Lemurs of Madagascar is areference work andfield guide on thelemurs of Madagascar, giving descriptions and biogeographic data for the known species. The primary contributor isRussell Mittermeier, president ofConservation International, and the cover art and illustrations are byStephen D. Nash. Currently in its third edition, published in 2010, the book provides details about all knownlemur species, general information about lemurs and their history, and tips for identifying species. Four related pocket field guides have also been released, containing color illustrations of each species, miniature range maps, and species checklists. The first edition was reviewed favorably. The first edition identified 50 lemur species and subspecies, increased to 71 in the second edition and 101 in the third. Thetaxonomy promoted by these books has been questioned by researchers, such asIan Tattersall, who view these growing numbers of lemur species asinsufficiently justified inflation of species numbers. (Full article...)
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InUkraine's easternDonetsk Oblast, there are52 populated places officially granted city status by theVerkhovna Rada, the country's parliament. Settlements with more than 10,000 people are eligible to become cities although the status is also typically given by parliament to settlements of historical or regional importance. According to the country'slast official census in 2001, the most populous city in the oblast was the regional capitalDonetsk(pictured), with a population of 1,016,194 people, while the least populous city wasSviatohirsk, with 5,136 people. Following fighting during theDonbas war, 21 of the oblast's cities were occupied bypro-Russian separatists. After the enactment ofdecommunization laws across the country, ten cities in both Ukrainian-controlled andseparatist-occupied territory were givennew names in 2016 which were unrecognized byde facto pro-Russian officials in the occupied cities. (Full list...)
 | Thered-chested cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius) is a species ofcuckoo. It is a medium-sized bird, about 31 cm (12.2 in) in length, found inSub-Saharan Africa. The male has slate-grey upper parts, pale grey throat and sides of head and dark grey tail tipped with white. The breast is rufous or cinnamon, often with barring, and the belly is creamy-white or pale buff. The female is similar but the colour of the breast is duller and with variable amounts of barring. It is usually solitary and highly vocal and lives on forests and plantations. It eats insects includingcaterpillars,spiders,centipedes,millipedes,slugs,snails, small vertebrates and berries. This red-chested cuckoo was photographed inKibale National Park, Kenya. Photograph credit:Giles Laurent Recently featured: |
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