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Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)Observer
barbpvtDescription
?cooper's hawk. On edge of forest near pond. Crow sized. First bird came in squawking like a crow. It did this for a long time until the second bird flew in and landed on the top of the hemlock tree.
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Striate Anglerfish (Antennarius striatus)Observer
caitlinwoodsDescription
In ~10cm water along the sandy lagoon shore at low tide. First time I have seen one in this location. Fish was ~10cm long
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Rio Grande Chirping Frog (Eleutherodactylus campi)Observer
sandboaDescription
I stopped to photograph this tarantula on the road and noticed it had a frog in its jaws. Seemed too big for E. cystignathoides? But I will call it that to get it "into the system" for opinions.
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Golden Toad (Incilius periglenes)Observer
dickcanningsDescription
photographed in captivity but collected nearby by others
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Golden Toad (Incilius periglenes)Observer
herpguyDescription
This pair of now extinct Golden Toads was photographed at the entrance to the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve where they were kept for visitors to the park to see since their observance in the wild was limited to only a few days a year during the onset of their breeding season (late May & early June). This species is sexually dimorphic, the males are bright orange or yellow and females are dark brown with red spots.
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Shiner Surfperch (Cymatogaster aggregata)Observer
anudibranchmomDescription
The fish please, NOT the Forsters Tern!!
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Waterside Feather Moss (Brachythecium rivulare)Observer
mjpapayDescription
- leaf distinctly pleated
- waterside habitat
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Turk's-cap Lily (Lilium superbum)Observer
waterfallrichDescription
exhibiting fasciation - along the Blue Ridge Parkway
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Müller's Gibbon (Hylobates muelleri)Observer
jeriraenaturalistDescription
This is my only photo that chronicles my watching this gibbon swinging from branch to branch and tree to tree in East Borneo/Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia in March of 1978
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Rorquals (Family Balaenopteridae)Observer
josecastaneda2Description
Ballena barbada varada en la Playa de Tampico en 1922
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Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias)Observer
nikosdiakatosbio8Description
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Pel's Pouched Bat (Saccolaimus peli)Observer
jakobDescription
Lang, H., Chapin, J.P., 1917. The American Museum Congo Expedition collection of bats. Part III. Field notes. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 37(18): 497-563.
"They may be considered typical of the region of equatorial rain-forests, as they seem to be absent from the bushveldt to the north of Niangara, although in the latter place they are still common. The large forest galleries along the Uele and its affluents evidently still furnish a suitable environment."
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Brown Trout (Salmo trutta)Observer
markmcgDescription
From the slide collection of the Australian Museum. Specimen registration number - AMS I.3372. Photographer unknown. Date to year only. MONARO DISTRICT : LAKE BUCKLEYS CROSSING (36° 27' S, 148° 57' E)
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North American Mountain Lion (Puma concolor ssp. couguar)Observer
vce14Description
The story of the last catamount found in Vermont can be read here: https://vermonthistory.org/explorer/people-places/animals-farm-wild/the-last-catamount-in-vermont
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Quagga (Equus quagga ssp. quagga)Observer
tonyrebeloDescription
Quagga - the unstriped zebra
Reference observation for the extinction collection: http://www.ispotnature.org/projects/extinct
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The plight of the Quagga is well documented. Wiki is quite reliable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quagga
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The Quagga was the southernmost distributed Plains Zebra, occurring south of the Orange River. Its habitat was the grasslands of the Grassveld and Nama Karoo in the EC, NC, WC, FS.
It went extinct during the 1870s, and the last captive animal died in Amsterdam in 1873.
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Concepts have oscillated between it being a species or subspecies, and the current consensus is that it was a subspecies and thus amenable to "recreation" by selecting those Quagga-like morphs of the Plains Zebra Equus quagga subsp. antiquorum (often known as subspecies burchellii or Burchells Zebra).
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See also:
http://www.wired.com/2009/08/dayintech_0812/
http://messybeast.com/extinct/quagga.htm
http://blog.nature.org/science/2014/10/13/quagga-can-an-extinct-animal-be-bred-back-into-existence/
The pictures shown for this observation are public domain and included here for reference and to fill in a taxon that is otherwise impossible to have on iNaturalist.
Posted by Tony Rebelo, southern African curator on iNaturaslist and SANBI representative: July 2015 (& migrated from iSpot in 2017).
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North Island Snipe (Coenocorypha barrierensis)Observer
aucklandmuseumDescription
Coenocorypha barrierensis
North Island Snipe
Holotype
Collected prior to 1871
Collected by: Bennett
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_naturalsciences-object-125988
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Eastern Hare Wallaby (Lagorchestes leporides)Observer
kenwDescription
Eastern Hare-wallaby
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus)Observer
jon_sullivanDescription
Hundreds of butterflies overwintering in kahikatea trees in Riccarton Bush (100 is a conservative estimate of numbers).
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus)Observer
jon_sullivanDescription
A monarch pupa (or chrysalis) attached to outdoor furniture in a suburban garden in Christchurch, 7 January 1991.
digital photo of a print photo
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Jaguar (Panthera onca)Observer
enriqueguadarramaDescription
Evidencia Fotográfica de presencia de jaguar en Nuevo León, conflicto asociado con ganado, al preguntar con la gente de la localidad es muy frecuente la observación de estos felinos en la zona.
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Jaguar (Panthera onca)Observer
enriqueguadarramaDescription
Evidencia fotográfica de presencia de Jaguar en Nuevo León desde 1957. asociado a confrontación con ganado vacuno.
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Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja)Observer
johngarrettPlace
Missing LocationDescription
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37408900
First Harpy Eagle documented in Costa Rica since 2009.
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Terciopelo (Bothrops asper)Observer
hubertszczDescription
B. asper eating what is most likely Trachops cirrhosus.
Note the Streblid flies still moving on the dead bat.
Check out my paper on this observation here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342792286_When_the_hunter_becomes_the_hunted_foraging_bat_attacked_by_pit_viper_at_frog_chorus
Observation of the same species of bat: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52429697
Observation of the Streblid flies: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52430393
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Golden Toad (Incilius periglenes)Observer
zacpetersonDescription
Date is approximate. 3 individuals (2 males & 1 female) seen sometime in April, 1987. My mother and father (@dmpeterson ) were living in Monteverde in the spring of 1987, staying with the Gavin family. I have been digitizing their old slides, and thought these ones were significant, so I uploaded them. The date and location are approximate, based on their best recollection.
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Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni)Observer
conuropsisDescription
Seen along the Escameca Grande River.
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cemillsDescription
Several species of Pandalus (shrimp) larvae ride Proboscidactyla flavicirrata medusae (diameter about 7 mm) in the late spring in the Salish Sea surface waters.
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Pied Bat (Glauconycteris superba)Observer
jakobDescription
Gembu Tungaluna, G.-C., Van Cakenberghe, V., Musaba Akawa, P., Dudu Akaibe, B., Verheyen, E., De Vree, F. & Fahr, J., 2013. Rediscovery of Glauconycteris superba Hayman, 1939 (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) after 40 years at Mbiye Island, Democratic Republic of the Congo. European Journal of Taxonomy (42): 1-18.
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Spotted Ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei)Observer
garryfletcherDescription
Predation by Glaucous winged Gull
https://www.racerocks.ca/hydrolagus-colliei-the-spotted-ratfish/
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Scalloped Bonnethead (Sphyrna corona)Observer
dawichoDescription
Fecha estimada
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Mozambique Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)Observer
colin25Description
Fish eaten by darter
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Mozambique Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)Observer
colin25Description
For what the bird was eating
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Mozambique Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)Observer
colin25Description
For the speared fish
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Mozambique Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)Observer
colin25Description
For the fish about to be swallowed
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Black-chinned Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber ssp. schencki)Observer
stoat77
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Star-nosed Mole (Condylura cristata)Observer
jeffhardingDescription
The subject is being held up by an American Crow.
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Letourneux's Jewel Cichlid (Rubricatochromis letourneuxi)Observer
lohraDescription
Looking for an ID on the fish. The Green Heron caught it at Wakodahatchee wetlands.
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Mozambique Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)Observer
colin25Description
Photo credits: Etienne de Beer.
For the fish.
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Three-toed Amphiuma (Amphiuma tridactylum)Observer
bradmoonDescription
Three-toed Amphiuma (Amphiuma tridactylum) being eaten by a Mud Snake (Farancia abacura). Found by Nick Haertle.
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Arboreal Salamander (Aneides lugubris)Observer
plainsashchalacaDescription
I found two (likely male) Arboreal Salamanders fighting to the death after a night of rain.
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Chacoan Horned Frog (Ceratophrys cranwelli)Observer
tapi45Description
Sapo intentando comer un gorrión??
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Sumatran Pine (Pinus merkusii)Observer
arnitaprasintaPlace
Wanajari, Mergolangu, Kalibawang, Kabupaten Wonosobo, Jawa Tengah 56373, Indonesia (Google, OSM)
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Freshwater Blenny (Salariopsis fluviatilis)Observer
karol_tabarelli_de_fatisDescription
ph Osvaldo Negra
