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Maleo

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The maleo (Macrocephalon maleo) is a large megapode and the only member of the monotypic genus Macrocephalon. [1]

25 relations: Ant, Beach, Beetle, Bird egg, CITES, Egg incubation, Endangered species, Endemism, Geothermal gradient, Indonesia, Invertebrate, IUCN Red List, Megapode, Mollusca, Monitor lizard, Monotypic taxon, Predation, Reticulated python, Salomon Müller, Sand, Seed, Suina, Sulawesi, Termite, Volcano.

Ant

Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera.

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Beach

A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles.

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Beetle

Beetles are a group of insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Endopterygota.

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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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CITES

CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals.

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Egg incubation

Incubation refers to the process by which certain oviparous (egg-laying) animals hatch their eggs; it also refers to the development of the embryo within the egg.

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Endangered species

An endangered species is a species which has been categorized as very likely to become extinct.

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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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Geothermal gradient

Geothermal gradient is the rate of increasing temperature with respect to increasing depth in the Earth's interior.

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Indonesia

Indonesia (or; Indonesian), officially the Republic of Indonesia (Republik Indonesia), is a transcontinental unitary sovereign state located mainly in Southeast Asia, with some territories in Oceania.

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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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IUCN Red List

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List), founded in 1964, has evolved to become the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species.

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Megapode

The megapodes, also known as incubator birds or mound-builders, are stocky, medium-large, chicken-like birds with small heads and large feet in the family Megapodiidae.

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Mollusca

Mollusca is a large phylum of invertebrate animals whose members are known as molluscs or mollusksThe formerly dominant spelling mollusk is still used in the U.S. — see the reasons given in Gary Rosenberg's.

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Monitor lizard

The monitor lizards are large lizards in the genus Varanus.

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Monotypic taxon

In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon.

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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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Reticulated python

The reticulated python (Python reticulatus) is a species of python found in South Asia and Southeast Asia.

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Salomon Müller

Dr.

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Sand

Sand is a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.

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Seed

A seed is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering.

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Suina

The suborder Suina (also known as Suiformes) is a lineage of omnivorous non-ruminant artiodactyl mammals that includes the pigs and peccaries of the families Suidae and Tayassuidae and their fossil kin.

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Sulawesi

Sulawesi, formerly known as Celebes, is an island in Indonesia.

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Termite

Termites are eusocial insects that are classified at the taxonomic rank of infraorder Isoptera, or as epifamily Termitoidae within the cockroach order Blattodea.

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Volcano

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

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Macrocephalon, Macrocephalon maleo, Megapode Maleo, Megapodio Maleo, Mégapode Maléo, Talegalo Maleo, Talégalo Maleo.

References

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

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