Mamo, (species Drepanis pacifica), Hawaiian songbird of the family Drepanididae (order Passeriformes), which became extinct in about 1898. About 20 cm (8 inches) long, it was black with yellow touches and had a long, decurved bill for nectar-feeding. The
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Hawaiian monk seals do not migrate, although certain individuals may disperse over long distances. These animals are mostly solitary, although females will sometimes foster another female's youngster. Approaches by large dominant males elicit submissive behavior from other seals. Females with pups are e...
Common names En-Hawaiianmonk seal; Sp.–foca monje del Hawaii; Fr.–phoque moine d'Hawai. Taxonomic information OrderCarnivora, FamilyPhocidae. Species characteristics InHawaiian monk seals, females grow slightly longer, and are heavier than males. The long, fusiform body is robust, with relativel...
Identification num- bers following species names refer to specific individuals in populal ions, except where only three digits are shown. In this case, two to three individuals from a population were used as male parents. Totals are shown for progeny having the same maternal parent Sex of ...
seats in front of us. We begin chatting a little before we leave the dock and I find out she’s from the same town I work in. We became fast friends, though we never asked each other’s names. Once the boat got going it was a bit like an amusement park ride, only no safety ...
Nineteen different genus names have been proposed for species in this genus, with Laspeyresia Hubner, and Carpocapsa Treitschke being in common usage until relatively recently. Following the rules governing the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, Cydia is the valid genus name for all ...
albopictus specimen collected on the Island of Hawai‘i(sequenced for this study), had no alleles in common with the other wAlb sample [34] or even with any Hawaiian Drosophilidae. A limitation to our study is that we were unable to match allele names to those contained in the online MLST...