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54 relations: Anders Sparrman, Animal, Bembidion, Binomial nomenclature, Bird, Bird egg, Bird nest, Canterbury, Chatham Island, Chordate, Department of Conservation (New Zealand), Dune, Earthworm, Endemism, Family (biology), Ferret, Fiordland, Flightless bird, Gallirallus, Genetic diversity, Gruiformes, Inflammation, Invertebrate, Iwi, James Cook, Johann Georg Wagler, Kapiti Island, Lake Wakatipu, Lake Wanaka, Larva, Māori language, Māori people, Montane ecosystems, Nelson, New Zealand, New Zealand, North Island, Northland Region, Omnivore, Parasitism, Pig Island (New Zealand), Pigeon Island (New Zealand), Pitt Island, Poverty Bay, Predation, Rail (bird), Roadkill, Rocky shore, South Island, Stewart Island, Stoat, ..., Subspecies, Vulnerable species, Weta, Woodlouse. Expand index (4 more) »
Anders Sparrman
Anders Sparrman (27 February 1748, Tensta, Uppland – 9 August 1820) was a Swedish naturalist, abolitionist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.
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Animal
Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.
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Bembidion
Bembidion is the largest genus of beetles in the family Carabidae by number of species.
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Binomial nomenclature
Binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system") also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages.
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Bird
Birds, also known as Aves, are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.
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Bird egg
Bird eggs are laid by the females and incubated for a time that varies according to the species; a single young hatches from each egg.
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Bird nest
A bird nest is the spot in which a bird lays and incubates its eggs and raises its young.
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Canterbury
Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a local government district of Kent, England.
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Chatham Island
Chatham Island is by far the largest island of the Chatham Islands group, in the south Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of New Zealand.
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Chordate
A chordate is an animal belonging to the phylum Chordata; chordates possess a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail, for at least some period of their life cycle.
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Department of Conservation (New Zealand)
The Department of Conservation (DOC) (Māori: Te Papa Atawhai) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with the conservation of New Zealand's natural and historical heritage.
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Dune
In physical geography, a dune is a hill of loose sand built by aeolian processes (wind) or the flow of water.
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Earthworm
An earthworm is a tube-shaped, segmented worm found in the phylum Annelida.
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Endemism
Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.
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Ferret
The ferret (Mustela putorius furo) is the domesticated form of the European polecat, a mammal belonging to the same genus as the weasel, Mustela of the family Mustelidae.
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Fiordland
Fiordland is a geographic region of New Zealand in the south-western corner of the South Island, comprising the western-most third of Southland.
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Flightless bird
Flightless birds are birds that through evolution lost the ability to fly.
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Gallirallus
Gallirallus is a genus that contains about a dozen living, and several recently extinct, species of rails that live in the Australasian-Pacific region.
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Genetic diversity
Genetic diversity is the total number of genetic characteristics in the genetic makeup of a species.
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Gruiformes
The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity.
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Inflammation
Inflammation (from inflammatio) is part of the complex biological response of body tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants, and is a protective response involving immune cells, blood vessels, and molecular mediators.
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Invertebrate
Invertebrates are animals that neither possess nor develop a vertebral column (commonly known as a backbone or spine), derived from the notochord.
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Iwi
Iwi are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society.
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James Cook
Captain James Cook (7 November 1728Old style date: 27 October14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy.
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Johann Georg Wagler
Johann Georg Wagler (28 March 1800 – 23 August 1832) was a German herpetologist.
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Kapiti Island
Kapiti Island is an island about off the west coast of the lower North Island of New Zealand.
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Lake Wakatipu
Lake Wakatipu is an inland lake (finger lake) in the South Island of New Zealand.
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Lake Wanaka
Lake Wanaka is located in the Otago region of New Zealand, at an altitude of 300 metres.
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Larva
A larva (plural: larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults.
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Māori language
Māori, also known as te reo ("the language"), is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken by the Māori people, the indigenous population of New Zealand.
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Māori people
The Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand.
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Montane ecosystems
Montane ecosystems refers to any ecosystem found in mountains.
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Nelson, New Zealand
Nelson (Whakatū) is a city on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay.
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New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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North Island
The North Island (Māori: Te Ika-a-Māui) is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the slightly larger but much less populous South Island by Cook Strait.
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Northland Region
The Northland Region (Te Tai Tokerau) is the northernmost of New Zealand's 16 local government regions.
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Omnivore
Omnivore is a consumption classification for animals that have the capability to obtain chemical energy and nutrients from materials originating from plant and animal origin.
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Parasitism
In evolutionary biology, parasitism is a relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or in another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.
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Pig Island (New Zealand)
Pig Island (Mātau) is located in at the northern end of Lake Wakatipu in New Zealand near the township of Glenorchy.
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Pigeon Island (New Zealand)
Pigeon Island (Wāwāhi Waka) is located in at the northern end of Lake Wakatipu in New Zealand near the township of Glenorchy.
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Pitt Island
Pitt Island is the second largest island in the Chatham Archipelago, New Zealand.
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Poverty Bay
Poverty Bay (Tūranganui-a-kiwa) is the largest of several small bays on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island to the north of Hawke Bay.
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Predation
Predation is a biological interaction where a predator (a hunting animal) kills and eats its prey (the organism that is attacked).
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Rail (bird)
The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small- to medium-sized ground-living birds.
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Roadkill
Roadkill refers to an animal or animals that have been struck and killed by motor vehicles on highways.
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Rocky shore
A rocky shore is an intertidal area of seacoasts where solid rock predominates.
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South Island
The South Island (Māori: Te Waipounamu) is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island.
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Stewart Island
Stewart Island/Rakiura (commonly called Stewart Island) is the third-largest island of New Zealand.
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Stoat
The stoat (Mustela erminea), also known as the short-tailed weasel or simply the weasel in Ireland where the least weasel does not occur, is a mammal of the genus Mustela of the family Mustelidae native to Eurasia and North America, distinguished from the least weasel by its larger size and longer tail with a prominent black tip.
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Subspecies
In biological classification, the term subspecies refers to a unity of populations of a species living in a subdivision of the species’s global range and varies from other populations of the same species by morphological characteristics.
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Vulnerable species
A vulnerable species is one which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as likely to become endangered unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improve.
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Weta
Weta is the common name for a group of about 70 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand.
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Woodlouse
A woodlouse (plural woodlice) is a terrestrial isopod crustacean with a rigid, segmented, long exoskeleton and fourteen jointed limbs.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weka
