The Red List Friends is a series showcasing some of the world’s at-risk species from the IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species. Today’s RedList friend is the Painted Woolly Bat. Kerivoula picta is the scientific name for the painted woolly bat, also known as the painted bat, “butterfly bat”, “coloured bat”, or “orange brown bat”….
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RedList Friends: North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
Here are seven facts about the North Atlantic Right Whale! Its scientific name is Eubalaena glacialis, which means “True Whale of the ice.” E. glacialis typically weighs between 55 thousand to 95 thousand kilograms (or about 120 thousand to 210 thousand pounds), and can measure up to 17 meters or 55 feet in length. E….
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