTINOPTERYGII), NON ILLIGER, 1811 (VERTEBRATA, AVES)
Magazine article from: Journal of Paleontology; 11/1/2007; ; 545 words ; O'DOGHERTY (1994) ERECTED the genus Pogonias for a distinctive group of Cretaceous radiolarians characterized by a tetrahedral thoracic segment drawn out distally into divergent appendages and considered, from a stratigraphie point of view, as a useful marker for the Albian-Turonian interval. By
Community structure of small mammals (Insectivora, Rodentia) in the Kl'acianska Magura National Nature Reserve (Malá Fatra Mts., Western Carpathians)
Magazine article from: Folia Oecologica; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Carpathians). Folia oecol., 32: 59-67. The small mammal (Vertebrata) communities in the Kl'acianska Magura National Nature...forest, Mal Fatra Mts. Introduction The small mammal (Vertebrata) communities in the Kl'acianska Magura National Nature...
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News Wire article from: States News Service; 2/4/2010; 700+ words ; ...years ago, shows that the elaborate sensory structures used to sense the organism's movement are remarkably conserved among vertebrata. The results demonstrate an active process in the hair cells of an ancient bony fish, thus suggesting that the mechanism...
SNPs and Hox gene mapping in Ciona intestinalis.(Research article)(Single Nucleotide Polymorphism)
Magazine article from: BMC Genomics; 1/25/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...Tunicata as the sister group of vertebrates [1]. This new position rejects traditional views of a Tunicata - Cephalochordata - Vertebrata succession [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] and it casts new light on comparative studies [7]. The taxonomic status of C. intestinalis...
A high-affinity hemoglobin is expressed in the notochord of amphioxus, Branchiostoma californiense.
Magazine article from: The Biological Bulletin; 12/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...phyla of animals (1,2). In the phylum Chordata, although Hb is nearly universally expressed in members of the subphylum Vertebrata, it has not been identified in any members of the subphyla Urochordata or Cephalochordata. However, these groups of animals...
Toads give you warts--not!(herpetology, study and teaching)
Magazine article from: Science Activities; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...The class Reptilia includes turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, and crocodiles. Both classes belong to the phylum Vertebrata. Major differences between reptiles and amphibians can be found both internally and externally. Generally, reptiles have...
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Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 10/5/1998; 700+ words ; ...name (frog), branch of zoology (herpetology), or by classification in the animal kingdom (phylum chordata, subphylum vertebrata, class amphibia). Parents who have used the site rave about how convenient it is. In May, Anne Sullivan's fourth...
The best ten-squares.
Magazine article from: Word Ways; 5/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...still not been recovered from China [Middle Pliocene Micromammals from the Tianzhu Locality (Gansu Province), S. Zheng, Vertebrata PalAsiatica, Vol XX, no. 2, Apr 1982] COLDNOSERS slang for hunting dogs that follow cold trails. How he did it is common...
Studies conducted at St. Francis Xavier University on phycology recently published.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 10/2/2009; 700+ words ; ...abundance of sympatric epiphytes. Our model system was the assemblage of Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jol. and its epiphytes Vertebrata lanosa (L.) T. A. Chr. [= Polysiphonia lanosa (L.) Tandy], Elachista fucicola (Velley) Aresch., and Pylaiella...
Oldest Vertebrate Remains
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/4/1988; ; 477 words ; ...and Australia. They are the most complete specimens known and appear to represent a new species. The zoological subphylum Vertebrata includes all animals with spinal columns: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. As the earliest example of a...