"in a small outhouse in his garden, after a non-fatal suicide attempt by shooting. He is buried near his home at All Saints Church, Fulham. He is commemorated in the monotypic plant genus ""Burchellia"" R. Br. Numerous animal species were named for him: Burchell's zebra, Burchell's coucal, Burchell's sandgrouse, Burchell's courser, and the ""Eciton burchellii"" army ant. A species of African lizard, ""Pedioplanis burchelli"", is named in his honor. Burchell is denoted by the author abbreviation Burch. when citing a botanical name. William John Burchell William John Burchell (23 July 1781 – 23 March 1863) was an English explorer, naturalist,"
"the two are in fact one, and that, therefore, the older of the two names should take precedence over the younger. They then say that the correct name for the southernmost subspecies must be ""burchellii"", not ""antiquorum"". The subspecies ""Equus quagga burchellii"" still exists in KwaZulu-Natal and Etosha. A 2018 DNA study found no evidence for a subspecies structure, but instead observed a north-south genetic continuum, with plains zebra in Uganda (the most northern population) the most distinct. The plains zebra is mid-sized, smaller on average than Grevy's zebra, but larger than the mountain zebra, thick bodied with relatively short"
"number of zoos in the United States including the following: the Cincinnati Zoo, Columbus Zoo, Naples Zoo, Nashville Zoo, Woodland Park Zoo, etc., and a small herd of about 75-100 animals is still extant, and free ranging, on the Hearst Ranch in San Simeon, California, USA. Burchell's zebra Burchell's zebra (""Equus quagga burchellii"") is a southern subspecies of the plains zebra. It is named after the British explorer and naturalist William John Burchell. Common names include bontequagga, Damara zebra, and Zululand zebra (Gray, 1824). Burchell's zebra is the only subspecies of zebra which may be legally farmed for human consumption."
"moorhen, pochard, woodlark, little grebe, mistle thrush, song thrush, curlew, magpie, swift, greenfinch, oriole, Cetti's warbler, nightingale, little bustard, great crested grebe, shelduck, pied flycatcher, spotted flycatcher, common flycatcher, tufted duck, pochar, ferruginous duck, azure-winged magpie, buzzard, common buzzard, common scoter, short-toed lark, stonechat, merganser, firecrest, gull-billed tern, siskin, water rail, bunting, reed bunting, black-bellied sandgrouse. Deer, rabbit, European hedgehog, genet, wild cat, wild boar, iberian lynx (endangered species), dormouse, mongoose, bat, cave bat, greater horseshoe bat, buzzard bat, shrew, otter, mouse, polecat, fox, badger, water rat, black rat, lesser noctule. The Iberian lynx, whose habitat is restricted to the"
"of southern and eastern Africa. It, or particular subspecies of it, have also been known as the common zebra, the dauw, Burchell's zebra (actually the subspecies ""Equus quagga burchellii""), Chapman's zebra, Wahlberg's zebra, Selous' zebra, Grant's zebra, Boehm's zebra and the quagga (another extinct subspecies, ""Equus quagga quagga""). The mountain zebra (""Equus zebra"") of southwest Africa tends to have a sleek coat with a white belly and narrower stripes than the plains zebra. It has two subspecies and is classified as vulnerable. Grévy's zebra (""Equus grevyi"") is the largest type, with a long, narrow head, making it appear rather mule-like."
"main, current Marwell Wildlife conservation programmes include Managing Biodiversity in Hampshire, assisting Grevy's zebra and its ecosystem in Kenya; supporting threatened species in Zimbabwe and managing the population of small, vulnerable populations; and reintroducing the scimitar-horned oryx to the Sahara. The zoo has been involved in reintroducing wild horse, golden lion tamarin, roan antelope and scimitar oryx to the wild. The oryx was extinct in the wild, but more than 200 calves have been born and reared at the zoo since 1972 and many of these have been released back to the Sahara with animals from Whipsnade Zoo and Edinburgh"
"curved. The name of ""Brontochelys"" is formed by the Greek words ""bronte"", ""thunder"" and ""chelys"", ""turtle"", in reference to the large size of the skull. Brontochelys Brontochelys is an extinct genus of podocnemidid from the Miocene of Pakistan. The only species known, ""B. gaffneyi"" was classified before in the genus ""Shweboemys"", which is known from the Pliocene of Burma. ""Brontochelys"" is represented only by its type specimen BMNH R.8570, a nearly complete skull, which exact locality is unknown but probably comes from the Lower Miocene sediments in the Bugti Hills, in Baluchistan, Pakistan. This skull is different from its relatives"
"to bite a human, they are quick to kick urticating hairs in self-defense, though their hairs can be less irritating than those of other species, especially the goliath birdeater. Brachypelma Brachypelma is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas), found in Mexico and Central America. They may have bodies up to long with legs of similar or greater lengths. Some species have brightly colored legs, with red or orange marks and rings. The taxonomy of the genus and its species has been the subject of considerable debate. , the genus contained 18 species, which fall into two groups:"
"to restore boreal forest regions within the park. Park wildlife features mammals and raptors including two species of owl, bald eagle, marten, lynx, snowshoe hare, beaver, mink, kestrel, bobcat, three species of hawk, river otter, stoat, red fox, raccoon, moose, black bear, skunk, and coyote. Whales (humpback, fin, minke, sei and pilot), white-sided dolphins, seals (harbour, harp, and grey) and northern gannets can often be seen from the park's coastal hiking trails, e.g. the Skyline Trail. The park's forests provide habitat for the uncommon Bicknell's thrush. The Gaspé shrew, the local name for a smallish variety of the long-tailed shrew,"
"Lake and Brownsea Island. Species seen: shoveller, teal, lapwing, snipe, goldcrest, collared dove, wigeon, pink-footed goose, Egyptian goose, black-tailed godwit, grey phalarope, robin, brambling, twite, brent goose and Pallas's warbler. In a departure from the usual format, Bill spent this programme revisiting some of his earliest birding haunts, including the infamous Bartley Reservoir in Birmingham, Upton Warren, Dungeness bird observatory (using the Heligoland trap), Cley next the Sea and Blakeney Point. Bill looks for birds in the capital in late February. Species seen: great crested grebe, grey heron, goldeneye, goosander, smew, bittern, song thrush, black redstart, water pipit, feral pigeon,"
"gull, bridled tern, Pallas's sandgrouse, great spotted, black-billed and yellow-billed (3 records) cuckoos, European roller, olive-backed pipit, citrine wagtail, Alpine accentor, thrush nightingale, red-flanked bluetail, black-eared (2 records) and desert wheatears, White's, Swainson's (3 records), and grey-cheeked (2 records) thrushes, Sardinian (2 records), Arctic (3 records), Radde's and western Bonelli's warblers, Isabelline and lesser grey shrikes, red-eyed vireo (7 records), two-barred crossbill, yellow-rumped and blackpoll warblers, yellow-breasted (2 records) and black-headed (3 records) buntings, rose-breasted grosbeak (2 records), bobolink and Baltimore oriole (2 records). Lundy is home to an unusual range of mammals, almost all introduced, including a distinct breed"
"otter (""Enhydra lutris""), bearded seal (""Erignathus barbatus""), donkey (""Equus asinus""), cougars (""Felis concolor coryi"", ""Felis concolor stanleyana""), bobcat (""Felis rufus floridanus""), Atlantic white-sided dolphins (""Lagenorhynchus acutus""), guanaco (""Lama guanicoe""), alpaca (""Vicugna pacos""), otter (""Lutra lutra""), wild dog (""Lycaon pictus""), Bartels's spiny rat (""Maxomys bartelsii""), Musschenbroek's spiny rat (""Maxomys musschenbroekii""), prairie vole (""Microtus ochrogaster""), common European weasel (""Mustela nivalis""), mink (""Mustela vison""), muskrat (""Ondatra zibethica""), mountain goats (""Oreamnos americanus""), Grant's gazelle (""Nanger granti""), slow loris (""Nycticebus coucang""), African lions (""Panthera leo""), leopard (""Panthera pardus""), tiger (""Panthera tigris""), baboon (""Papio cynocephalus""), Pacific harbor seal (""Phoca vitulina richardsi"") chamois (""Rupicapra rupicapra""), Polynesian rat"
"livestock and wild animals, particularly ungulates; common hosts include Burchell's and Grevy's zebra, the black rhinoceros, and antelopes like the gemsbok, eland, and hartebeest. In one study conducted in Kenya, hundreds of specimens were found on Masai giraffes. They have been found on baboons in the Amboseli region of Kenya near Mount Kilimanjaro, although they only made up 1.8% of all ticks recorded in this study. These ticks have also been known to have elephants as their hosts. Although they far less frequently parasitize birds than they do mammals, there are examples of the ostrich and the yellow-necked francolin as"
"Barbary dove (""Streptopelia risoria""), Barbary partridge (""Alectoris barbara""), barn swallow (""Hirundo rustica""), black crake (""Amaurornis flavirostra""), blackstart (""Cercomela melanura""), blue rock thrush (""Monticola solitarius""), brown-necked raven (""Corvus ruficollis""), Cape teal (""Anas capensis""), common bulbul (""Pycnonotus barbatus""), common chiffchaff (""Phylloscopus collybita""), common kestrel (""Falco tinnunculus""), common moorhen (""Gallinula chloropus""), common quail (""Coturnix coturnix""), cream-colored courser (""Cursorius cursor""), crested lark (""Galerida cristata""), crowned sandgrouse (""Pterocles coronatus""), desert lark (""Ammomanes deserti""), desert sparrow (""Passer simplex""), desert wheatear (""Oenanthe deserti""), eastern olivaceous warbler (""Iduna pallida""), Egyptian nightjar (""Caprimulgus aegyptius""), Egyptian vulture (""Neophron percnopterus""), Eurasian stone-curlew (""Burhinus oedicnemus""), fan-tailed raven (""Corvus rhipidurus""), fulvous babbler (""Turdoides"
"is a small tree-dwelling bird described by Aristotle and others, and ""brachydactyla"" comes from ""brakhus"", ""short"" and ""dactulos"" ""finger"", which refers, like the English name, to the fact that this species has shorter toes than the common treecreeper. This species is one of a group of very similar treecreeper species, all placed in the single genus ""Certhia"". Eight species are currently recognised, in two evolutionary lineages, a Holarctic radiation, and a Sino-Himalayan group south and east of the Himalayas. The former group has a more warbling song, always (except in ""C. familiaris"" from China) starting or ending with a shrill"
"Brachypelma Brachypelma is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas), found in Mexico and Central America. They may have bodies up to long with legs of similar or greater lengths. Some species have brightly colored legs, with red or orange marks and rings. The taxonomy of the genus and its species has been the subject of considerable debate. , the genus contained 18 species, which fall into two groups: ""red leg"" tarantulas (""Brachypelma"" sensu stricto) and ""red rump"" tarantulas (which may need to be transferred to another genus). Many species are popular with tarantula keepers as pets; the"
"on the dorsal side with a yellowish ventral side. Whether eyes are present in this species is a matter of debate. While Philippi originally described ""Americobdella valdiviana"" as having no eyes, other authors have indicated that eyes are indeed present. ""A. valdiviana"" feeds on earthworms. Americobdella Americobdella is a genus of carnivorous leeches from southern Chile, comprising only the species Americobdella valdiviana. Philippi, who originally classified ""A. valdiviana"" as an erpobdellid leech, noted that ""Americobdella valdiviana"" was similar to ""Trocheta"" (now synonymized with ""Erpobdella"") ""in both appearance and habit"". It is phylogenically between two major groups of leeches, the Rhynchobdellida"
", including the American Ornithological Society, include a larger conspecific group with this species including the foothill screech owl, the Middle American screech owl, and the vermiculated screech owl. When conspecific, the English name vermiculated screech owl is used for the entire group, but ""M. guatemalae"" is used for the scientific name since it is older. Others have omitted it entirely (neither recognized as a species nor a subspecies). The foothill screech owl, Middle American screech owl and Chocó screech owl are very similar in appearance, but easily separated by voice. Chocó screech owl The Chocó screech owl (""Megascops centralis"")"
"""B. veronicifolia"" and probably other species, if not all. Despite their chemical defenses, brickellbushes are food for caterpillars of certain Lepidoptera. These include the noctuid moths ""Schinia trifascia"", ""Schinia oleagina"", which is known only from ""Brickellia"", ""Schinia buta"", which is only known from ""B. californica"", and ""Schinia gracilenta"", which is only known from ""B. eupatorioides"". The genus is named for John Brickell, 1748–1809, Irish-born physician and naturalist The genera ""Brickelliastrum"" (United States and Mexico), ""Asanthus"" (United States and Mexico), ""Dyscritogyne"" (Mexico), and ""Steviopsis"" have been separated from ""Brickellia"" by many 20th century authors (and all four combined into ""Steviopsis"" by"
"Egyptian geese, Eurasian wigeon, gadwall, garden warbler, garganey, great crested grebe, great spotted woodpecker, green sandpiper, greenshank, green woodpecker, grey heron, greylag geese, hobby, jay, kingfisher, lapwing, lesser whitethroat, linnet, little egret, little grebe, little ringed plover, mallard, Mandarin, marsh harrier, marsh tit, Mediterranean gull, moorhen, mute swan, northern pochard, northern wheatear, nuthatch, osprey, oystercatcher, peregrine falcon, pied flycatcher, pintail, red-crested pochard, red kite, red knot, redshank, reed warbler, ruff, spotted flycatcher, sand martin, Savi's warbler, sedge warbler, shelduck, shoveler, sinensis cormorant, spotted crake, stock dove, swallow, swift, tawny owl, treecreeper, tufted duck, water rail, whimbrel, whooper swan, willow warbler,"
"William John Burchell William John Burchell (23 July 1781 – 23 March 1863) was an English explorer, naturalist, traveller, artist, and author. His thousands of plant specimens, as well as field journals from his South American expedition, are held by Kew Gardens, and his insect collection by the Oxford University Museum. William John Burchell was born in Fulham, London, the son of Matthew Burchell, botanist and owner of Fulham Nursery, and his wife. His father owned nine and a half acres of land adjacent to the gardens of Fulham Palace. Burchell served a botanical apprenticeship at Kew and was elected"
"Boeckella Boeckella is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae. The genus ""Boeckella"" contains 53 species, of which five are listed as vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List – the Australian endemics ""B. bispinosa"", ""B. geniculata"", ""B. nyoraensis"" and ""B. shieli"", and ""B. calcaris"" from Bolivia and Peru. The genus was originally described by G. M. Thomson as """"Boeckia"""", in honour of Jonas Axel Boeck (1833–1873). That name proved, however, to be a junior homonym of ""Boeckia"", a genus of Amphipoda, and so Jules de Guerne and Jules Richard provided it with the replacement name ""Boeckella"" in 1889."
"Boeckella Boeckella is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae. The genus ""Boeckella"" contains 53 species, of which five are listed as vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List – the Australian endemics ""B. bispinosa"", ""B. geniculata"", ""B. nyoraensis"" and ""B. shieli"", and ""B. calcaris"" from Bolivia and Peru. The genus was originally described by G. M. Thomson as """"Boeckia"""", in honour of Jonas Axel Boeck (1833–1873). That name proved, however, to be a junior homonym of ""Boeckia"", a genus of Amphipoda, and so Jules de Guerne and Jules Richard provided it with the replacement name ""Boeckella"" in 1889."
"genetic research at the Smithsonian Institution has demonstrated that the quagga was in fact not a separate species at all, but diverged from the plains zebra, between 120,000 and 290,000 years ago, and suggests that it should be named ""Equus burchellii quagga"". However, according to the rules of biological nomenclature, where two or more alternative names are given to a single species, the name first used takes priority. As the quagga was described about 30 years earlier than Burchell's zebra, the correct terms apparently are ""E. quagga quagga"" for the quagga and ""E. quagga burchellii"" for the plains zebra, unless"
"turtle from the vicinity of Philadelphia, and ""Clemmys nuchalis"", described by Dunn in 1917 from near Linville, North Carolina. Today, there are various names for the bog turtle, including mud turtle, marsh turtle, yellowhead, and snapper. The genus name was changed to ""Glyptemys"" in 2001. The bog turtle and the wood turtle, ""Glyptemys insculpta"", had until then been included in the genus ""Clemmys"", which also included spotted turtles (""C. guttata"") and western pond turtles (""C. marmorata""). Nucleotide sequencing and ribosomal DNA analyses suggested that bog turtles and wood turtles are closely related, but neither is directly related to spotted turtles,"
"shrew and the orangetail lizard (""Philochortus zolii""). Apart from the above, the mammal species identified in the reference book ""Mammal Species of the World"" are: The rodents reported are: ""Pachyuromys duprasi"" (fat-tailed gerbil), ""Meriones libycus"" (Libyan jird), ""Ctenodactylus gundi"" (gundi), ""Meriones crassus"" (Sundevall's jird), ""Meriones crassus"" (Sundevall's jird), ""Spalacidae"" (blind mole-rat, Common mole-rats, zokors, and bamboo rats), ""Elephantulus rozeti"" (North African elephant shrew), ""Spalacinae"" (blind mole-rats), ""Arvicolinae"" (lemmings and voles), ""Jaculus orientalis"" (greater Egyptian jerboa), ""Massoutiera mzabi"" (Mzab gundi), and ""Spalax ehrenbergi"" (Middle East blind mole-rat). In the coastal belt, bird species recorded are American flamingo on the beaches, and"
"""Euathlus"" species. In a study published in 1992, Andrew Smith described a specimen in the British Museum of Natural History believing it to be a male of ""Euathlus truculentus"". He used his description to support the view held at the time that the genus ""Brachypelma"" was synonymous with ""Euathlus"". However, shortly afterwards in 1992, Günter Schmidt realized that this specimen was not the same species as the type of ""Euathlus truculentus"", but was in fact a new species of ""Brachypelma"", which he called ""B. andrewi"" after Andrew Smith. Smith accepted that he had been mistaken. , only this male has"
"woodland and grassland with plenty of birds, and animals including Angolan giraffe, Burchell's zebra, warthog, sable, Cape buffalo, impala and other antelope. Animal numbers fell in droughts over the last two decades. The park actually has ten rhinos now with the latest calf being only a month and two weeks. The park before then contained two southern white rhino which are not indigenous and were imported from South Africa - they were both poached during the night of June 6, 2007. One was shot dead and got its horn extracted, not far from the gate and the other received serious"
"food sources. Formerly, the Burchell's zebra range was centered north of the Vaal/Orange river system, extending northwest via southern Botswana to Etosha and the Kaokoveld, and southeast to Swaziland and KwaZulu-Natal. Now extinct in the middle portion, it survives at the northwestern and southeastern ends of the distribution. Burchell's zebra migrates the longest distance of any terrestrial animal in Africa, traveling 160 miles one way. They migrate from the Chobe River in Namibia to Nxai Pan National Park in Botswana. Their migration follows a straight north–south route almost entirely within the Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA). Like other plains zebras,"
"The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus, in honor of the botanist Nehemiah Grew (1641-1712) from England. Grew was one of the leading plant anatomists and microscope researchers of his time, and his study of pollen laid the groundwork for modern-day palynology. Several Lepidoptera caterpillars are found to feed on ""Grewia"" species. These include the common nawab (""Polyura athamas"") and the swift moth ""Endoclita malabaricus"". The Bucculatricidae leaf miner ""Bucculatrix epibathra"" is apparently only found on ""G. tiliaefolia"". The parasitic wasp ""Aprostocetus psyllidis"" of the Eulophidae occurs on and around phalsa (""G. asiatica""). Its larvae are parasitoids of other insects"
"other ""Brachypelma"" species. The trochanters and femora of the first pair of legs have plumose hairs. The first and second pairs of legs of the male lack spines. The eggs are fewer in number and larger than in most ""Brachypelma"" species, producing larger and faster maturing young. ""Brachypelma schroederi"" was first described by Jan-Peter Rudloff in 2003. The specific name refers to Steffen Schröder, a spider enthusiast, who bred ""B. schroederi"", and provided Rudloff with both observations and specimens. ""Brachypelma schroederi"" was described from specimens said to have been collected from the area around Acapulco in Mexico. However, this appears"
"Gardiner. The specific name, ""guppyi"", is in honor of British naturalist Henry Brougham Guppy. The specific name, ""herrei"", is in honor of American ichthyologist Albert William Herre. The specific name, ""manni"", is in honor of American entomologist William Montana Mann. The specific name, ""oorti"", is in honor of Dutch ornithologist Eduard Daniël van Oort. The specific name, ""woodfordi"", is in honor of British naturalist Charles Morris Woodford. Lepidodactylus Lepidodactylus is a large genus of small geckos, commonly known as scaly-toed geckos. Species in the genus ""Lepidodactylus"" are found from Southeast Asia to Indo-Australia and Oceania. There are 34 described species"
"Apart from these, the following mammals can be seen here: Hedgehog, lesser bushbaby, vervet monkey, chacma baboon, pangolin, scrub hare, tree squirrel, spring hare, greater cane rat, porcupine, bat-eared fox, black-backed jackal, striped polecat, honey badger, Cape clawless otter, African civet, large spotted genet, small spotted genet, yellow mongoose, marsh mongoose, slender mongoose, white-tailed mongoose, banded mongoose, aardwolf, spotted hyena, brown hyena, cheetah, caracal, serval, Southern African wildcat, black-footed cat, aardvark, rock hyrax, Burchell's zebra, bushpig, common warthog, hippo, giraffe, klipspringer, common duiker, steenbok, blesbok, reedbuck, mountain reedbuck, impala, springbok, blue wildebeest, black wildebeest, tsessebe, red hartebeest, gemsbok, waterbuck, bushbuck,"