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  • 'Identification of the dwarf spotted wobbegong was a little more complicated, because we initially thought the specimens we had were juveniles of the spotted wobbegong species, or Orectolobus maculatus.

    Archive 2008-02-01 2008

  • Fish include leopard catfish Pimelodus maculatus and P. clarias.

    Iguazú National Park, Argentina 2008

  • The mammals include a number of well-known animals such as the eastern grey kangaroo Macropus giganteus, the red-necked wallaby M. rufogriseus, wallaroo M. robustus, koala Phasocarctos cinereus and wombat Vombatus ursinus, the greater glider Petaurus volans, the squirrel glider P. norfolcensis, mountain brushtailed possum Trichosurus caninus; also the rarer spotted-tailed quoll Dasyurus maculatus (VU), long-nosed potoroo Potorous tridactylus (VU), yellow-bellied glider Petaurus australis and brush-tailed rock wallaby Petrogale penicillata (VU).

    Greater Blue Mountains Area, Australia 2009

  • The spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus maculatus), white-tailed rat (Uromys caudimaculatus), frugivorous birds, and the palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus) all utilize these corridors.

    Cape York tropical savanna 2008

  • These are being replaced by more halophytic Ammi visnaga and Scolymus maculatus.

    Ichkeul National Park, Tunisia 2008

  • Endangered mammals present include the spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus gracilis EN), which may be declining as a result of cane toad (Bufo marinus) expansion.

    Cape York tropical savanna 2008

  • Both the spotted-tail (Dasyurus maculatus) and eastern quoll (D. viverrinus) are found here, as are larger herbivores, the red-necked wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) and the eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus).

    Tasmanian temperate forests 2008

  • A gallery of Mimosa asperata and Salix chevalieri grows along watercourses above a Cyperus maculatus understory.

    Inner Niger Delta flooded savanna 2008

  • Of these isolated species, spotted-tailed quoll Dasyurus maculatus, is one of the largest and most ferocious of the carnivorous marsupials.

    Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site, Australia 2008

  • Reptiles are the only vertebrate group with any level of endemism, with only three of these being strict endemics (the chameleon Chamaeleo tornieri, and the lizards Playsaurus lineicauda and P. maculatus).

    Eastern Miombo woodlands 2007

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