Crudia balachandrae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Genus: | Crudia |
Species: | C. balachandrae |
Binomial name | |
Crudia balachandrae Sanjappa | |
Crudia balachandrae is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to Great Nicobar Island in the Nicobar Islands.
The Nicobar pigeon or Nicobar dove is a bird found on small islands and in coastal regions from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, east through the Indonesian Archipelago, to the Solomons and Palau. It is the only living member of the genus Caloenas alongside the extinct spotted green pigeon and Kanaka pigeon, and is the closest living relative of the extinct dodo and Rodrigues solitaire.
The nonsense rat, Nicobar Archipelago rat or Miller's Nicobar rat is endemic to the Nicobar Islands in India. It lives on Great Nicobar, Little Nicobar, and Trinket islands. On Car Nicobar Island, Rattus palmarum and Rattus anadamanensis live instead.
Boiga wallachi, also known commonly as the Nicobar cat snake, is a species of rear-fanged snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Nicobar Islands.
Minervarya nicobariensis, the Nicobar frog or Nicobar cricket-frog, is a species of frog endemic to the Nicobar Islands of India. In the past it has been considered to be the same species as Fejervarya andamanensis from the neighbouring Andaman Islands, but is now regarded a valid species. It is restricted to the central and northern group of Nicobar Islands. It is relatively common in suitable habitat, particularly on Car Nicobar island. Its preferred habitat are grasslands, where the species breeds in the rainwater puddles. On Car Nicobar, it also occurs coastal wetlands and along newly cleared forest trails.
The palm rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in the Nicobar Islands, on Car Nicobar and Great Nicobar islands.
Crudia is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae.
Crudia brevipes is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Crudia penduliflora is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Crudia scortechinii is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. The wood of trees of this genus in called "Babi Kurus" in local language. This plant is threatened by habitat loss due to harvesting of the trees.
Crudia splendens is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Indonesia.
Crudia zeylanica sometimes known as Sri Lanka legume, is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae endemic to Sri Lanka. Once thought to be extinct, the plant was rediscovered in 2019. The Crudia zeylanica located in the Daraluwa area in Gampaha, was cut down on Tuesday what had once been described as the world´s only known wild specimen of a species of legume, part of ongoing construction of a four-lane expressway.
The Nicobar scops owl is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is endemic to the Nicobar Islands, India, in particular Great Nicobar Island, but it may also occur on Little Nicobar island.
Bentinckia nicobarica is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae endemic to the Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal. It is a palm native to Great Nicobar, Katchal, Nancowry and Car Nicobar islands.
The Nicobar sparrowhawk is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is endemic to the Nicobar Islands of India. There are two subspecies, the nominate race which is found on Car Nicobar in the north of the archipelago, and A. b. obsoletus, from Katchal and Camorta in the central part of the Nicobars. A museum specimen originally attributed to this species from the island of Great Nicobar was later found to be a misidentified Besra.
The Great Nicobar serpent eagle, also known as the South Nicobar serpent eagle, is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is probably the smallest known eagle, with a weight of about 450 g (0.99 lb), a wingspan of 85 to 95 cm and a body length of about 38 to 42 cm. It is endemic to forest on the Indian island of Great Nicobar. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The Nicobar bulbul is a songbird species in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is endemic to the Nicobar Islands.
The Nicobar treeshrew is a treeshrew species within the Tupaiidae. It is endemic to the Nicobar Islands where it inhabits the islands' rain forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The Nicobar shrew or Nicobar white-tailed shrew is a critically endangered species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Great Nicobar Island in India.
The black-eared flying fox, species Pteropus melanotus, is a bat of the family Pteropodidae (megabats). Also known as Blyth's flying fox, it is found on the Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands (India), and in Sumatra (Indonesia). A population on Christmas Island, which is critically endangered, has been placed as a subspecies of this population. The conservation and taxonomic status of that population was later re-established as a distinct species, the Christmas Island fruit-bat Pteropus natalis.
Mangifera nicobarica is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is endemic to the Nicobar Islands.