Chordata

Duck-billed Platypus

Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Scale 6 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia

8 POINTS

Play: The platypus has a MOVE of 2 and must feed off of a FRESHWATER TERRAIN card.
Fact: The platypus is only one of a very few mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth.

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Graphic by David Orrwww.davidorogenic.com
The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) also known as the duck-billed platypus is asemiaquatic egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth. It is the sole living representative of its […] read more

Panther Chameleon

Furcifer pardalis
Scale 6 Diat: omnivore , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia

3 POINTS

Play: This cameleon has a MOVE of 2.
Fact: The panther chameleons have very long tongues which can extend at around 26 body lengths per second

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Graphic by David Orrwww.davidorogenic.com
The panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) is a species of chameleon found in the eastern and northern parts of Madagascar[3] in a tropical forest biome. Additionally, it has been introduced toRéunion and Mauritius. Male panther chameleons can grow up to 20 inches in length, with a typical length of around 17 in (45 cm). Females are smaller, at about […] read more

Megatherium

Megatherium americanum
Scale 9 Diat: herbivore , Hierachy 2
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Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia

4 POINTS

Play: Megatherium has a MOVE of 2 and is EXTINCT.
“To my great joy I found the head of some large animal, imbedded in a soft rock. — It took me nearly 3 hours to get it out: As far as I am able to judge, it is allied to the Rhinoceros.” Darwin, 1832: On finding a Megatherium specimen.

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Graphic by Rachel Ignotofskywww.rachelignotofskydesign.com/
Megatherium (/mɛɡəˈθɪəriəm/ meg-ə-theer-ee-əm from the Greek mega [μέγας], meaning “great”, and therion[θηρίον], “beast”) was a genus of elephant-sized ground sloths endemic to South America that lived from the late Pliocene through the end of the Pleistocene.[1] Its size was exceeded by only a few other land mammals, including mammoths and Paraceratherium. The first fossil specimen […] read more

Chile Darwin’s Frog

Rhinoderma rufum
Scale 4 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Chordata, Amphibia

7 POINTS

Play: This frog has a MOVE of 2.
Fact: The Chile Darwin’s frog is currently listed as “Critically Endangered” by the IUCN, but as there have been no confirmed sightings since around 1978, it may be EXTINCT.

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Graphic by Golly Bardgollybard.blogspot.ca/
The Chile Darwin’s frog (Rhinoderma rufum), also called the Northern Darwin’s frog,[2] is one of only two members of the family Rhinodermatidae. It is endemic to central Chile. The Chile Darwin’s frog has a snout to vent length of about 32 mm (1.3 in). It has a fleshy proboscis, slender limbs and feet webbed between the first […] read more

Fitzroy Dolphin

Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Scale 8 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia

8 POINTS

Play: This dolphin has a MOVE of 2.
Fact: Darwin described this species as Delphinus fitzroyi from a specimen harpooned off Argentina in 1838.

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Graphic by Rachel Ignotofskywww.rachelignotofskydesign.com/
Photo by AllenMcCcommons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DuskyDolphin.jpg
The dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) is a dolphin found in coastal waters in the Southern Hemisphere. Its specific epithet is Latin for “dark” or “dim”. It is very closely genetically related to the Pacific white-sided dolphin, but current scientific consensus holds they are distinct species.  Charles Darwin also described what turned out to be this […] read more

Darwin’s Tanager

Pipraeidea darwinii
Scale 5 Diat: omnivore , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Chordata, Aves

3 POINTS

Play: Darwin’s Tanager has a FLIGHT of 2.
Fact: The Darwin’s Tanager is considered a separate subspecies from the blue and yellow tanager, because it has a green back instead of a black one.

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Graphic by Robert Ballwww.robertmball.com/
The blue-and-yellow tanager (Pipraeidea bonariensis) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, thetanagers. It is found in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, extreme northern border Chile, andAndean Peru and Ecuador. Some southern region birds migrate northeastwards in the austral winter into eastern Bolivia and northeastern Argentina; also Paraguay where the birds are only […] read more