"name is a reference to Kordofan in Sudan. There are around 2,000 individuals living in the wild. ""The Christian Science Monitor"" lists only 38 individuals being alive in the embattled Garamba National Park in The Democratic Republic of Congo due to poaching; their skin is used for luxury goods and they are said to produce enough meat to feed poachers for weeks . Recent genetic studies also shows distinct genetic populations of giraffe that makes conservation of these subspecies even more important. Kordofan giraffe The Kordofan giraffe (""Giraffa camelopardalis antiquorum"") is a subspecies of giraffe found in northern Cameroon, southern"
"Nubian giraffes live in the wild, 1,500 of those of the Rothschild's ecotype. The Nubian giraffe is, due to the introduction of the Rothschild's giraffe into its subspecies, is one of the most common giraffe types present in captivity, in conjunction with the reticulated giraffe. However, the original phenotype is rare, as the Al Ain Zoo from the United Arab Emirates is the only known zoo outside of Africa to be breeding the endangered original phenotype. The Nubian giraffe is also breeding in captivity in Giza Zoo from Egypt. Nubian giraffe The Nubian giraffe (""Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis"") is the nominate"
"Rüppell's korhaan The Rüppell's Korhaan also known as Rüppell's bustard (""Eupodotis rueppellii"") is a species of bird in the family Otididae. It is a small bustard, only 60 cm long. The head and neck are grey, with black stripes down the throat (less marked in females), through the eye, and on the sides of the neck, and white cheeks. The body is sandy brown above, and white below. The legs are sandy yellow-brown. Rüppell's Korhaan received its name to recognize Wilhelm Rüppell, a German explorer, collector and naturalist.It is native to southwestern Africa in Angola and Namibia,Collar, N. J. ""The"
"Rhodesian Ridgeback The Rhodesian Ridgeback is a dog breed developed in the Southern Africa region. Its forebears can be traced to the semi-domesticated, ridged hunting dogs of the Khoikhoi, which were crossed with European dogs by the early colonists of the Cape Colony of southern Africa. The original breed standard was drafted by F. R. Barnes, in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), in 1922, who named the breed the Rhodesian Ridgeback. The standard was approved by the South African Kennel Union in 1927. The Rhodesian Ridgeback has also previously been known as Van Rooyen's lion dog or the African Lion"
"as a synonym of the Andean porcupine (""Coendou quichua"") and states its distribution to be Colombia and Ecuador. Rothschild's porcupine is a medium-sized porcupine with a head-and-body length of between and a tail length of between . A fully grown adult weighs in the region of . The nose is pink and large, and the eyes are small. The body is spiny all over, the evenly spaced spines being dark with yellowish tips in the animal's mid section. The tail tapers from a broad base and is prehensile. This porcupine could be confused with the Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine (""Sphiggurus"
"separate species from other giraffe. In 2016, Rothschild's giraffe was proposed to be conspecific with the Nubian giraffe, but that taxonomy has not been widely adopted. The Rothschild's giraffe is easily distinguishable from other subspecies. The most obvious sign is in the coloring of the coat, or pelt. Whereas the reticulated giraffe has very clearly defined dark patches with bright-whitish channels between them, Rothschild's giraffe more closely resembles the Masai giraffe. However, when compared to the Masai giraffe, the Rothschild's ecotype is paler, the orange-brown patches are less jagged and sharp in shape, and the connective channel is of a"
"Lophocampa dognini Lophocampa dognini, the Rothschild's marbled tiger, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Peru. Male Legs orange buff ringed with brown; pectus buff; palpi orange buff, extreme tip of third segment brown; head orange buff; antennae pale brown; thorax orange buff with black dots on tegulae and patagia; abdomen buff washed with a darker shade. Forewing deep orange buff, nervures orange, the whole wing sown with dark brown dots and spots, a quadrate dark brown patch in cell and a larger irregular one on discocellulars. Hindwing"
"Rhodesian giraffe The Rhodesian giraffe (""Giraffa camelopardalis thornicrofti""), more commonly known as Thornicroft’s giraffe, is a subspecies of giraffe. It is sometimes deemed synonymous with the Luangwa giraffe. It is geographically isolated, occurring only in Zambia’s South Luangwa Valley. An estimated 550 live in the wild, with no captive populations. The lifespan of the Rhodesian giraffe is 22 years for males and 28 years for females. The ecotype was originally named after Harry Scott Thornicroft, a commissioner in what was then North-Western Rhodesia and later Northern Rhodesia. Rhodesian giraffes are tall with very long necks. They have long, dark-colored tongues"
"is suspected that its population is decreasing, due to degradation and fragmentation of its habitat as the forest is felled for conversion to agricultural use. Rothschild's porcupine Rothschild's porcupine, ""Coendou rothschildi"", is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae. It is usually considered endemic to Panama. A population in western Ecuador belongs either to this species or to ""Coendou bicolor"". Because of the confusion over its taxonomic status and because its ecology is little known, the IUCN has listed its conservation status as ""data deficient"". ""Mammal Species of the World"" treats ""Coendou rothschildi"" as a valid species endemic to"
"Rothschild's birdwing Rothschild's birdwing (""Ornithoptera rothschildi"") is a large birdwing butterfly, endemic to the Arfak Mountains in Western New Guinea. What was originally described as ""Ornithoptera akakeae"", is a supposed natural hybrid between ""Ornithoptera rothschildi"" and ""Ornithoptera priamus poseidon"". This species was first recognized by entomologist Charles Edgar Pratt and described by George Kenrick in 1911. It was named in honour of Lord Walter Rothschild who financed most of the expeditions of the naturalist Antwerp Edgar Pratt (1850-1924) and his two sons, Carl Brenders Pratt and Felix Biet Pratt, to British New Guinea from 1902–1903 and to the Arfak Mountains"
"North African ostrich (""Struthio camelus camelus"", LC); ferruginous duck (""Aythya nyroca"", NT); lesser flamingo (""Phoenicopterus minor"", NT); white-backed vulture (""Gyps africanus"", NT); Rueppell's griffon (""Gyps rueppellii"", NT); pallid harrier (""Circus macrourus"", NT); red kite (""Milvus milvus"", NT); Stanley bustard (""Neotis denhami"", NT); Nubian bustard (""Neotis nuba"", NT); corn crake (""Crex crex"", NT); black crowned crane (""Balearica pavonina"", NT); Eurasian curlew (""Numenius arquata"", NT); black-tailed godwit (""Limosa limosa"", NT); great snipe (""Gallinago media"", NT); African skimmer (""Rynchops flavirostris"", NT); European roller (""Coracias garrulus"", NT); red-footed falcon (""Falco vespertinus"", NT); sooty falcon (""Falco concolor"", NT); white-headed vulture (""Trigonoceps occipitalis"", VU); Beaudouin's snake-eagle"
"Rothschild's porcupine Rothschild's porcupine, ""Coendou rothschildi"", is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae. It is usually considered endemic to Panama. A population in western Ecuador belongs either to this species or to ""Coendou bicolor"". Because of the confusion over its taxonomic status and because its ecology is little known, the IUCN has listed its conservation status as ""data deficient"". ""Mammal Species of the World"" treats ""Coendou rothschildi"" as a valid species endemic to Panama but states that it is possibly a subspecies of the bicolored-spined porcupine (""Coendou bicolor""). The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the species"
"at the 2008 Rhodesian Ridgeback World Congress, and contends that an honest evaluation of the breed's functional history indicates that during its formative development and early use as a breed, the ridgeback was much more a ""hunter's/farmer's ox-wagon dog"" than it was a ""lion dog"". This theory aligns itself with the current FCI classification of the breed, group 6.3 (a special type of scenthound). However, the important distinction in this theory is not that the FCI classification of ""scenthound"" is accurate, but rather, that placing the Dalmatian and the Rhodesian Ridgeback (the only breeds currently in FCI group 6.3), breeds"
"Rhodesian girdled lizard The Rhodesian girdled lizard (""Cordylus rhodesianus"") is one of three species of very flattened girdled lizards from Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Mozambique. The other two species are ""Cordylus nyikae"" and ""Cordylus meculae"". They are found living under stones in rock outcrops where they feed on small arthropods. Adults are 60-90 mm long from snout to vent. The tail length is approximately half the total length. Also known as the Zimbabwe girdled lizard, they live in rocky montane grasslands of eastern Zimbabwe. The head shields are smooth or slightly rugose. The nostril is pierced in the center of the"
"Rubidgeinae Rubidgeinae is an extinct subfamily of gorgonopsid therapsids known only from Africa. They were among the largest gorgonopsians, and their fossils are common in the Cistecephalus and Daptocephalus assemblage zones of the Karoo Basin. They lived during the Late Permian, and became extinct at the end of the Permian. Rubidgeines were large, quadrupedal carnivores of the family Gorgonopsidae. Their largest teeth are their upper canines, which were blade-like and had well-developed serrations. Their postcanine teeth were small and conical, but were also frequently serrated. Tooth replacement was rapid relative to basal therocephalians. Rubidgeines can be distinguished from other gorgonopsians"
"Cordylus nyikae An isolated population of the Rhodesian girdled lizard (""Cordylus rhodesianus"") from granite outcrops in montane grassland of northern Malawi was recently redescribed as Cordylus nyikae. Unlike the Rhodesian girdled lizard, the head shields of this species are very rugose, the nostrils are pierced in the lower posterior corner of the nasal scales, and the dorsals do not have a serrated posterior margin. The dorsal coloration is dark brown to gray-brown with lighter spots. The tail and upper lips are light brown. The belly is buff. Its common name is Nyika girdled lizard. Branch, B. (1998). ""Field Guide to"
"the Natal red rock hare (""P. crassicaudatus"") are three species of hare that live in rocky environments, hence their name. These species are isolated from one another in where they live. There is an introduced population of European rabbits on Robben Island, which is under a culling programme. The origins of the taxon Afrotheria is deeply rooted in the African continent. The best known of these is the aardvark and the African bush elephant. Most members of the Afrotheria have remained in Africa. The African bush elephant is the only proboscidean in South Africa, and the largest native animal. It"
"semihyaline buff. Female Similar but larger. Length of forewing: male 25 mm and female 28 mm. Lophocampa dognini Lophocampa dognini, the Rothschild's marbled tiger, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Peru. Male Legs orange buff ringed with brown; pectus buff; palpi orange buff, extreme tip of third segment brown; head orange buff; antennae pale brown; thorax orange buff with black dots on tegulae and patagia; abdomen buff washed with a darker shade. Forewing deep orange buff, nervures orange, the whole wing sown with dark brown dots and"
"tests optional. CRRHS - it is also recommended that all ridgeback owners enter their dogs' information in the Comprehensive Rhodesian Ridgeback Health Survey. Rhodesian Ridgeback The Rhodesian Ridgeback is a dog breed developed in the Southern Africa region. Its forebears can be traced to the semi-domesticated, ridged hunting dogs of the Khoikhoi, which were crossed with European dogs by the early colonists of the Cape Colony of southern Africa. The original breed standard was drafted by F. R. Barnes, in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), in 1922, who named the breed the Rhodesian Ridgeback. The standard was approved by the"
"contend that enough of the foundational stock is ancient, including the greyhound and the Khoikhoi dog (from which the ridged back derives), that even though it was developed relatively recently and for use with modern firearms, the breed can still be considered to be of a ""primitive type"". Presently, the breed is categorised as a ""hound"" by every major registry throughout the world. For example, the British Kennel Club and the Canadian Kennel club both categorise the Rhodesian Ridgeback as a hound, without any further specification. Both of the major registries in the United States, the AKC and the UKC,"
"between the Great Dane and the Ridgeback, indicating the Dane's major contribution. These breeds were bred with the indigenous African dogs, including the dog of the Khoikhoi people, which resulted in the Boer hunting dogs, generically called names such as ""boerhund"" (Boer hound) in Dutch then its descendant language of Afrikaans, which are the chief forerunners to the modern Rhodesian Ridgeback."" Other breeds came from Arabian traders around the Horn of Africa and with Asian immigrants, particularly into the Cape Colony, and jackal coursing introduced from British India brought lurchers from England and Ireland and the borzoi or Russian wolfhound,"
"ear tufts and longer body hair. The Rhodian population of fallow deer are smaller on average than those of central and northern Europe, though they are similarly coloured. In 2005, the Rhodian fallow deer was found to be genetically distinct from all other populations and to be of urgent conservation concern. At the entrance to the harbour of Rhodes city, statues of a fallow deer buck and doe now grace the location where the Colossus of Rhodes once stood. The white-tailed deer (""Odocoileus virginianus"") was once classified as ""Dama virginiana"" and the mule deer or black-tailed deer (""Odocoileus hemionus"") as"
"currently further distinguish the breed as a sighthound. The FCI, the largest international canine governing body, which looks to the parent club in the country of origin (the parent club in Zimbabwe) for the breed standard and group classification, currently further distinguishes the Rhodesian Ridgeback as a scenthound. Health conditions that are known to affect this breed are hip dysplasia and dermoid sinus. The ridgeback ranks number six in terms of most affected breeds for thyroid problems recorded by the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals. In 2014, the UK breed survey reported an average lifespan of 11 years. Dermoid sinus is"
"Fuller suggested Dubois' account of ""N. borbonicus"" could either have referred to an otherwise unrecorded species or have been misleading, and found ""N. francicus"" to be ""one of the most dubious of all hypothetical species"". In 2007, Hume suggested that Rothschild had associated ""N. borbonicus"" with the Rodrigues parrot because he had mistakenly incorporated Dubois' account into his description of the latter; he stated the Rodrigues parrot also had red plumage (though it was all-green), and had been mentioned by Dubois (who never visited Rodrigues). Rothschild also attributed the sighting of ""N. francicus"" to Dubois, repeating the colour-pattern he had"
"Orcaella The snubfin dolphins (""Orcaella"") are a genus of Cetaceans containing two members: the Irrawaddy dolphin (""Orcaella brevirostris"") and the Australian snubfin dolphin (""Orcaella heinsohni""). The genus was long believed to be monotypic with the only species being the Irrawaddy dolphin; however, in 2005, supposed Irrawaddy dolphin populations inhabiting the Australian/New Guinean regions were found to be significantly different and were declared a separate new species named the Australian Snubfin dolphin. Until 2005, ""Orcaella brevirostris"" was the only recognized species in the genus ""Orcaella."" However, comparisons within the populations of ""Orcaella"" inhabiting the Asia region and populations inhabiting the Australia/New"
"The fish fauna of the Kuban differs from that of the nearby Don and Volga rivers and contains more than 65 species from 16 families. They are dominated by the genera ""Gobio"", ""Romanogobio"", ""Squalius"" and ""Chondrostoma"" and contain species and genera such as carp, Prussian carp, roach, bream, silver bream, pike, perch, ruffe, ""Chalcalburnus"", ""Sprattus"", ""Mugil"" and others. Some species such as silver carp and grass carp were acclimatized in the last decade. Endemic species include the Kuban barbel (""Barbus kubanicus""), ""Gobio kubanicus"", Little Kuban gudgeon (""Romanogobio parvus""), Kuban long-barbelled gudgeon (""R. pentatrichus""), Kuban nase (""Chondrostoma kubanicum""), ""Sabanejewia kubanica"", ""Oxynoemacheilus"
"unrelated erinaceomorph hedgehogs and Australian monotreme echidnas. The name ""porcupine"" comes from Latin ""porcus"" pig + ""spina"" spine, quill, via Old Italian—Middle French—Middle English. A regional American name for the animal is quill pig. Fossils belonging to the genus ""Hystrix"" date back to the late Miocene of Africa. A porcupine is any of 58 species of rodents belonging to the families Erethizontidae (genera: ""Coendou"", ""Erethizon"", and ""Chaetomys"") or Hystricidae (genera: ""Atherurus"", ""Hystrix"", and ""Trichys""). Porcupines vary in size considerably: Rothschild's porcupine of South America weighs less than a kilogram (2.2 lb); the crested porcupine found in Italy, Sicily, North Africa,"
"""et al."" in 2014. It is based mainly on the data matrix published by Pol ""et al."" (2012) which is itself a modified version of previous analyses. Thirty-one additional characters were added from other comprehensive analyses of notosuchians, e.g. Turner and Sertich (2010), Andrade ""et al."" (2011), Montefeltro ""et al."" (2011), Larsson and Sues (2007), and Novas ""et al."" (2009), and 34 characters were noval, resulting in a matrix that includes 109 crocodyliforms and outgroup taxa which are scored based on 412 morphological traits. Notosuchia Notosuchia is a suborder of primarily Gondwanan mesoeucrocodylian crocodylomorphs that lived during the Jurassic and"
"for a variety of coat colours, including brindle and sable. The modern FCI standard calls for light wheaten to red wheaten. Other dog breeds also have a reverse line of fur along the spine, including the Phu Quoc ridgeback dog and Thai ridgeback. The Thai ridgeback is a crossbreed of the Phu Quoc; historians have speculated the relationship between the Rhodesian Ridgeback and the Phu Quoc with suggestions that historically one breed may have been imported to the other's location. Rhodesian Ridgebacks are known to be loyal and intelligent. They are typically somewhat aloof to strangers; this is not to"
"""koopmani"" honors Karl Koopman for his many contributions to mammalian systematics. Common names in use for the animal also include ""Koopman's montane voalavo"" and ""Malagasy mountain mouse"". The indigenous rodents of Madagascar, the Nesomyinae, prior to the discovery of ""Monticolomys"" comprised seven very distinctive genera—so distinct from each other that some have found it difficult to accept that they are closely related. ""Monticolomys"", however, does not follow this pattern, in that it is similar and closely related to the gerbil-like genus ""Macrotarsomys"" of western Madagascar. This relationship was originally proposed by Goodman and Carleton based on morphology, and was strongly"
"the Nodosariidae, Nodosariacea. Robuloidacea Robuloidacea is a superfamily included in the Protista order Lagenida in which the test wall is either not secondarily lamellar or is only slightly so, as in later taxa. Named by Reiss, 1963, Robuloidacea range stratigraphically from the Upper Silurian to the end of the Lower Cretaceous (Albian). Four families are recognized. They are the Middle Permian Robuloididae, Lower to Upper Permian Partisaniidae, Lower Permian to Lower Cretaceous Ichthyolariidae and the Upper Silurian to Upper Permian Syzraniidae. Some of the genera included in the Robuloidacea were previously included in the Fusulinida (Parathuramminacea and Endothyracea) while others"
"black tips abutting with smaller spots which are coloured lime green. The abdomen is golden. Rothschild's Birdwing has the most restricted distribution of all birdwings. Its habitat are flowering meadows in an altitude of above sea level. Rothschild's birdwing Rothschild's birdwing (""Ornithoptera rothschildi"") is a large birdwing butterfly, endemic to the Arfak Mountains in Western New Guinea. What was originally described as ""Ornithoptera akakeae"", is a supposed natural hybrid between ""Ornithoptera rothschildi"" and ""Ornithoptera priamus poseidon"". This species was first recognized by entomologist Charles Edgar Pratt and described by George Kenrick in 1911. It was named in honour of Lord"
"to the IUCN, but their populations are declining. Their primary threats are poaching, human population growth, habitat loss, habitat fragmentation, and habitat degradation. Rhodesian giraffe The Rhodesian giraffe (""Giraffa camelopardalis thornicrofti""), more commonly known as Thornicroft’s giraffe, is a subspecies of giraffe. It is sometimes deemed synonymous with the Luangwa giraffe. It is geographically isolated, occurring only in Zambia’s South Luangwa Valley. An estimated 550 live in the wild, with no captive populations. The lifespan of the Rhodesian giraffe is 22 years for males and 28 years for females. The ecotype was originally named after Harry Scott Thornicroft, a commissioner"