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  • Such an extreme aerodynamic separation between left and right sets the bumblebee Bombus terrestris apart from most other flying animals.

    Flight Of The Bumble Bee | Impact Lab 2009

  • The large intact grasslands of the savanna and surrounding habitats support diverse mammal populations which include giant anteater Myrmecophaga tridactyla (VU), giant armadillo Priodontes maximus (EN), jaguar Panthera onca, puma Puma concolor and Brazilian tapir Tapirus terrestris (VU).

    Canaima National Park, Venezuela 2009

  • Good populations of tapir Tapirus terrestris (NT), brocket deer Mazama sp. and jaguar Pantera onca (NT) inhabit the upland humid forests.

    Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Bolivia 2008

  • Status and action plan of the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris).

    Bolivian Yungas 2008

  • Larger and widespread mammals include peccaries (Tayassu tajacu and Tayassu pecari), tapir (Tapirus terrestris), jaguars (Panthera onca), and deer (Mazama americana).

    Rio Negro campinarana 2008

  • These include the Ryukyu pigeon (Columba jouyi) and Bonin wood-pigeon (C. versicolor), the Bonin thrush (Zoothera terrestris), and the Bonin grosbeak (Chaunoproctus ferreorostris), a monotypic genus.

    Biological diversity in Japan 2008

  • Other herbal treatments for erectile dysfunction include horny goat weed, cuscuta seed extract or semen cuscutae, tribulus terrestris or puncture vine, damiana or turnera aphrodisiaca.

    Herbal Remedies for Erectile Dysfunction 2008

  • Although this ecoregion is strong in montane endemism, other more wide-ranging, lowland dwelling Neotropical mammals are also likely, including species such as lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) and jaguar (Panthera onca).

    Bolivian Yungas 2008

  • Fauna recorded within the park include giant otter Pteronura brasiliensis (V), La Plata otter Lutra platensis, coatimundi Nasua nasua, ocelot Felis pardalis, jaguar Panthera onca, puma Felis concolor, margay Leopardus wiedii, brocket deer Mazama rufina (LR) and American tapir Tapirus terrestris (LR).

    Iguacu National Park, Brazil 2008

  • Elsewhere in lower forests, spectacled bear Tremarctos ornatus (VU), giant otter Pteronura brasiliensis (EN) jaguar Panthera onca, ocelot Felis pardalis, margay F. wiedii, lowland tapir Tapirus terrestris (VU), white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus clavium, brocket deer Mazama rufina and northern pudu deer Pudu mephistophiles, and are found.

    Sangay National Park, Ecuador 2008

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