Month: February 2015
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Chinese White Dolphin
Read More: Chinese White DolphinOther name: Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin Chinese name: 中華白海豚 Family: 海豚科 Delphinidae Scientific name: Sousa chinensis Conservation status: 易危 VU 國家一級保護動物 CITES Appendix I Habitat: shallow coastal waters and estuaries Description: This is a marine mammal found in the coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, particularly in Southeast Asia, Australia, and parts of Africa. It…
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House Shrew
Read More: House ShrewOther name: Asian House Shrew, Grey Musk Shrew, Asian Musk Shrew,Indian Musk Shrew Chinese name: 臭鼩 Family: 鼩鼱科 Soricidae Scientific name: Suncus murinus Conservation status: 無危 LC Habitat: urban areas and forests Description: This is a small, insectivorous mammal widely distributed across South and Southeast Asia, as well as parts of East Africa and the Middle…
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Asian Gray Shrew
Read More: Asian Gray ShrewOther name: Grey Shrew, Indochinese Shrew, Asain Gray Shrew Chinese name: 灰麝鼩 Family: 鼩鼱科 Soricidae Scientific name: Crocidura attenuata Conservation status: 無危 LC Habitat: forests Description: This is a small, insectivorous mammal found in Southeast Asia. It has a slender body, pointed snout, and short, dense fur that is typically grayish-brown. Like other shrews, it has…
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Eurasian Otter
Read More: Eurasian OtterChinese name: 水獺 Family: 鼬科 Mustelidae Scientific name: Lutra lutra Conservation status: 國家二級保護動物 CITES Appendix I Habitat: wetland and coastal areas Description: This is a semi-aquatic mammal found in freshwater habitats across Europe, Asia, and parts of North Africa. It has a streamlined body, webbed feet, and dense, waterproof fur, which makes it an…
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Sida cordifolia
Read More: Sida cordifoliaSpecies: Sida cordifolia English Name: Heart-leaved Sida Chinese Name: 心葉黃花稔 Family: Malvaceae Description: Subshrubs erect, ca. 1 m tall. Branchlets, stipules, petioles, and leaves densely stellate strigose; branchlets and petioles velutinous, hairs ca. 3 mm. Stipule filiform, ca. 5 mm; petiole 1-2.5 cm; leaf blade ovate, 1.5-5 × 1-4 cm, abaxially velutinous on veins, base minutely cordate or rounded,…
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Sida cordata
Read More: Sida cordataSpecies: Sida cordata English Name: Long-stalked Sida Chinese Name: 長梗黃花稔 Family: Malvaceae Description: Subshrubs procumbent, to 1 m. Stems slender, with simple pilose hairs, stiffly stellate hairs, and sometimes small simple multicellular hairs. Stipule filiform, 2-3 mm, sparsely pilose; petiole 1-3 cm, with conspicuous long simple hairs; leaf blade broadly ovate, (1-)2-5 × 1.8-4.5 cm, both surfaces stellate…
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Sida acuta
Read More: Sida acutaSpecies: Sida acuta English Name: Acute Sida Chinese Name: 黃花稔 Family: Malvaceae Description: Subshrubs or herbs erect, 1-2 m tall. Branchlets pilose or subglabrous. Leaves ± distichous; stipules filiform, 4-6 mm, often longer than petiole, usually persistent; petiole 4-6 mm, sparsely pilose; leaf blade ovate, oblong, lanceolate, or linear-lanceolate, 2-5 × 0.4-1 cm, both surfaces glabrous or sparsely…
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Malvaviscus arboreus
Read More: Malvaviscus arboreusSpecies: Malvaviscus arboreus English Name: Sleeping Waxmallow Chinese Name: 垂花懸鈴花 Family: Malvaceae Description: Shrubs ca. 1 m tall. Branchlets sparsely villous to glabrate, rarely glabrous. Stipule filiform, ca. 4 mm, usually caducous; petiole 2-5 cm, puberulent; leaf blade broadly cordate to ovate-cordate, usually 3-lobed, sometimes entire, 6-12 × 2.5-10 cm, nearly glabrous or stellate pilose on both surfaces,…
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Malvastrum coromandelianum
Read More: Malvastrum coromandelianumSpecies: Hibiscus sabdariffa English Name: False Mallow Chinese Name: 賽葵 Family: Malvaceae Description: Subshrubs, sometimes annual, to 1(-1.5) m tall, most parts pilose and appressed stellate pubescent. Stipules lanceolate, 5-7 mm; petiole 0.7-3 cm, densely pilose; leaf blade ovate-lanceolate or ovate, 3-7 × 0.8-4 cm, abaxially pilose and stellate pilose, adaxially sparsely hairy, base broadly cuneate to rounded, margin…
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Malva sinensis
Read More: Malva sinensisSpecies: Malva sinensis English Name: Chinese Mallow Chinese Name: 錦葵 Family: Malvaceae Description: Photos used under a Creative Commons license References:
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Chinese Horseshoe Bat
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