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Acacia beckleri • Acacia cowleana • Agaricus excellens • Amanita ceciliae • Amanita crocea • Amanita frostiana • Amanita thiersii • Amanita vittadinii (now Saproamanita vittadinii) • Anthoceros agrestis • Camellia × williamsii • Cortinarius gentilis • Digitalis thapsi • Exochorda racemosa • Gagandeep Kaur • Juncus acutiflorus • Kaushiki • Leucoagaricus americanus • Limacella illinita • List of Coprinopsis species • Maihuenia poeppigii • Mariosousa willardiana • Miriquidica deusta • Opuntia aciculata • Phyllium bioculatum • Prunus verecunda • Solorina saccata • Stereum ostrea • Viprachitti

Articles I have significantly contributed to

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Armadillos

Six-banded armadillo

Bears (Ursids)

Sun bear

Bovids

Addax • Banteng • Bay duiker • Blackbuck • Black wildebeest (collaboration) • Bluebuck (collaboration) • Blue duiker • Blue wildebeest (collaboration) • Bohor reedbuck • Bovidae (collaboration) • Common eland (my first GA!) • Dibatag • Four-horned antelope • Gerenuk • Giant eland (collaboration) • Hartebeest • Heuglin's gazelle • Impala • Klipspringer • Lesser kudu • Mongalla gazelle • Mountain nyala • Nile lechwe • Nilgai • Nyala • Oribi • Royal antelope • Saola (collaboration) • Scimitar oryx • Southern reedbuck • Sitatunga • Springbok • Thomson's gazelle • Waterbuck • Wildebeest (collaboration) • Yellow-backed duiker

Camelids

Dromedary

Chevrotains (Tragulids)

Vietnam mouse-deer

Deer (Cervids)

Chital • Deer

Cats (Felids)

Black-footed cat • Canada lynx • Caracal • Cheetah • Jaguarundi • Jungle cat • Leopard • Ocelot • Sand cat • Serval

Giraffids

Okapi

Marsupials

Andean caenolestid • Bare-tailed woolly opossum • Black-shouldered opossum • Brown-eared woolly opossum • Bushy-tailed opossum • Derby's woolly opossum • Dusky caenolestid • Elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum • Gray-bellied caenolestid • Incan caenolestid • Long-nosed caenolestid • Monito del monte • Northern caenolestid • White-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum

Mongooses (Herpestids)

Meerkat

Procyonids

Kinkajou

Sloths (Folivorans)

Pygmy three-toed sloth

Fungi and plants

Amanita albocreata • Amanita fulva • Amanita gemmata (collaboration) • Amanita jacksonii • Phragmipedium besseae

Did You Know? (DYKs)

Note: DYKs are listed in the order of their appearance on the main page.

Did you know ...

... that Amanita thiersii has the genetic capability to decompose cellulose and can survive on it alone?
... that the fungus Stereum ostrea gets its common name 'False Turkey-tail' due to its great resemblance with the Turkey-tail (Trametes versicolor)?
... that the pharmocological products derived from the Spanish foxglove are up to three times more potent than those obtained from the common foxglove?
... that impala are known for their unique leaping ability, reaching heights up to 3 metres (9.8 ft)?
... that rock paintings of the dibatag have been discovered on the west bank of the Nile River, far from its present range?
... that the Mongalla gazelle continued its extensive migration in South Sudan despite three decades of civil war?
... that the mountain nyala, featured on the obverse of the Ethiopian ten santim coin, was the last species of large antelope to be discovered in Africa?"
... that the ears of the sitatunga are so specialized that they can pinpoint the direction of the origin of a sound?
... that the blue duiker marks its territory by the secretions of glands near its eyes?
... that the royal antelope is the smallest antelope in the world?
... that the unusual four-horned skull of the four-horned antelope makes it a popular target for trophy hunters?
... that despite its name, the jungle cat eschews rainforests and woodlands, and prefers swamps?
... that every cheetah has a unique pattern of spots on its coat?
... that the caracal can leap more than 3 metres (10 ft) in the air and catch birds on the wing?
... that among klipspringers, pair bonds are formed that may last for life?
... that in South America, taboos are associated with the consumption of the meat of the six-banded armadillo?
... that the activity of the bare-tailed woolly opossum is influenced by moonlight?
... that blackbuck could play a role in the dispersal of Prosopis juliflora fruits?
... that Mahavira was the 24th and last tirthankara (Teaching God) in Jainism?
... that the nilgai has been declared as vermin in Bihar, India?
... that the serval has the longest legs of any cat relative to its body size?
... that the bluebuck was the first large African mammal historically recorded to have become extinct?
... that artist Salvador Dalí claimed that his pet ocelot was an ordinary domestic cat that he had "painted over in an op art design"?
... that the Vietnam mouse-deer, which had been feared to have gone extinct nearly 30 years ago, was sighted again in 2019?
... that populations of the Canada lynx undergo cyclic rises and falls in line with those of the snowshoe hare?
... that meerkats use alarm calls that can identify the type of predator posing the risk, the level of danger, and the caller itself?
... that the sun bear is the smallest of all bear species?
... that despite being a member of the cat family, the jaguarundi has several features in common with mustelids such as otters and weasels?
... that the banteng is the second endangered species to be successfully cloned, and the first clone to survive beyond infancy?
... that Heuglin's gazelle, reportedly last seen in Eritrea over a century earlier during Italian colonial rule, was sighted again in the country last year?

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