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Lagopus

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Lagopus is a small genus of birds in the grouse subfamily commonly known as ptarmigans. [1]

35 relations: Alpine climate, Ancient Greek, Arctic, Bali myna, Bird, Bulgaria, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, Chronospecies, Eurasia, Fossil, Game (hunting), Grammatical gender, Great Britain, Grouse, Hare, Helm Identification Guides, Insect, Mathurin Jacques Brisson, Melanin, Piacenzian, Pleistocene, Predation, Prehistory, Red grouse, Rock ptarmigan, Scottish Gaelic, Snowshoe hare, Specific name (zoology), Taiga, Tundra, Varshets, Western Europe, White-tailed ptarmigan, Willow ptarmigan, Zanclean.

Alpine climate

Alpine climate is the average weather (climate) for the regions above the tree line.

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Ancient Greek

The Ancient Greek language includes the forms of Greek used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around the 9th century BC to the 6th century AD.

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Arctic

The Arctic is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth.

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Bali myna

The Bali myna (Leucopsar rothschildi), also known as Rothschild's mynah, Bali starling, or Bali mynah, locally known as jalak Bali, is a medium-sized (up to long), stocky myna, almost wholly white with a long, drooping crest, and black tips on the wings and tail.

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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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Bulgaria

Bulgaria (България, tr.), officially the Republic of Bulgaria (Република България, tr.), is a country in southeastern Europe.

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Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club

The Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club is an ornithological journal published by the British Ornithologists' Club (BOC).

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Chronospecies

A chronospecies is a species derived from a sequential development pattern which involves continual and uniform changes from an extinct ancestral form on an evolutionary scale.

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Eurasia

Eurasia is a combined continental landmass of Europe and Asia.

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Fossil

A fossil (from Classical Latin fossilis; literally, "obtained by digging") is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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Game (hunting)

Game or quarry is any animal hunted for sport or for food.

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Grammatical gender

In linguistics, grammatical gender is a specific form of noun class system in which the division of noun classes forms an agreement system with another aspect of the language, such as adjectives, articles, pronouns, or verbs.

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Great Britain

Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.

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Grouse

Grouse are a group of birds from the order Galliformes, in the family Phasianidae.

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Hare

Hares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus.

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Helm Identification Guides

The Helm Identification Guides are a series of books that identify groups of birds.

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Insect

Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum.

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Mathurin Jacques Brisson

Mathurin Jacques Brisson (30 April 1723 – 23 June 1806) was a French zoologist and natural philosopher.

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Melanin

Melanin (from μέλας melas, "black, dark") is a broad term for a group of natural pigments found in most organisms.

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Piacenzian

The Piacenzian is in the international geologic time scale the upper stage or latest age of the Pliocene.

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Pleistocene

The Pleistocene (often colloquially referred to as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch which lasted from about 2,588,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the world's most recent period of repeated glaciations.

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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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Prehistory

Human prehistory is the period between the use of the first stone tools 3.3 million years ago by hominins and the invention of writing systems.

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Red grouse

The red grouse, Lagopus lagopus scotica, is a medium-sized bird of the grouse family which is found in heather moorland in Great Britain and Ireland.

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Rock ptarmigan

The rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) is a medium-sized gamebird in the grouse family.

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Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic or Scots Gaelic, sometimes also referred to simply as Gaelic (Gàidhlig) or the Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland.

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Snowshoe hare

The snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus), also called the varying hare, or snowshoe rabbit, is a species of hare found in North America.

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Specific name (zoology)

In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet or species epithet) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen).

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Taiga

Taiga (p; from Turkic), also known as boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces and larches.

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Tundra

In physical geography, tundra is a type of biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons.

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Varshets

Varshets (Вършец, variously transliterated) is a spa town in Montana Province, northwestern Bulgaria.

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Western Europe

Western Europe is the region comprising the western part of Europe.

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White-tailed ptarmigan

The white-tailed ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura), also known as the snow quail, is the smallest bird in the grouse family.

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Willow ptarmigan

The willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) is a bird in the grouse subfamily Tetraoninae of the pheasant family Phasianidae.

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Zanclean

The Zanclean is the lowest stage or earliest age on the geologic time scale of the Pliocene.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagopus

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