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The zorrilla Ictonyx striatus, or Striped Polecat, is considered the smelliest animal on earth.
The Smelliest Animal Ever? The Huffington Post 2011
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The zorrilla Ictonyx striatus, or Striped Polecat, is considered the smelliest animal on earth.
The Smelliest Animal Ever? The Huffington Post 2011
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Zorilla (striped polecat) Ictonyx striatus [lybica] is recorded.
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It is the only locality in the country for striped buttonquail Turnix sylvatica, bristled grass warbler Chaetornis striatus andslender-billed babbler Turdoides longirostris.
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Several squirrels are seen including eastern chipmunk Tamias striatus, red squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, grey squirrel Sciurus carolinensis and two types of flying squirrel, the southern Glaucomys volans and the northern endangered subspecies Carolina flying squirrel G. sabrinus coloratus (E).
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Notable reptiles include the chalcid skink (Chalcides ocellatus), gray monitor (Varanus griseus), snakes (Oligodon taeniolatus, Lycodon striatus, Coluber spinalis), and the Central Asian cobra (Naja oxiana).
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Nassau Groupers (Epinephelus striatus) tend to be somewhat territorial and can live in the same home range for a number of years.
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Interesting marsh birds found in the reclaimed areas include egrets Egretta alba, E. garzetta and E. intermedia, purple heron Ardea purpurea (a rare vagrant from Africa) and green-backed heron Butorides striatus, while birds of prey include osprey Pandion haliaetus, Pallas's sea-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus (R), white-bellied sea-eagle H. leucogaster, grey-headed fishing eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus, peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus, Oriential hobby F. severus, northern eagle owl Bubo bubo and brown fish owl Ketupa zeylonensis.
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A variety of endemic birds are present in this region, including Bolivian Recurvebill (Simoxenops striatus), Bolivian Blackbird (Oreopsar bolivianus), and a number of finches including Citron-headed Yellow Finch (Sicalis luteocephala) and Warbling Finches (Poospiza garleppi and P. boliviana).
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One example is burong dalag, a fermented rice-fish mixture using mudfish, Ophicephalus striatus.
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