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Moss mantis Diagram showing the biological classification hierarchy for the coyote (Canis latrans) and gray wolf (Canis lupus), with labeled taxonomic ranks from domain Eukarya down to species, and illustrations of each animal. Spongiforma squarepantsii Red maple
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Moss mantis
A moss mantis (Haania confusa). Its species epithet, confusa, refers...
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Example of Linnaean classification
Coyotes and gray wolves share a long evolutionary history and are closely related,...
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Spongiforma squarepantsii
Spongiforma squarepantsii, a species of fungus discovered in 2010 on the...
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Red maple
A stately red maple (Acer rubrum). The genus, Acer, is used for...
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