Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Species Status in Ontario: Least Concern Family, Sciuridae:The term, rodent, comes from the Latin rodere, which means “to gnaw”. All animals in the order
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Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: PasseriformesFamily: Passerellidae Species Status in Canada: “Ipswich” Savannah Sparrow subspecies Passerculus sandwichensis princeps, on SARO “Special Concern” listsince 2003 and COSEWIC “Special Concern” list since 2009 Family, Passerellidae:The
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Class: Magnoliopsida Subclass: Rosidae Order: RhamnalesFamily: RhamnaceaeHost Plant for Endangered Species,Erynnis martialis Mottled Duskywing butterfly Erynnis martialis on Host Plant (Ceanothus americanus), Colour/Detail, 2020 © Suzanne M Matheson Buckthorn Family, Rhamnaceae:Worldwide, there are
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Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: LepidopteraFamily: Hesperiidae Species Status in Ontario: on SARO “Endangered” list since 2014 Erynnis martialis, Colour, 2020 © Suzanne M Matheson Family, Hesperiidae:The Skipper family, Hesperiidae, is made up
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Put simply, “Biodiversity is the shortened form of two words “biological” and “diversity”. It refers to all the variety of life that can be found on Earth (plants, animals, fungi and micro-organisms) as well as
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