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School cards widget.- Phylo (or if you rather use our preferred term of endearment, Phylomon), is many things. It is:
1. A card game that makes use of the wonderful, complex and inspiring things that inform the notion of biodiversity.
2. An exercise in crowd sourcing, open access, and open source game development.
3. Freakin' awesome!


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West Indian Manatee
Trichechus manatus


3 POINTS
• Trichechus manatus has as MOVE of 2.
• Trichechus manatus uses its large tail to propel itself forward.
Cool, WarmImage by soyrwoo soyrwoo.deviantart.com/Keith Ramos www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsendspAs its name implies, the West Indian manatee lives in the West Indies, or Caribbean, generally in shallow coastal areas. However, it is known to withstand large changes in water salinity, and so has also been found in shallow rivers and estuaries. They can live in fresh water, saline water, and even brackish water. It is limited to the [...]
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Pool Frog
Pelophylax lessonae


6 POINTS
• Pelophylax Lessonae has a MOVE of 2.
• Pelophylax Lessonae is common in Poland, the Baltic Republics, Moldova, Russia and the Ukraine.
Cool, WarmImage by Martha Iserman www.bigredsharks.comPiet Spaans en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RanaLessonae1.JPGThe Pool Frog (Pelophylax lessonae) is a European frog. It is one of only four amphibian species recognized by the UK government as protected under its Biodiversity Action Plan. The reasons for declining populations are decreased pond habitat from human encroachment and also air pollution leading to over-nitrification of pond waters. Its specific name was [...]
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American Bison
Bison bison


5 POINTS
• Bison bison has a MOVE of 2.
• The American Bison is one of the largest land mammals in North America.
Cold, Cool, WarmImage by Martha Iserman www.bigredsharks.comThimindu Goonatillake www.flickr.com/people/thimindu/The American bison (Bison bison), also commonly known as the American buffalo, is a North Americanspecies of bison that once roamed the grasslands of North America in massive herds. Their range once roughly comprised a triangle between the Great Bear Lake in Canada‘s far northwest, south to the Mexican states ofDurango and Nuevo León, and east along the western boundary of the Appalachian Mountains.[2] Because ofcommercial [...]
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Mountain Kingfisher
Syma megarhyncha
Sorry, there is no photo available. If you have one, please submit here.7 POINTS
• Syma megarhyncha has a MOVE of 2.
• Syma megarhyncha is found in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
Cool, Warm, HotImage by turtle-rn turtle-rn.deviantart.com/The Mountain Kingfisher (Syma megarhyncha) is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist mountains. All kingfishers are short-tailed large-headed compact birds with long pointed bills. Like other Coraciiformes, they are [...]
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Blue-headed Pitta
Pitta baudii
Sorry, there is no photo available. If you have one, please submit here.8 POINTS
• Pitta baudii has a FLIGHT of 2.
• Pitta baudii can smash open snail shells by banging them upon tree roots and rocks.
Warm, HotImage by turtle-rn turtle-rn.deviantart.com/The Blue-headed Pitta, Pitta baudii, is a species of bird in the pitta family Pittidae. The species is endemic to the island of Borneo, where it occurs inBrunei, Kalimantan (Indonesia), Sarawak and Sabah (Malaysia). Its natural habitat is tropical lowland evergreen forests. While it does occur in disturbed of secondary forests, it is most common in primary forest. It usually occurs below 600 m (2,000 ft), it has been [...]
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Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Sorry, there is no photo available. If you have one, please submit here.3 POINTS
• Mimus polyglottos has a FLIGHT of 2.
• Mimus polyglottos is one of the loudest and most vocal of all birds.
Cool, WarmImage by Jacqueline Rae jacquelinerae.deviantart.com/The Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos, is the only mockingbird commonly found in North America. This species was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758 as Turdus polyglottos.[2] The Northern Mockingbird breeds in southeastern Canada, the United States, northern Mexico, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands and the Greater Antilles. It is replaced further south by its closest living relative, the Tropical Mockingbird. The Socorro Mockingbird, an endangered species, is [...]
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Top Right: SCALE#, FOODCHAIN#, DIET (photosynthetic | molecular carbon | herbivore | omnivore | carnivore)
Middle: CLASSIFICATION (Kingdom, Phyla/Division, Class)
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Bottom Right: CLIMATE (cold | cool | warm | hot)
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