What type of creature is an 'Ortolan'?
"the European Union resulted in the French government promising to enforce the EU directive protecting the ortolan. After several years of active citizen watch revealing little if any change in the field situation, the local representative of the government repeated this statement in 2016. European Union member states prohibit: Ortolan bunting The ortolan (""Emberiza hortulana"") or ortolan bunting, is a bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a passerine family now separated by most modern scholars from the finches, Fringillidae. The genus name ""Emberiza"" is from Old High German , a bunting. The specific ""hortulana"" is from the Italian name for"
"Marrus orthocanna Marrus orthocanna is a species of pelagic siphonophore, a colonial animal composed of a complex arrangement of zooids, some of which are polyps and some medusae. It lives in the Arctic and other cold, deep waters, swimming independently in mid-ocean. Like other siphonophores, ""Marrus orthocanna"" is a colony composed of a number of specialised zooids linked together by a long stem. At the front is the pneumatophore, an orange-coloured, gas-filled float. Behind this is the nectosome, a region where there are a number of translucent nectophores with red, unlooped radial canals. These are bell-shaped medusae specialised for locomotion."
"Orthrozanclus Orthrozanclus reburrus (""Dawn scythe with bristling hair"") is a sea creature known from the Middle Cambrian (~) Burgess shale, about one centimeter long, with long spikes protruding from its armored body The describers of this fossil animal, Simon Conway Morris and Jean-Bernard Caron, say ""Orthrozanclus"" may have formed a link between the halkieriid and the wiwaxiid families, uniting them tentatively in a group called ""Halwaxiida"", characterized by a similar type of body armor; these organisms might have been stem group molluscs, or fall as a stem group to the larger lophotrochozoan clade (containing molluscs, annelids and brachiopods). However, the"
"Crotalus oreganus Crotalus oreganus is a venomous pit viper species found in North America in the western United States, parts of British Columbia, and northwestern Mexico. Seven subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here. The size of this species varies greatly, with some populations being stunted and others growing very large. Mainland specimens often reach in length, with the largest on record being (Klauber, 1956) for ""C. o. oreganus"". This species, in its various forms, shows considerable ontogenetic variation. Juveniles usually have more or less distinct patterns, but these fade as the animals mature. The color of"
"Orthocone An orthocone is an unusually long straight shell of a nautiloid cephalopod. During the 18th and 19th centuries, all shells of this type were named ""Orthoceras"", creating a wastebasket taxon, but it is now known that many groups of nautiloids developed or retained this type of shell. An orthocone can be thought of as like a ""Nautilus"", but with the shell straight and uncoiled. It was previously believed that these represented the most primitive form of nautiloid, but it is now known that the earliest nautiloids had shells that were slightly curved. An orthoconic form evolved several times among"
"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"
"Cretolamna Cretolamna is a genus of extinct mackerel shark that belonged to the family Otodontidae. These sharks lived from the Aptian of the Cretaceous period to the Ypresian stage of the early Eocene epoch (115 to 48 million years ago). It is considered by many to be the ancestor of many of the famous shark genera, such as the mako, great white, ""Carcharocles angustidens"", and ""Carcharocles megalodon"" sharks. ""Cretolamna"" was a widespread genus in North Africa (Morocco) and North America on the East Coast and in the Midwest. Deposits in Morocco are usually Eocene in age, while most deposits in"
"Lutrine opossum The lutrine opossum (""Lutreolina crassicaudata""), also known as the little water opossum, thick-tailed opossum, or coligrueso is an opossum species from South America and is monotypic in the genus ""Lutreolina"". The lutrine opossum (""lutrine"" means ""otter-like"" and ""crass"" meaning ""thick, fat"" and ""cauda"" meaning ""tail"") is a very peculiar opossum, having a long weasel-like body, short legs, small rounded ears, and dense reddish or yellowish fur. Nocturnal and crepuscular, they generally live in grasslands and savannas near water. They are terrestrial but are excellent swimmers and climbers. Genetic and morphological studies indicate that there is a second species,"
"Lavellan A Lavellan, làbh-allan, la-mhalan or la-bhallan etc. is a mythological/cryptozoological creature from northern Scotland. It was generally considered to be a kind of rodent, and the name """"làbh-allan"""" is also used for a water shrew or water vole in Scottish Gaelic. It was however, reportedly larger than a rat, very noxious, and lived in deep pools in rivers. Its poisonous abilities were legendary, and it was said to be able to injure cattle over a hundred feet away. Fleming, describing the Ermine, compared the prejudice against the animal to Sibbald's account of the country people's dislike of the Lavellan;"
"Herbert. Argentine writer Julio Cortázar included a short story entitled ""Axolotl"" in his 1956 collection ""Final del juego"". The story concerns a man who becomes obsessed with the salamanders after viewing them in an aquarium in Paris. In the Netflix series Bojack Horseman, there is an anthropomorphic axolotl character named Yolanda Buenaventura voiced by Natalie Morales. Axolotl The axolotl (, from ; plural axolotls or rarely axolomeh), ""Ambystoma mexicanum"", also known as the Mexican walking fish, is a neotenic salamander related to the tiger salamander. Although the axolotl is colloquially known as a ""walking fish"", it is not a fish,"
"Octopus."" Nuu-chah-nulth mythology Nuu-chah-nulth Mythology is the historical oral history of the Nuu-chah-nulth, a group of indigenous peoples living on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Matlose is a famous hob-goblin of the Nootkas; he is a very Caliban of spirits; his head is like the head of something that might have been man but is not; his uncouth bulk is horrid with black bristles, his monstrous teeth and nails are like the claws of a bear. Whoever hears his terrible voice falls like one smitten, and his curved claws rend a prey into morsels with a single stroke. One morning,"
"Mogollon Monster The Mogollon Monster ( or ) is a legendary creature that has been discussed in accounts from central and eastern Arizona along the Mogollon Rim. It is most often described as a Bigfoot or ape-like creature, but descriptions vary. Reports of footprints, video, and hair samples have been documented by enthusiasts, but no conclusive evidence has been found to date. Mainstream biologists remain skeptical to the existence of such a creature. The Mogollon Monster is reported to be a bipedal humanoid, over 7 feet tall, with inhuman strength, and large eyes that some claim to be ""wild and"
"of the Mata Amarilla Formation, whence ""Orkoraptor"" was collected, contains a tuff layer that has been dated to 96.2 ± 0.7 Ma, during the Cenomanian. Orkoraptor Orkoraptor is a genus of large theropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period of Argentina. It is known from incomplete fossil remains including parts of the skull, teeth, tail vertebrae, and a partial tibia. The specialized teeth resemble those of some maniraptoriform theropods, namely the deinonychosaurs and compsognathids. This and other anatomical features led the authors who described it (Novas, Ezcurra, and Lecuona) to suggest that it was a maniraptoran Coelurosaur. However, subsequent studies"
"Axolotl The axolotl (, from ; plural axolotls or rarely axolomeh), ""Ambystoma mexicanum"", also known as the Mexican walking fish, is a neotenic salamander related to the tiger salamander. Although the axolotl is colloquially known as a ""walking fish"", it is not a fish, but an amphibian. The species was originally found in several lakes, such as Lake Xochimilco underlying Mexico City. Axolotls are unusual among amphibians in that they reach adulthood without undergoing metamorphosis. Instead of developing lungs and taking to the land, adults remain aquatic and gilled. Axolotls should not be confused with waterdogs, the larval stage of"
"xenarthran glyptodonts. The animal was rather large, measuring in length, making it the second-largest known nonmarine turtle or tortoise, surpassed only by ""Megalochelys atlas"" from Asia, which lived in the Pleistocene. It lived in Australia, Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia and Vanuatu. The ""Meiolania"" specimens once living on New Caledonia and Lord Howe Island were much smaller than their giant relatives from the Australian continent. ""Meiolania"" fed on plants. Because the remains known by 1925 were found close to beaches, it was thought to be aquatic. It is now known to have been terrestrial. The genus was erected in 1886"
"Crotalus lannomi Crotalus lannomi, known commonly as the Autlán rattlesnake, is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper in the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to southwestern Mexico. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid."" The specific name, ""lannomi"", is in honor of Joseph R. Lannom, Jr., who collected the type specimen. ""C. lannomi"" was described from a single specimen, a female in total length (including tail), presumed to have been an adult. The presence of some larger scales on top of its head and a longer tail are the traits Tanner (1966) suggested are"
"Orectolobus Orectolobus is a genus of carpet sharks in the family Orectolobidae. They are commonly known as wobbegongs, although this name also applies to the other members of the family. They are found in shallow temperate and tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean, chiefly around Australia and Indonesia, although one species (the Japanese wobbegong, ""O. japonicus"") occurs as far north as Japan. They have a mottled or spotted cryptic pattern, and have elongated dermal lobes in the region near the mouth. Most have a maximum length of or less, but two species, ""O. halei"" and"
"rocks and boulders on hillsides and buttes, low foothills, mountainsides, open deserts, alfalfa fields and valley floors. ""Crotalus oreganus lutosus"" feeds on amphibians, reptiles, birds, bird eggs, and mammals. Young are born alive in broods of 3 to 13. The Great Basin rattlesnake is protected in Utah. Crotalus oreganus lutosus Crotalus oreganus lutosus is a venomous pit viper subspecies found in the Great Basin region of the United States. Adult specimens are in overall length, but rarely exceed . The males grow larger than the females. On the subject of scalation, one of the more distinctive characteristics of this subspecies"
"Orthalicoidea The Orthalicoidea are a superfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the informal group Sigmurethra. The Orthalicoidea is a dominant faunal element in the Neotropics, but also has a number of genera with a Gondwanan distribution. This taxonomy, as accepted by Bouchet & Rocroi, was based on the study by Nordsieck, published in 1986, and the classification as formulated by Schileyko in 1999. However Bouchet & Rocroi diverged from this classification in uniting the families Bulimulidae and Orthalacidae. They also considered the family Placostylidae as a distinct family from Orthalicidae, and the family Coelociontidae a distinct family"
"Orkoraptor Orkoraptor is a genus of large theropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period of Argentina. It is known from incomplete fossil remains including parts of the skull, teeth, tail vertebrae, and a partial tibia. The specialized teeth resemble those of some maniraptoriform theropods, namely the deinonychosaurs and compsognathids. This and other anatomical features led the authors who described it (Novas, Ezcurra, and Lecuona) to suggest that it was a maniraptoran Coelurosaur. However, subsequent studies found it to be a megaraptoran. Found in the Pari Aike Formation of Southern Patagonia, it is one of the southernmost carnivorous dinosaurs known from"
"Crotalus oreganus lutosus Crotalus oreganus lutosus is a venomous pit viper subspecies found in the Great Basin region of the United States. Adult specimens are in overall length, but rarely exceed . The males grow larger than the females. On the subject of scalation, one of the more distinctive characteristics of this subspecies is that it has three or more internasal scales – something that it has in common with ""C. viridis"". The color pattern usually consists of a buff, pale gray, pale brown, olive brown or yellowish brown ground color, overlaid with a series of 32-49 dorsal blotches. These"
"Kushtaka Kushtaka or Kooshdakhaa ( lit. ""land otter man"") are mythical shape-shifting creatures found in the folklore of the Tlingit and Tsimshian peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. They are similar to the Nat'ina of the Dena'ina Indians of South Central Alaska, and the Urayuli of the Yup'ik in Western Alaska. Physically, Kushtaka are shape-shifters capable of assuming human form, the form of an otter and potentially other forms. In some accounts, a Kushtaka is able to assume the form of any species of otter; in others, only one. Accounts of their behaviour seem to conflict with"
"Ototriton Ototriton is an extinct genus of rhineurid amphisbaenian or worm lizard from the Early Eocene of the western United States, including the type and only species Ototriton solidus. Paleontologist F. B. Loomis named ""Ototriton"" in 1919 on the basis of a single skull from the Wind River Formation in Wyoming, misinterpreting it as the skull of a salamander. Unlike salamanders and like other rhineurids, ""Ototriton"" has a shovel-shaped snout that it presumably used for burrowing underground. ""Ototriton"" is one of the earliest known rhineurids and also one of the largest. Several other species have been assigned to ""Ototriton"" since"
"the U.S. are of Cretaceous and Paleocene age. ""C. maroccana"" is more prevalent in Morocco, while ""C. appendiculata"" is more prevalent in the United States. Both species overlapped at one point in time. ""Cretolamna"" was a predator and preyed upon large bony fish, turtles, mosasaurs, squids, and other sharks. It was a medium-sized predatory shark. Cretolamna Cretolamna is a genus of extinct mackerel shark that belonged to the family Otodontidae. These sharks lived from the Aptian of the Cretaceous period to the Ypresian stage of the early Eocene epoch (115 to 48 million years ago). It is considered by many"
"Catoblepas The catoblepas (pl. catoblepones; from the Greek καταβλέπω, (katablépō) ""to look downwards"") is a legendary creature from Ethiopia, first described by Pliny the Elder and later by Claudius Aelianus. It is said to have the body of a cape buffalo. Its head is always pointing downwards due to its head being heavy. Its stare or breath could either turn people into stone, or kill them. The catoblepas is often thought to be based on real-life encounters with wildebeest, such that some dictionaries say that the word is synonymous with ""gnu"". Also known as an African version of a Gorgon."
"South America. The name ""Orkoraptor"" means ""Toothed River thief"", and was derived from the Aoniken ""Orr-Korr"", the local name for the La Leona River, located near the original fossil site. The species name honors Coleman Burke, an amateur paleontologist who supported the expedition that collected the original fossils. ""Orkoraptor"" was a medium-sized theropod. In 2010, Gregory S. Paul estimated its length as and mass as 500 kilograms. The holotype, MPM-Pv 3457 was excavated in 2001 and consists of a right postorbital, a right quadratojugal, a probable right coronoid, eight isolated teeth, the intercentrum of the atlas and its right neurapophysis,"
"does not provide a great deal of resolution to the relationships between these basal worms. The generic name is a homage to the dragon Ancalagon, who is featured in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, in reference to the worm's prominent rows of hooks on its proboscis. The species was previously referred to as a member of the genus ""Ottoia"", as ""Ottoia minor"", but was then removed by Simon Conway Morris, who noted morphological differences. ""Ancalagon"" had a slender, cyndrical, radially symmetric body averaging 6 centimeters in length. Its proboscis was armed with circum-oral hooks at the anterior. There were about 10"
"tortoise, ""testudo"". ""Terrapin"" comes from an Algonquian word for turtle. Some languages do not have this distinction, as all of these are referred to by the same name. For example, in Spanish, the word ""tortuga"" is used for turtles, tortoises, and terrapins. A sea-dwelling turtle is ""tortuga marina"", a freshwater species ""tortuga de río"", and a tortoise ""tortuga terrestre"". The largest living chelonian is the leatherback sea turtle (""Dermochelys coriacea""), which reaches a shell length of and can reach a weight of over . Freshwater turtles are generally smaller, but with the largest species, the Asian softshell turtle ""Pelochelys cantorii"","
"of them before he/she eats you, they will serve you until you die. Tikbalang The Tikbalang (/ˈtikbaˌlaŋ/) (also Tigbalang, Tigbalan, Tikbalan, Tigbolan, or Werehorse) is a creature of Philippine folklore said to lurk in the mountains and forests of the Philippines. It is a tall, bony humanoid creature with the head and hooves of a horse and disproportionately long limbs, to the point that its knees reach above its head when it squats down. In some versions it is a transformation of an aborted fetus sent to earth from limbo. The form of the Tikbalang traces back 4000 years, with"
"otters every evening. In regard to canids, there are no foxes on the island, although it has been suggested that the name ""Ulva"" - wolf isle - meant that wolves lived on the island in the Norse period. There is only one known kind of reptile on the island, the pseudo-snake slowworm, but no true snakes have been reported. The name ""Ormaig"", however, is probably a corruption of the Norse ""Ormrsvi"", which means ""bay of the worm"" - this may refer to a snake. Cetaceans that can be seen in the surrounding waters include minke whales, porpoises, dolphins, and pilot"
"Orthoceras Orthoceras (""straight horn"") is a genus of extinct nautiloid cephalopod restricted to Middle Ordovician-aged marine limestones of the Baltic States and Sweden. This genus is sometimes called ""Orthoceratites"". Note it is sometimes misspelled as ""Orthocera"", ""Orthocerus"" or ""Orthoceros"" . ""Orthoceras"" was formerly thought to have had a worldwide distribution due to the genus' use as a wastebasket taxon for numerous species of conical-shelled nautiloids throughout the Paleozoic and Triassic. Now, ""Orthoceras"" sensu stricto refers to ""O. regulare"", of Ordovician-aged Baltic Sea limestones of Sweden and neighboring areas. These are slender, elongate shells with the middle of the body chamber"
"Crotalus oreganus abyssus Crotalus oreganus abyssus is a venomous pit viper subspecies found only in the U.S. state of Arizona. This is a medium to large rattlesnake. Adults measure 16-54 inches (41–137 cm) in total length. Dorsally, they have dark blotches on a variety of base colors ranging from reddish, pink, yellow/green, light tan, to gray. The blotches usually become crossbands near the tail. The young usually have more prominent blotches and facial markings than the adults. Some adults have no body markings. The rostral scale usually comes into contact with more than 2 internasal scales. Found in northwestern and"
"a defining characteristic of which is the presence of xenarthrals (extra formations between lumbar vertebrae). In the past, Pilosa was regarded as a suborder of the order Xenarthra, while some more recent classifications regard Pilosa as an order within the superorder Xenarthra. Earlier still, both armadillos and pilosans were classified together with pangolins and the aardvark as the order Edentata (meaning toothless, because the members do not have front incisor teeth or molars, or have poorly developed molars). Edentata was subsequently realized to be polyphyletic; it contained unrelated families and was thus invalid. Order Pilosa Pilosa The order Pilosa is"