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  2. Family (biology) - Wikipedia

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    In fungal, algal, and botanical nomenclature, the family names of plants, fungi, and algae end with the suffix "-aceae", except for a small number of historic but widely used names including Compositae and Gramineae. [2] [3] In zoological nomenclature, the family names of animals end with the suffix "-idae". [4]

  3. List of commonly used taxonomic affixes - Wikipedia

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    Used for exceptionally large or widespread animals. Examples ... Used for early versions of animals and plants. Examples: ... of bird and fish orders. Examples ...

  4. List of model organisms - Wikipedia

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    The genus includes species with the rare trait of apomixis at the diploid level. [12] (Evolutionary ecology, Population genetics, Molecular ecology, Evolutionary biology, Ecological genetics) Selaginella moellendorffii, remnant of an ancient lineage of vascular plants that is key to understanding the evolution of land plants. It has a small ...

  5. List of genetic hybrids - Wikipedia

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    The naming of hybrid animals depends on the sex and species of the parents. The father giving the first half of his species' name and the mother the second half of hers. (I.e. a pizzly bear has a polar bear father and grizzly bear mother whereas a grolar bear's parents would be reversed.)

  6. List of fish families - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of fish families sorted alphabetically by scientific name. There are 525 families in the list.

  7. List of feeding behaviours - Wikipedia

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    Circular dendrogram of feeding behaviours A mosquito drinking blood (hematophagy) from a human (note the droplet of plasma being expelled as a waste) A rosy boa eating a mouse whole A red kangaroo eating grass The robberfly is an insectivore, shown here having grabbed a leaf beetle An American robin eating a worm Hummingbirds primarily drink nectar A krill filter feeding A Myrmicaria brunnea ...

  8. Order (biology) - Wikipedia

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    Orders of plants, fungi, and algae use the suffix -ales (e.g. Dictyotales). [3] Orders of birds and fishes [ 4 ] use the Latin suffix -iformes meaning 'having the form of' (e.g. Passeriformes ), but orders of mammals , Reptiles , Amphibians and invertebrates are not so consistent (e.g. Artiodactyla , Anura , Crocodylia , Actiniaria , Primates ).

  9. Outline of life forms - Wikipedia

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    A life form (also spelled life-form or lifeform) is an entity that is living, [1] [2] such as plants , animals , and fungi . It is estimated that more than 99% of all species that ever existed on Earth, amounting to over five billion species, [3] are extinct. [4] [5] Earth is the only celestial body known to harbor life forms. No form of ...