Wikipedia:WikiProject Animals/Article requests
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Animal anatomy
For assistance, see WikiProject Animal anatomy.
| Article | Known Sources | Redirect |
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| Foreface | the part of the head of a quadruped that is in front of the eyes | |
| Hump | a feature of various animals which doesn't have a centralised article, though there exists list of animals with humps | |
| Tegula (primate anatomy) | claw-like nails found in New World monkeys | |
| Bovine anatomy | There are articles on Equine anatomy and Canine anatomy, but no article for describing the anatomy of cattle. |
Animal behavior
| Article | Known Sources | Redirect |
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| Animal positions We could do with an equivalent of human positions for animals, focusing on which animals sit, kneel, squat and lie down and in what contexts. It is an interesting subject.--Penbat (talk) 08:02, 21 April 2017 (UTC) | Apparently wolves squat when they howl - Squatting position#Grand Howl. | |
| Cleaning behaviour (includes personal and social grooming and cleaner fish and other interspecific cleaning. | ||
| Antipredator defenses in mammals | See Tim Caro's Antipredator defenses in birds and mammals. P.S. Could perhaps be a section in the linked article | Anti-predator adaptation |
Other
| Article | Known Sources | Redirect | |
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| American Alsatian | |||
| The Blue Layer in New South Wales. | |||
| Faunal interchange | |||
| Gryphi (class of aquatic vertebrates) | timeline of pterosaur research | ||
| List of extinct fishes in the wild | List of recently extinct fishes | ||
| List of extinct in the wild insects | List of recently extinct insects | ||
| List of fossorials | A fossorial (from Latin fossor, meaning "digger") animal is one adapted to digging which lives primarily, but not solely, underground. Some examples are badgers, naked mole-rats, clams, meerkats, and mole salamanders. | ||
| List of land animals that can swim () |
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| necrotizing dermatitis in reference to snakes | |||
| phagenesis | |||
| plant-animal interactions (/animal-plant) | (Abrahamson WG (ed.) (1989) Plant–Animal Interactions. New York: McGraw-Hill; Howe HF and Westley LC (1988) Ecological Relationships of Plants and Animals. New York: Oxford University Press.) | ||
| primitive vertebrates | |||
| Quebrada Honda Fauna | Paratrigodon | ||
| Vertebrate biomechanics | Vertebrate Biomechanics and Evolution | ||
| Vertebrate evolution | (In creation) | ||
| Bremus | was there a genus or subgenus of bumblebees called Bremus? What happened to it? TIA |
Fish
For assistance, see WikiProject Fish.
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Known Sources | Redirect |
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| [[Acropoma heemstrai]] | Phil Heemstra | Note: This appears to be a misspelling of Acropoma heemstrai. | |
| [[Aseraggodes heemstrai]] | Phil Heemstra | ||
| Bunocephalinae (subfamily of catfish) | N/A | Acanthobunocephalus nicoi | |
| Cheiracanthoides | N/A | List of acanthodian genera, Template:Paleontology in Colombia | |
| Centrogenys algrahami and Centrogenys pogonoskii | N/A | https://bioone.org/journals/ichthyology-and-herpetology/volume-111/issue-4/i2022103/Revision-of-the-Indo-Pacific-Genus-Centrogenys-Richardson-1842-Centrogenyidae/10.1643/i2022103.short | Note: Centrogenys is no longer monospecific and needs its own page. |
| Congermuraena (genus of eel) | N/A | Bathycongrus aequoreus | |
| Congrellus (genus of eel) | N/A | Gilbert's garden eel, lined conger | |
| Congromuraena (genus of eel) | N/A | ||
| Folipistrix (genus of carpet shark) | N/A | carpet shark | |
| Melanostomiinae (subfamily of dragonfish) | N/A | Melanostomias | |
| Mooreodontus (genus of chondrichthyans) | N/A | Xenacanthida | |
| Palaeobrachaelurus (genus of carpet shark) | N/A | carpet shark | |
| Pseudoxenomystax (genus of eel) | N/A | dubious conger | |
| Pteropsaron heemstra | Phil Heemstra | ||
| Thyrsoidea (genus of eel) | N/A | Muraena augusti | |
| Upeneus heemstra | Heemstra goatfish | Phil Heemstra | Upeneus |
| Wurdigneria (genus of chondrichthyans) | N/A | Xenacanthida |
Amphibians
For assistance, see WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles.
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Known Sources | Redirect |
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| Hyla swanstoni | Swanston's tree frog | Hyla | |
| Leptopelis aubreyi | Aubrey's tree frog | Leptopelis flavomaculatus | |
| Xenopus arabiensis | Arabian clawed frog | Xenopus | |
| Xenopus hasaunus | Xenopus | ||
| Xenopus romeri | Romer's clawed frog | Xenopus | |
| Xenopus stromeri | Stromer's clawed frog | Xenopus |
Reptiles
For assistance, see WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles.
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Known Sources | Redirect |
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| Brasilemys | N/A | Thalassodromeus palaeoecology | |
| Chelospharginae (subfamily of Protostegidae) | N/A | Archelon | |
| Daohugoupterus wildi | timeline of pterosaur research | Daohugoupterus | |
| Diporiphora nobbi coggeri | Cogger's nobbi lashtail, Cogger's nobbi | Harold Cogger | |
| Dispholidini | N/A | Boomslang | |
| Eochelone brabantica | N/A | Cheloniidae template | |
| Eochelone voltregana | N/A | Cheloniidae template | |
| Euraxemys | N/A | Thalassodromeus palaeoecology | |
| Glarichelys knorri | Knorr's sea turtle | Cheloniidae template | |
| Haenamichnus uhangriensis | timeline of pterosaur research | Haenamichnus | |
| Laopteryx priscus | timeline of pterosaur research | ||
| Lepidochelys waikatoica | N/A | Cheloniidae template | |
| Mastigodryas boddaerti boddaerti (Sentzen, 1796) | Mastigodryas boddaerti | ||
| Mastigodryas boddaerti dunni (Stuart, 1933) | Mastigodryas boddaerti | ||
| Mastigodryas boddaerti ruthveni (Stuart, 1933) | Mastigodryas boddaerti | ||
| Notochampsidae | N/A | Pseudosuchia template | |
| Nyctisauria | N/A | Timeline of pterosaur research | |
| Pacifichelys hutchisoni | Hutchinson's sea turtle | Cheloniidae template | |
| Piocormus | N/A | Pleurosaurus | |
| Protosteginae (subfamily of Protostegidae) | N/A | Archelon | |
| Stephanosaurus marginatus | N/A | Stephanosaurus | |
| Syllomus crispatus | N/A | Cheloniidae template | |
| Tasbacka aldabergeni | Cheloniidae template | ||
| Tasbacka ouledabdounensis | Cheloniidae template | ||
| Tasbacka ruhoffi | Ruhoff's Tasbacka | Cheloniidae template | |
| Tasbacka salisburgensis | Salisburg's Tasbacka | Cheloniidae template | |
| Tingitana anoualae | Pleurosaurus | ||
| Wilburemys | Emydidae Template | ||
| Wilburemys yakimensis | Emydidae Template |
Birds
Birds topics now have their own page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Birds/Article requests. Please put them there.
Mammals
For assistance, see WikiProject Mammals.
Primates
For assistance, see WikiProject Primates. There are currently no requests in this category.
Invertebrates
Arthropods topics now have their own page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Arthropods/Article requests. Please put them there.
In alphabetical order:
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Known Sources | Redirect |
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| N/A | N/A | https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/purple-jellyfish-may-be-new-species-says-aquarist/2272528/ | |
| Acanthobothroides Brooks, 1977 () |
Onchobothriidae | ||
| Actinomyxidian () |
Parasitic worms of the class Actinomyxidia | ||
| Alloeocoela () |
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| Amphilimna intersepultosetme () |
List of organisms named after famous people (born 1950–present) | ||
| Belgrandiella boetersi () |
List of extinct animals of Europe | ||
| Bulimulus slevini () |
Joseph Richard Slevin#Eponymous taxa, Bulimulus | ||
| Callitetrarhynchus blochii | Winghead shark | ||
| Caryophyllaeus laticeps (species) | Eucestoda | ||
| Cerithidia cingula (species) | Heterophyes heterophyes | ||
| Choanataenia (genus) | Eucestoda | ||
| Davainea proglottina (species) | Eucestoda | ||
| Dipylidiinae | Joyeuxiella | ||
| Echinococcus multilocaris (Echinococcus multilocularis?) (species) | Eucestoda | ||
| Eurytrema pancreaticum () | |||
| Fissiculata (order of blastoids) | N/A | blastoid | |
| Folliculovarium mediterraneum | Mediterranean moray | ||
| Heteronybelinia heteromorphi | Winghead shark | ||
| Hirudinea granulosa | Dinobdella ferox | ||
| Hirundinea viridis | Dinobdella ferox | ||
| Hobsonia florida | A species of tube-dwelling polychaete. Sources:, , , Commons Category |
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| Hymenolepis carioca (species) | Eucestoda | ||
| Hysterothylacium ganeshi | Winghead shark | ||
| Joyeuxiella echinorhynchoides (de) | Joyeuxiella | ||
| Joyeuxiella rossicum | Joyeuxiella | ||
| Lecithochirium grandiporum | Mediterranean moray | ||
| Mahasena (genus) | |||
| Malo bella | Irukandji jellyfish | ||
| Macurdablastus | N/A | blastoid | |
| Mesocestoides leptothylacus (species) | Eucestoda | ||
| Moniezia expans (species) | Eucestoda | ||
| Olpium slevini | Slevin's pseudoscorpion | Joseph Richard Slevin#Eponymous taxa | |
| Otobothrium carcharidis | Winghead shark | ||
| Otobothrium mugilis | Winghead shark | ||
| Peromedusae (Unknown) () |
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| Phoreiobothrium puriensis | Winghead shark | ||
| Phyllobothrium (genus) | Eucestoda | ||
| Phyllobothrium blochii | Winghead shark | ||
| Proteocephalus ambloplites (species) | Eucestoda | ||
| Pseudanisakis | Winghead shark | ||
| Raphidascaroides blochii | winghead shark | ||
| Rhinobothrium (genus) | Eucestoda | ||
| Rodentoleptis_nana (species) | Eucestoda | ||
| Sepia rugulosa | cuttlebone | ||
| Simsia (annelid) (genus) | N/A | Simsia | |
| Spirometra erinacea euopaei (species) | Eucestoda | ||
| Taenia multiceps (species) | Eucestoda | ||
| Terranova (genus) | winghead shark | ||
| Trachomedusae (Sub-order) () |
Sub-order of Trachylina | ||
| Trocus (genus) | Trocus | (also see mention in Moro movement) | |
| Uropodia | Odoiporus longicollis | ||
| Unclassified? (Ferrea?) | Picasso Sponge | "A species new to science" (2006); see also | |
| Xylocaris maculipennis () | |||
| Zoogonus lasius () | Trematode |
Uncategorized
| taxonomic rank | Scientific Name | Comments |
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| clade | Notochordata | |
| genus | Melitea | synonym of Melitaea, but listed as preoccupied |
| Mabe pearl | ||
| Blobicusgorgium | () - moth genus | |
| Proarticulata (Phylum) | Archaeaspinus Fedonkini | |
| PHYLUM Hemichordata, FAMILY Dicranograptidae, GENUS Dicranograptus | Dicranograptus Ziczac |
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| PHYLUM Hemichordata, FAMILY Anisograptidae, GENUS Adelograptus | Adelograptus Divergens |
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