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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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classification: Chordata
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Bull
Bos taurus
Sorry, there is no photo available. If you have one, please submit here.4 POINTS
• Bos taurus has a MOVE of 2. A wild, young, unmarked bull is known as a micky in Australia.Cool, WarmImage by sutakaibagirl sutakaibagirl.deviantart.com/A bull is an intact (i.e., not castrated) adult male of the species Bos taurus (cattle). More muscular and aggressive than the female of the species, the cow, the bull has long been an important symbol in many cultures, and plays a significant role in both beef and dairy farming, and in a variety of other cultural activities. The [...]
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Scarlet Macaw
Ara macao
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• Ara macao has a FLIGHT of 2.
• Ara macao make very loud, high & sometimes low-pitched, throaty sounds that can be heard from many miles away.WarmImage by Drewho drewho.deviantart.com/The Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) is a large, colorful macaw. It is native to humid evergreen forests in the American tropics. Range extends from extreme south-eastern Mexico to Amazonian Peru, Bolivia and Brazil in lowlands up to 500 m (1,640 ft) (at least formerly) up to 1,000 m (3,281 ft). It has suffered from local extinction through habitat destruction and capture for the parrot trade, but locally [...]
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African Sacred Ibis
Threskiornis aethiopicus
Sorry, there is no photo available. If you have one, please submit here.9 POINTS
• Threskiornis aethiopicus has a FLIGHT of 2.
• Threskiornis aethiopicus must be placed adjacent to at least one WATER based containing card.WarmImage by jrtracey jrtracey.deviantart.com/The African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) is a species of wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae, which breeds in sub-Saharan Africa, southeastern Iraq, and formerly in Egypt, where it was venerated and often mummified as a symbol of the god Thoth. It has also been introduced into France, Italy, Spain, and the United States (S. Florida). The bird nests in tree colonies, often with other [...]
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Nine-banded Armadillo
Dasypus novemcinctus
Sorry, there is no photo available. If you have one, please submit here.6 POINTS
• Dasypus novemcinctus has a MOVE of 2.
Unlike some other armadillos, Dasypus novemcinctusi cannot roll itself into a ball.WarmImage by Drewho drewho.deviantart.com/The Nine-Banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), or the nine-banded long-nosed armadillo (and colloquially as the poor man’s pig orpoverty pig), is a species of armadillo found in North, Central, and South America, making it the most widespread of the armadillos.[2] Its ancestors originated in South America and remained there until 3 million years ago when the formation of the Isthmus of Panama allowed them to [...]
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Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulata
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• Aix galericulata has a FLIGHT of 2.
• Aix galericulata must be placed adjacent to at least one FRESH-WATER containing card.Cool, WarmImage by saffhire-phoenix saffhire-phoenix.deviantart.com/The Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata), or just Mandarin, is a medium-sized perching duck, closely related to the North American Wood Duck. It is 41–49 cm long with a 65–75 cm wingspan. The adult male is a striking and unmistakable bird. It has a red bill, large white crescent above the eye and reddish face and “whiskers”. The breast is purple with two [...]
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Rock Pigeon
Columba livia


2 POINTS
• Columba livia has a FLIGHT of 3.
• Columba livia is considered to be an INVASIVE species of Aves cards of identical scale and food chain rank.
Cool, WarmImage by Emma-Jayne Saanen www.urbanimal.co.ukTexasEagle www.flickr.com/people/texaseagle/The Rock Pigeon (Columba livia), or Rock Dove, is a member of the bird familyColumbidae (doves and pigeons).[3] In common usage, this bird is often simply referred to as the “pigeon”. The species includes the domestic pigeon, and escaped domestic pigeons have given rise to the Feral Pigeon.[4] Wild Rock Pigeons are pale grey with two black bars on each wing, [...]
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CARD ATTRIBUTES DESCRIPTION
Top Left: COMMON NAME, LATIN NAME
Top Right: SCALE#, FOODCHAIN#, DIET (photosynthetic | molecular carbon | herbivore | omnivore | carnivore)
Middle: CLASSIFICATION (Kingdom, Phyla/Division, Class)
Middle Text: (currently blank) SPECIAL ABILITIES
Bottom Graphic: TERRAIN (desert | freshwater | forest | grassland | ocean | tundra | urban)
Bottom Left: ARTIST NAME, ARTIST URL
Bottom Right: CLIMATE (cold | cool | warm | hot)
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