The biological family Canidae is a lineage of carnivorans that includes domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, foxes, jackals, dingoes, and many other extant and extinct dog-like mammals. A member of this family is called a canid.
Equidae is the taxonomic family of horses and related animals, including the extant horses, donkeys, and zebras, and many other species known only from fossils. All extant species are in the genus Equus. Equidae belongs to the order Perissodactyla, which includes the extant tapirs and rhinoceros, and several extinct families.
Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, not all of which are closely related. Most of the 60 species of eagle are from Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just 14 species can be found—2 in North America, 9 in Central and South America, and 3 in Australia.
Binomial nomenclature, also called binominal nomenclature or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages. Such a name is called a binomial name, a binomen, binominal name or a scientific name; more informally it is also called a Latin name. The first part of the name – the generic name – identifies the genus to which the species belongs, while the second part – the specific name or specific epithet – identifies the species within the genus. For example, humans belong to the genus Homo and within this genus to the species Homo sapiens. Tyrannosaurus rex is probably the most widely known binomial. The formal introduction of this system of naming species is credited to Carl Linnaeus, effectively beginning with his work Species Plantarum in 1753. But Gaspard Bauhin, in as early as 1622, had introduced in his book Pinax theatri botanici many names of genera that were later adopted by Linnaeus.
A parable is a succinct, didactic story, in prose or verse that illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles. It differs from a fable in that fables employ animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature as characters, whereas parables have human characters. A parable is a type of analogy.
Anseriformes is an order of birds that comprise about 180 living species in three families: Anhimidae, Anseranatidae, and Anatidae, the largest family, which includes over 170 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans. Most modern species in the order are highly adapted for an aquatic existence at the water surface. With the exception of screamers, all have phalli, a trait that has been lost in the Neoaves. Due to their aquatic nature, most species are web-footed.
Kona or KONA may refer to:
In zoological nomenclature, a type species is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen(s). A similar concept is used for suprageneric groups called a type genus.
Tube-dwelling anemones or ceriantharians look very similar to sea anemones but belong to an entirely different subclass of anthozoans. They are solitary, living buried in soft sediments. Tube anemones live inside and can withdraw into tubes, which are composed of a fibrous material made from secreted mucus and threads of nematocyst-like organelles known as ptychocysts. Ceriantharians were formerly classified in the taxon Ceriantipatharia along with the black corals but have since been moved to their own subclass, Ceriantharia.
A parabola is a mathematical curve.
In biological classification, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain, etc.
The media of Mauritius is limited by its small population size. Nonetheless, Mauritius has a robust economy, and there are a number of major media outlets, including print newspapers, radio and television stations.
The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1854 in Switzerland.
Lyonel Trouillot is a novelist and poet in French and Haitian Creole, a journalist and a professor of French and Creole literature in Port-au-Prince.
Pierre Éliane is a French priest, Carmelite monk, singer and songwriter. During the 1980s he wrote songs in Montmartre, and collaborated with Charlélie Couture. Since entering monastic life he turned his songwriting and recording to the lyrics of Thérèse of Lisieux and Spanish Carmelite John of the Cross. He was ordained as a priest in 1997.
MBC Sat is a television channel of the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) broadcast in Mauritius. It was launched on November 13, 2014 after an agreement between Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation and CanalSat Mauritius. It is the first satellite channel by the national TV broadcaster to broadcast via satellite. It also started to diffuse across the Indian Ocean including Mauritius via Parabole during November 2016.
Jean-Pierre Delville, is the 92nd bishop of the Diocese of Liège. From 1996 to 2002 he taught at the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) while also serving as spokesman for the Episcopal Conference of Belgium. In 2002 he was appointed professor of the History of Christianity, and in 2010 ordinary professor. He was editor-in-chief of the international journal of Church History, Revue d'Histoire Ecclésiastique. In 2013 he was named bishop of Liège by Pope Francis, and he was consecrated bishop on 14 July.
Zee Magic is a French-language TV channel owned and broadcast by Zee Entertainment Enterprises, a media and entertainment company based in Paris, France. The channel airs popular Zee TV shows dubbed in French and its prime target is the French-speaking audience in France and Africa. The channel started operation on 1 October 2015 on Canal Plus Overseas Platform after the success of Zee World, an English-language channel by ZEEL. The channel was recently launched in Mauritius on the Parabole Maurice Platform.
