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RE: Species Database Compilation Quest - Yellow - Dec 27 2020
Aldabra tortoise
Common Name: Aldabra tortoise
Genus & Species: Aldabrachelys gigantea
Family: Testudinidae
Order: Testudines
Class: Reptilia
Phylum: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
Brief Description: Large land tortoise. The shell is brown or dark grey in color, and the legs are stocky and covered in thick scales. In males, the bottom shell is concave, while it is flat in females. The neck is long to help with food-gathering, and the head is relatively small and pointed. Diet is mostly leaves, grass, and woody plants.
Size: Males have a carapace length of about 48 inches (122 cm) and weigh about 550 pounds (250 kg); females have a carapace length of about 36 inches (91 cm) and weigh about 350 pounds (159 kg).
Source: Smithsonian
Availability: Basic
Pancake tortoise
Common Name: Pancake tortoise
Genus & Species: Malacochersus tomieri
Family: Testudinidae
Order: Testudines
Class: Reptilia
Phylum: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
Brief Description: The shell is unique in that it is flexible and flat, not domed. Holes in the shell make it lightweight, helping make the pancake tortoise fast and agile. Rather than retreating into its shell to hide from danger, it runs away and wedges itself into narrow spaces between rocks. Its natural habitat is arid savanna and scrubland.
Size: 6 to 7 inches (15 to 17.7 centimeters) long and about 1 pound (453 g)
Source: San Diego Zoo
Availability: Basic
Southern Marsupial mole
Common Name: Southern Marsupial Mole
Genus & Species: Notoryctes typhlops
Family: Notoryctidae
Order: Notoryctemorphia
Class: Mammalia
Phylum: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
Brief Description: No eyes, fur-covered holes instead of ears, short silky fur that ranges from creamy white to reddish brown, possibly because it picks up the color of the soil. The snout has a furless, pink, bumpy, keratinous shield on it; the nostrils are tiny vertical slits located on that shield. The limbs are short, with digits 3 and 4 of each foot having large, shovel-like claws.
Size: 5.12 to 5.71 in (13-14.5 cm) length; weighs 30 to 60 g (0.067 to 0.132 lb)
Source: Animal Diversity Web (U of Michigan)
Availability: Basic
Red-crowned crane
Common Name: Red-crowned crane
Genus & Species: Grus japonensis
Family: Gruidae
Order: Gruiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
Brief Description: Mostly snowy-white with black legs, tail, face, neck, and a red patch of bare skin on the top of the head. Young birds have more brown/grey in their feathers, but those are replaced with white when they get older. Black eyes, long sharp beak. Long legs for wading in marshes. Eats invertebrates, fish, amphibians, rodents, reeds/grasses, rice, and heath berries.
Size: 158 centimeters (62 in) tall, 2.5 meter wingspan, 7 to 15 kilograms (15 to 26 pounds).
Source: Smithsonian
Availability: Basic
RE: Species Database Compilation Quest - Edric - May 09 2021
Common Name: Three-legged crow
Alternative Names: Three-footed crow, san zu wu ya, chi wu (scarlet/red crow), jin wu (golden crow)
Genus & Species: n/a
Family: n/a
Order: n/a
Class: Aves
Phylum: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
Known Subspecies: n/a
Brief Description: A black crow perching in front of a red sun shining with golden light. It has three legs. No size specified in mythology, database sizing is based on common raven.
Size: Height: none specified, Length: 54-67 cm, 21-26 in, Weight: 0.69-2 kg, 1.5-4.4 lb
Source: https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E4%B8%89%E8%B6%B3%E4%B9%8C/1247367 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_raven#Description
Image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Mawangdui_silk_banner_from_tomb_no1.jpg/800px-Mawangdui_silk_banner_from_tomb_no1.jpg
Availability: rcs
"Common Name: Porcupine ray
Alternative Names: None
Genus & Species: asperrimus
Family: Dasyatidae
Order: Myliobatiformes
Class: Chondrichthyes
Phylum: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
Known Subspecies: n/a
Brief Description: A plain gray or brown ray with a white underside and a thin, dark gray tail. Its pectoral fin disc is thick and nearly circular, and its back is covered with sharp thorns. It lacks a venomous stinger.
Size: Height: n/a, Length: 220 cm, 87 in, Weight: n/a
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcupine_ray
Image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Urogymnus_asperrimus.jpg
Availability: ucs"
"Common Name: Chinese giant salamander
Alternative Names: none
Genus & Species: davidianus
Family: Cryptobranchidae
Order: Urodela
Class: Amphibia
Phylum: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
Known Subspecies: n/a
Brief Description: Dark brown, reddish, or black salamander with mottled patterns and wrinkly skin. Albinism has been recorded. Its head is broad and flat with a wide mouth, and its eyes are tiny. It makes barks, whines, hisses, and crying sounds that can sometimes resemble a human child.
Size: Height: n/a, Length: avg: 115 cm, 45 in max: 180 cm, 71 in, Weight: avg: 25–30 kg (55–66 lb) max: 50 kg (110 lb)
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_giant_salamander
Image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Velemlok_%C4%8D%C3%ADnsk%C3%BD_zoo_praha_1.jpg/1920px-Velemlok_%C4%8D%C3%ADnsk%C3%BD_zoo_praha_1.jpg
Availability: ucs"
"Common Name: Giant manta ray
Alternative Names: giant oceanic manta ray, oceanic manta ray
Genus & Species: birostris
Family: Mobulidae
Order: Myliobatiformes
Class: Chondrichthyes
Phylum: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
Known Subspecies: n/a
Brief Description: Large, triangular, wing-like pectoral fins. Large, rectangular mouth. Long, whip-like tail. Eyes on either side of head. Gill slits on underside. Dorsal surface is black, brown, or blue with pale fintips and pale triangular markings behind head; and ventral surface is white with possible dark splotches.
Size: Height: n/a, Length: 400-500 cm, 157-197 in, Weight: 3000 kg, 6600 lb
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_oceanic_manta_ray
Image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Manta_birostris-Thailand4.jpg
Availability: ucs"