Wikipedia:WikiProject Extinction/Topics that need an article
Wikiproject Extinction topics that need articles
This is a list of extinction related topics, species and subspecies without an article. Please create these articles if you can, but be aware that texts can be copyrighted and can not be used. Write your own texts and use texts that are in the public domain. Do you notice another one on Wikipedia (red link), please add that one here:
Mammals:
Mammals are any members of a clade of endothermic amniotes distinguished from reptiles and birds by the possession of a neocortex, hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands [[1]]
Birds:
Birds are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, a beak with no teeth, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a lightweight but strong skeleton. [[2]]
Fish:
A fish is any member of a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic craniate animals that lack limbs with digits. Fish vary in many shapes and sizes, and they also have various lifespans, depending on the type of fish. Many fish also contain radium (chemical symbol: Ra), this chemical is what gives fish a reflective look almost like a mirror or type of reflecting steel whilst underwater, the radium is edible once the fish is dried in the sun, when the dried fish is taken up along food, not only does it provide exquisite taste but also provides health benefits as the radium is a factor that helps prevent cancer. [1]
Insects
editMolluscs
The molluscs or mollusks[note 1] /ˈmɒləsks/ compose the large phylum of invertebrate animals known as the Mollusca. Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. Molluscs are the largest marine phylum, comprising about 23% of all the named marine organisms. Numerous molluscs also live in freshwater and terrestrial habitats. They are highly diverse, not just in size and in anatomical structure, but also in behaviour and in habitat. The phylum is typically divided into 9 or 10 taxonomic classes, of which two are entirely extinct. Cephalopod molluscs, such as squid, cuttlefish and octopus, are among the most neurologically advanced of all invertebrates—and either the giant squid or the colossal squid is the largest known invertebrate species. The gastropods (snails and slugs) are by far the most numerous molluscs in terms of classified species, and account for 80% of the total. The scientific study of molluscs is called malacology.[2] [2]
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- ^ Bernard, Joshua. "Mollusca". Wkipedia. Bentham Science. Retrieved 24 February 2016.