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    Red Panda

    Ailurus fulgens
    6 omnivore3
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    5 POINTS


    Ailurus fulgens has a MOVE of 2.


    Red pandas have a wide range of vocalisations, the most peculiar of which is a 'quack-snort.'

    Cool, Warm
    Image by Alexandria Neonakis alexneonakis.com/

    The red panda (Ailurus fulgens, or shining-cat), is a small arboreal mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China.[2] It is the only species of the genus Ailurus. Slightly larger than a domestic cat, it has reddish-brown fur, a long, shaggy tail, and a waddling gait due to its shorter front legs. It feeds [...]

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    Southern Carmine Bee-Eater

    Merops nubicoides
    5 carnivore3
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    7 POINTS


    Merops nubicoides has a FLIGHT of 2.


    Merops nubicoides is a highly sociable species, and can be found across sub-equatorial Africa.

    Warm, Hot

    The Southern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) (formerly Carmine Bee-eater) occurs across sub-equatorial Africa, ranging from KwaZulu-Natal and Namibia to Gabon, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kenya.    This species, like other bee-eaters, is a richly coloured,striking bird, predominantly carmine in colouration, but with the crown and undertail coverts blue. Its usual habitat included [...]

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    Rosemary Beetle

    Chrysolina americana
    4 herbivore2
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    4 POINTS


    Chrysolina americana has a MOVE of 2.


    Chrysolina americana was first discovered in the United Kingdom in 1994.

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    Chrysolina americana is a type of beetle native to Southern Europe, despite the species name americana. Commonly known as the ‘Rosemary Beetle’ it feeds on rosemary and lavender. This species was first discovered living outdoors in the United Kingdom in 1994. By 2002 it had become widespread in the London area, and spreading rapidly throughout. Although it is susceptible to some pesticides, [...]

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    Domestic Goat

    Capra aegagrus hircus
    7 herbivore2
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    3 POINTS


    • Capra aegagrus hircus has a MOVE of 2


    There are over three hundred distinct breeds of domesticated goats worldwide.


     

    Cool, Warm

    The domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family and is closely related to the sheep as both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae. There are over three hundred distinct breeds of goat.[1] Female goats are referred to as does or nannies, intact males as bucks [...]

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    Aleppo Pine

    Pinus halepensis
    9 photosynthetic1
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    1 POINT


    • Pinus halepensis has a SPREAD of 2


    Pinus halepensis is considered an invasive species in South Africa and Southern Australia.

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    Pinus halepensis, commonly known as the Aleppo Pine, is a pine native to the Mediterranean region. Their range extends from Morocco and Spain north to southern France, Italy and Croatia, and east to Greece and northern Tunisia, and Libya, with an outlying population (from which it was first described) in Syria, Lebanon, southern Turkey, Jordan, [...]

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    Large Earth Bumblebee

    Bombus terrestris
    4 herbivore2
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    4 POINTS


    Bombus terrestris has a MOVE of 2.


    Bombus terrestris can find its nest from as far as 13 kilometres away!

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    Bombus terrestris, the buff-tailed bumblebee or large earth bumblebee is one of the most numerous bumblebee species in Europe. The queen is 2–2.7 cm long, while the workers are 1½–2 cm. The latter are characterized by their white-ended abdomens and look (apart from their yellowish bands being darker in direct comparison) just like those of the white-tailed bumblebee, B. lucorum, a close [...]

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