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These reptiles used to live around the world, but today, only one surviving species remains: the tuatara. This rare lizard-like creature is only found in New Zealand. The
The species with an EDGE score of 20 or higher are the mountain pygmy possum (25.1) and aye-aye (20.1). Only mammals have and EDGE score of 8 or higher. The non-mammal species with the highest EDGE score is the largetooth sawfish (7.4). The species with the highest ED scores are the pig-nosed turtle (149.7) and the narrow sawfish (125.1).
Aristotle considered whether different forms could have appeared, only the useful ones surviving.. Several philosophers of the classical era, including Empedocles [1] and his intellectual successor, the Roman poet Lucretius, [2] expressed the idea that nature produces a huge variety of creatures, randomly, and that only those creatures that manage to provide for themselves and reproduce ...
It is the only living species of bear native to South America, and the last remaining short-faced bear (subfamily Tremarctinae). Its closest relatives are the extinct Tremarctos floridanus , [ 4 ] and the giant short-faced bears ( Arctodus and Arctotherium ), which became extinct at the end of the Pleistocene around 12,000 years ago.
Spectacled bears are the only surviving species of bear native to South America, and the only surviving member of the subfamily Tremarctinae, the short-faced bears. Their range is the Andean Mountains from Venezuela to Chile. [1]
The three orangutan species are the only extant members of the subfamily Ponginae. This subfamily also includes extinct apes such as Lufengpithecus , which occurred 8–2 mya in southern China and Thailand; [ 20 ] : 50 Indopithecus , which lived in India from 9.2 to 8.6 mya; and Sivapithecus , which lived in India and Pakistan from 12.5 mya ...
A poll last year found that 81% of Republicans, 87% of independents, and 97% of Democrats believe the government should do more to help endangered species. Endangered species could help us survive ...
Islands often contain endemic species, species not found anywhere else, but those species are often related to species found on the nearest continent. Furthermore, islands often contain clusters of closely related species that have very different ecological niches , that is have different ways of making a living in the environment.