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- adjective
Wilson (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Wilson's ..."
Etymologies
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Species formally listed in the US as threatened include Hawaiian goose (nene) Branta sandvicensis, a terrestrial non-migratory goose; honeycreepers, namely akepa Loxops coccineus (R), akiapola'au Hemignathus wilsoni (E), and Hawaiian creeper Oreomystis mana; and Hawaiian petrel Pterodroma sandwichensis (E).
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North-facing slopes are dominated by a fir-spruce forest of Abies faxoniana with Picea wilsoni and dragon spruce P. asperata, south-facing slopes by a pine-spruce forest of Pinus tabulaeformis with Chinese white pine P. armandii and Picea asperata.
Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area, China 2009
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The East Sudanian Savanna is not typified by high rates of faunal endemism, with only one strictly endemic mammal (a mouse, Mus goundae, VU), and two strictly endemic reptiles (Rhamphiophis maradiensis and Panaspis wilsoni).
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The dominant conifers are Abies faxoniana, Picea asperata, P. wilsoni and purple-coned spruce P. purpurea (which is also being planted) with a sub-canopy of Betula albo-sinensisB. utilis, low Acer spp. and fountain bamboo Fargesia/Sinarundinaria nitida which suffered a major die-off after flowering in the 1970s and early 1980s, Fargesia denudata and F. chinensis.
Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area, China 2009
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There are, for example, several isolated populations (less than 400 pairs) of the North Island kokako (Callaeas cinerea wilsoni EN) scattered around these northern forest remnants.
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These include the last remaining population of the Cuban kite Chondrohierax wilsoni (CR - C2b) and an important population of the Cuban solenodon Solenodon cubanus (EN - A1cde).
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The area is of particular importance for several species are of particular conservation concern, notably ivory-billed woodpecker Campephilus principalis baird (CR - D), that is thought to be extinct, Cuban kite Chondrohierax wilsoni (CR - C2b), an endemic species whose populations has been so reduced that maybe just a few couples remain, and the Cuban solenodon Solenodon cubanus (EN - A1cde).
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Diphyllodes wilsoni, described by Mr. Cassin from a native skin in the rich museum of Philadelphia.
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Scott also visited it in the Discovery in 1901, when a new petrel was found which was afterwards called 'Oestrelata wilsoni,' after the same 'Uncle Bill' who was zoologist of both Scott's Expeditions.
The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 Apsley Cherry-Garrard 1922
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A still more rare and beautiful species than the last is the Diphyllodes wilsoni, described by Mr. Cassin from a native skin in the rich museum of Philadelphia.
The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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