Organisms in the Neighborhood
Organisms in the Neighborhood
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Plants
Plants
Sikkim Fir
Abies Densa
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Abies
Species: Abies densa
Threat Level:
Least Concern
Tree Rhododendron
Rhododendron arboreum
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Rhododendron
Species: Rhododendron arboreum
Threat Level:
Least Concern
Himalayan Hemlock
Tsuga dumosa
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Tsuga
Species: Tsuga dumosa
Threat Level:
Least Concern
Red Cotton Tree
Bombax ceiba
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Bombax
Species: Bombax ceiba
Threat Level:
Least Concern
Two of the plants above, the Sikkim Fir and Himalayan Hemlock, are conifer plants - a division of gymnosperms that are cone-bearing seed plants.
Animals
Animals
Common Palm Civet
Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Viverridae
Genus: Paradoxurus
Species: Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
Threat Level:
Least Concern
Red Panda
Ailurus fulgens
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ailuridae
Genus: Ailurus
Species: Ailurus fulgens
Threat Level:
Endangered
Satyr Tragopan
Tragopan satyra
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Tragopan
Species: Tragopan satyra
Threat Level:
Near Threatened
All three of these animals are chordates, representing the phylum chordata; they all share anatomical structures, including a notochord, a dorsal hollow nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, and a post-anal tail at some point during their development.
Perlodidae Stoneflies
family Perlodidae
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Plecoptera
Family: Perlodidae
Genus: multiple
Species: multiple
Threat Level:
Least Concern
Formosan Termite
Coptotermes formosanus
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Rhinotermitidae
Genus: Coptotermes
Species:
Coptotermes formosanus
Threat Level:
Least Concern
Fungi
Fungi
Orange Chocolate Chip Lichen
Solorina crocea
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Peltigerales
Family: Peltigeraceae
Genus: Solorina
Species: Solorina crocea
Threat Level:
Vulnerable
This fungi is a part of the ascomycota, a division of fungi that stores spores in a sac called ascus; for this lichen, there are six to eight ascospores in each ascus.
References:
Barstow, M. (2020). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species - Bombax ceiba. Retrieved from https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/61781914/61781917
BirdLife International. (2016). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species - Satyra tragopan. Retrieved from https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22679157/92804874
Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. (2018). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species - Rhododendron arboreum. Retrieved from https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136143885/136143887
Duckworth, J.W., Timmins, R.J., Choudhury, A., Chutipong, W., Willcox, D.H.A., Mudappa, D., Rahman, H., Widmann, P., Wilting, A. & Xu, W. (2016). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species - Common Palm Civet. Retrieved from https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41693/45217835
Formosan subterranean termite. Wikipedia. (2022, August 30). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formosan_subterranean_termite
Glatston, A., Wei, F., Than Zaw & Sherpa, A. (2015). The IUCN Red LIst of Threatened Species - Red Panda. Retrieved from https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/714/110023718
Ministry of Environments & Forests, Government of India. (2022, June 30). Carrying Capacity Study of Teesta Basin in Sikkim: Volume VI Biological Environment Terrestrial and Aquatic Resources. ENVIS Hub: Sikkim. Retrieved from http://sikenvis.nic.in/writereaddata/Vol-VI_%20Biolgical%20Environment.pdf
Perlodidae. Wikipedia. (25 April 2021). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perlodidae
Solorina crocea (L.) Ach. (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Retrieved from https://www.gbif.org/species/2601134
Solorina crocea. Wikipedia. (2022, August 31). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solorina_crocea
Yang, Y., Luscombe, D & Rushforth, K. (2013). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Specie - Himalayan Hemlock. Retrieved from https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42434/2979998
Zhang, D., Christian, T., Carter, G., Farjon, A., Liao, W., & Yang, Y. (2013). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species - Sikkim Fir. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved from https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42278/2969131
Keywords: conifer; gymnosperm; chordata; spiracle; trachea; ascomycota
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