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A Turkish sedan chair (tahtırevan), 1893 The Japanese Princess Mune's 18th-century palanquin (norimono), with an arabesque design in maki-e lacquer A late-18th-century English sedan chair at Eaton Hall. The litter is a class of wheelless vehicles, a type of human-powered transport, for the transport of people. Smaller litters may take the form ...
Group portrait of a woman in a kago, two bearers and a man using a carrying pole. Felice Beato, between 1863 and 1877. The basket of a kago was roughly 3 ft (0.91 m) long, and attached to bamboo uprights which were suspended by a large overhead single crossbeam.
Topographic map of Texas. This is a list of mammals of Texas. Mammals native to or immediately off the coast of the U.S. state of Texas are listed first. Introduced mammals, whether intentional or unintentional, are listed separately. The varying geography of Texas, the second largest state, provides a large variety of habitats for mammals.
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Toggle Animals in Japan subsection. 1.1 Mammals. 1.2 Birds. 1.3 Marine animals. 1.4 Fish. 1.5 Reptiles. ... Little Japanese horseshoe bat; Muennink's spiny rat ...
Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described—of which around 1 million are insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million in total. Animals range in size from 8.5 millionths of a metre to 33.6 metres (110 ft) long and have complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs .
In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans , an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners . [ 1 ]
Of the 33 species of bats in Texas, the Mexican free-tailed bat is the state's official flying mammal. The species is famous for its massive colonies in Texas, particularly under Austin’s ...