Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Species Status in Ontario: Least Concern Sciurus carolinensis, Colour, 2020 © Suzanne M Matheson Family, Sciuridae: The term, rodent, comes from the Latin rodere, …
Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Passerellidae Species Status in Canada: “Ipswich” Savannah Sparrow subspecies Passerculus sandwichensis princeps, on SARO “Special Concern” list since 2003 and COSEWIC “Special Concern” list since 2009 …
Class: Magnoliopsida Subclass: Rosidae Order: Rhamnales Family: Rhamnaceae Host Plant for Endangered Species, Erynnis martialis Mottled Duskywing butterfly Erynnis martialis on Host Plant (Ceanothus americanus), Colour/Detail, 2020 © Suzanne M Matheson Buckthorn …
Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Hesperiidae Species Status in Ontario: on SARO “Endangered” list since 2014 Erynnis martialis, Colour, 2020 © Suzanne M Matheson Family, Hesperiidae: The Skipper family, Hesperiidae, is …
Put simply, “Biodiversity is the shortened form of two words “biological” and “diversity”. It refers to all the variety of life that can be found on Earth (plants, animals, fungi and micro-organisms) as well as …
