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    Domestic Goat

    Capra aegagrus hircus
    7 herbivore2
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    There are over three hundred distinct breeds of domesticated goats worldwide.


     

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    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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    Large Earth Bumblebee

    Bombus terrestris
    4 herbivore2
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    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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    Tennessee Warbler

    Oreothlypis peregrina
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    • Despite its common name, Oreothlypis peregrina neither breeds nor over-winters in the state of Tennessee.



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    The Tennessee Warbler, Oreothlypis peregrina, is a New World warbler. It breeds in northern North America across Canada and the northern USA. It ismigratory, wintering in southern Central America and northern Colombia and Venezuela, with a few stragglers going as far south as Ecuador. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. This bird was named from a specimen collected in Tennessee where it may appear [...]

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    Red Paper Wasp

    Polistes annularis
    4 omnivore2
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    • Polistes annularis forms its papery nests in trees, shrubs and some buildings.
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    Paper wasps are 3⁄4 to 1 inch (1.9 to 2.5 cm)-long wasps that gather fibers from dead wood and plant stems, which they mix with saliva, and use to construct water-resistant nests made of gray or brown papery material. Paper wasps are also sometimes called umbrella wasps, due to the distinctive design of their nests[1] [...]

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    White Tiger

    Panthera tigris
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    • Panthera tigris has a MOVE of 2.

    • The white tiger is not a separate subspecies of tiger. Its white fur is the result of a genetic colour morph.
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    White tigers are a color morph of any subspecies of tiger whose fur is white or almost white with black to light ash-grey stripes, though it is not a separate subspecies itself. To date, the only known white tigers have been from the Bengal tiger subspecies.[1] Compared to normal coloured tigers without the white gene, white tigers [...]

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    Horned Puffin

    Fratercula corniculata
    5 carnivore3
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    Fratercula corniculata has a FLIGHT of 2.


    Fratercula corniculata nest in bluffs of fractured rock or crevices in cliff faces near the shoreline.

     

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    The Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata) is an auk, similar in appearance to the Atlantic Puffin; this bird’s bill is yellow at the base and red at the tip. It is a pelagic seabird that feeds primarily by diving for fish. It nests in colonies, often with other auks. The yellow bill plate grows before the breeding season and is shed [...]

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