DONKEY Equus asinus Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Mammalia Order Cetacea Suborder Odontoceti Family Delphinidae Genus Tursiops Species T.truncatus The domesticated donkey or ass is an odd-toed ungulate. This group of animals includes horses, rhinoceros and tapirs, of which there is no wild population in Europe. The donkey is a member of the Equidae or…
CARANCHO Caracara plancus Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Sauropsida Order Falconiforme Family Falconidae Genus Caracara Species C.plancus DESCRIPTION A bird of prey, measuring between 55 and 60 cm long. Its crest on the top of its head is blackish in colour, the rest of its body greyish, with a white neck, back and chest with…
CONDOR OF THE ANDES Vulture Gryphus Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Aves Order Accipitriforme Family Cathartidae Genus Vultur Species V.Gryphus INTRODUCTION Vulture Gryphus The Andean Condor, or Condor as it is called in South America, is a large bird, found among birds of flight in the higher dimensions of our days. This condor is one…
