Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Predation by tigers on denned brown bears was not detected during a study carried between 1993 and 2002. [48] Ussuri brown bears, along with the smaller black bears constitute 2.1% of the Siberian tiger's annual diet, of which 1.4% are brown bears. [49] [50] The effect the presence of tigers has on brown bear behavior seems to vary.
In 1758, Carl Linnaeus described the tiger in his work Systema Naturae and gave it the scientific name Felis tigris, as the genus Felis was being used for all cats at the time. His scientific description was based on descriptions by earlier naturalists such as Conrad Gessner and Ulisse Aldrovandi. [2]
Many species have "hairy" caterpillars that are popularly known as woolly bears or woolly worms. The scientific name Arctiinae refers to this hairiness (Gk. αρκτος = a bear). Some species within the Arctiinae have the word "tussock"' in their common names because they have been misidentified as members of the Lymantriinae subfamily based ...
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 ]
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population [a] Clouded leopard. N. nebulosa (Griffith, 1821) Scattered Southeast Asia and southern China (current in red, historical range in green) Size: 69–108 cm (27–43 in) long, 61–91 cm (24–36 in) tail [80] Habitat: Forest and shrubland [81]
The results are in! The twin Siberian tigers that were welcomed at Ohio's Toledo Zoo in September have finally been named. With more than 10,000 votes from a contest that TODAY helped to launch ...
Felis tigris was the scientific name used by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 for the tiger. [1] It was subordinated to the genus Panthera by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1929. Bengal is the traditional type locality of the species and the nominate subspecies Panthera tigris tigris .
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!