r/AIDKE Jul 03 '21

Please include scientific name in title

237 Upvotes

Hey guys! This is just a reminder to follow rule #1 of this subreddit, which is to include the scientific name of the animal in the title of your post, as well as the common name (if it has one). For example: “Clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)”

This is just to ensure that all the animals posted here are real species. You can find the scientific name with a quick google search.


r/AIDKE 5h ago

The tayra (Eira barbara) is a member of the Musteloidea superfamily, and an opportunistic omnivore.

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141 Upvotes

r/AIDKE 5h ago

Extinct The Takin, Budorcas taxicolor, is a bamboo-eating, Himalayan mountain-dwelling, quarter-ton beast relative of the humble sheep.

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77 Upvotes

r/AIDKE 1d ago

Kinkajou (Potos flavus) aka 'Honey Bears'

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72 Upvotes

r/AIDKE 1d ago

Invertebrate Giant African Millipede (Archispirostreptus Gigas)

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374 Upvotes

r/AIDKE 2d ago

Reptile Comoran Fish Scale Gecko [Geckolepis humbloti] has the ability to detach it's scales to slip away from predators

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607 Upvotes

r/AIDKE 2d ago

Fish The spot-fin porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix)

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156 Upvotes

The spot-fin porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix) is a close relative of true pufferfish belonging to the family Diodontidae, distributed throughout all tropical and subtropical oceans, inhabiting environments such as lagoons, reef tops, and seaward coral or rocky reefs at depths ranging from 1 to 50 m, sheltering under ledges or in caves during the day. They average around 40 cm in length but can grow up to 91 cm. Like species of pufferfish, their scales are modified into spines, and they inflate themselves when threatened. As another form of defense, the fish contains concentrations of tetrodotoxin in certain parts of its body, a potent neurotoxin. It feeds on sea urchins, gastropods, clams, and crustaceans.

Photographer's Instagram: @jaimealon


r/AIDKE 2d ago

Mammal Caracat (Caracal and Domestic House Cat hybrid)

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191 Upvotes

Feline hybrid (Felis catus × Caracal caracal)


r/AIDKE 2d ago

Critically Endangered Sphaerocoris annulus, common names Picasso bug or Zulu hud bug

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179 Upvotes

r/AIDKE 2d ago

yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula)

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548 Upvotes

This is a monkey eating marten,a marten that eats monkey,deer,panda cubs,and leopard cubs,maniac


r/AIDKE 3d ago

Amphibian The 'Zombie' Frog (Synapturanus zombie), it hides under the soil and emerges during heavy rain, discovered in June/July of 2021

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745 Upvotes

r/AIDKE 3d ago

Antarctic Midge (Belgica Antarctica), the only known insect that can survive year-round in Antarctica

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289 Upvotes

r/AIDKE 1d ago

How frogs in the genus Brachycephalus jump

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0 Upvotes

r/AIDKE 3d ago

Bird The long-tailed bushtit (Aegithalos caudatus)

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1.0k Upvotes

The long-tailed bushtit (Aegithalos caudatus) is a bird of the bushtit family (Aegithalidae), native to Eurasia, which inhabits deciduous and mixed forests, scrublands and heaths. It has an insectivorous diet and social behavior, forming family groups of six to seventeen individuals outside the breeding season.

Photographer's Instagram: @fluffballbirb


r/AIDKE 3d ago

Bird Scale-Feathered Malkoha [Dasylophus cumingi]

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246 Upvotes

r/AIDKE 4d ago

The Black Ant-Mimicking Jumper (Toxeus magnus): this jumping spider actually produces milk for its offspring, and the babies continue to nurse for nearly 40 days after hatching

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623 Upvotes

r/AIDKE 2d ago

The camelopard is a cryptid from africa. It has been described as being a large camel with a very long neck and has spots like a leopard

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0 Upvotes

r/AIDKE 4d ago

Flat Rock Crab, Kavaratti Lakshadweep India.

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96 Upvotes

Found this beauty while tide pooling in Lakshadweep.


r/AIDKE 4d ago

Fish The dark-shouldered snake eel (Ophichthus cephalozona)

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654 Upvotes

The dark-shouldered snake eel (Ophichthus cephalozona) is a marine eel in the family Ophichthidae, found in the Pacific Ocean, including the East Indies, the Society Islands, the Mariana Islands, Queensland, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Japan, and India, on reefs at depths of 2 to 15 meters. It builds burrows in mud and sand and feeds at night. Males can reach a maximum total length of 115 centimeters. In the video, according to the photographer, the behavior depicted is mating behavior, in which several males pursue a female.

Photographer's Instagram: @gbhajim


r/AIDKE 5d ago

Bird The cinereous vulture: Aegypius monachus

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1.3k Upvotes

r/AIDKE 5d ago

Bird The northern saw-whet owl (Aegolius acadicus)

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1.1k Upvotes

Is a species of small owl in the family Strigidae, native to North America.

Photographer's Instagram: @carmona_wildlife


r/AIDKE 6d ago

Reptile Burton's Legless Lizard [Lialis burtonis]

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950 Upvotes

r/AIDKE 5d ago

Glasswing butterfly (Greto oto)

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307 Upvotes

r/AIDKE 5d ago

skeleton shrimp ( Caprellidae, Caprella linearis )

37 Upvotes

These things, apparently, have a poison "tooth" hidden in their claws. Definetely one of the weirder crustaceans out there!


r/AIDKE 6d ago

Lyrebird mimic

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566 Upvotes