#scientific classification

[it-was-dead-when-i-found-it]

Three new Toxodentidae specimens have been added to the collection!

In other news, I got one *hell* of a look when I referred to the Occlupanids I keep in a little terrarium on my shelf as "show Occlupanids"

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Real actual thing I wrote for science at school

What would the trolls from Homestuck be classfied as? This will be an INDEPTH study into that question. Things we know for sure: They're natural carnivores, evidence to this is that Trolls have front facing eyes, meaning they are predators. This is supported by the fact most trolls have sharp teeth and there diet consists of bugs.

They're nocturnal: This is in reference to myth that trolls will turn to stone in the sun, in comic though, it's because the sun on there planet is so bright it will cause blindness.

They have a bee like reproduction structure: All trolls have to send genetic material to the Mother Grub, as the name suggests this creature lays all trolls. (besides our main 12 trolls, who were created paradoxically with ectobiology.) They are not mammalian : Trolls are very close to bugs, being layed in an egg rather than born, other than that there pretty much grey humans with horns. They have a skeleton: There skeleton's are exactly like a humans.

Trolls have 11 blood colors from highest to lowest they are: Rust, bronze, gold, olive, jade, teal, cobalt, indigo, purple, violet, and fuchsia. There can only be two fuchsia bloods at a time, because one has to rule the planet and the other one has to wait to be next in line. There was two other blood caste, lime is one of them, but they have all gone extinct. The last blood caste is not on the hemospectrum at all, bright red mutant blood. It's not known how it was created as the only known troll with it was made paradoxically so theres no origin to trace it back too.

Trolls have two distinct groups, seadweller and landdweller, seadwellers only being in the violet and fuchsia bloods. Seadwellers are differnt for being able to breath underwater, the only visable differance about them is they have fins. For this i'm going to assume all blood types are subspecies.

Scientific classification: Rust bloods

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Pecuinusimexlia (pecuinus "beast like", cimex "bug")

Order: Arthropod

Family: Durdae (from the latin word durus meaning hard, tough or rude)

Genus: Hemocaste

Species: H. Kinesis

Binomial nomenclature: Hemo Kinesis (movement, as most rust bloods have telekinesis)

Scientific classification: Bronze bloods

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Pecuinusimexlia

Order: Arthropod

Family: Durdae

Genus: Hemocaste

Species: H. Duxducis

Binomial nomenclature: Hemo Duxducis (leader, guide, commander as most bronze bloods have telepathic control over animals)

Scientific classification: Gold bloods

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Pecuinusimexlia

Order: Arthropod

Family: Durdae

Genus: Hemocaste

Species: H. Perculsus

Binomial nomenclature: Hemo Perculsus (shock, gold bloods have the most potent psychic abilities and are commonly enslaved to be uses a batteries)

Scientific classification: Lime bloods

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Pecuinusimexlia

Order: Arthropod

Family: Durdae

Genus: Hemocaste

Species: † H. Cuppedia

Binomial nomenclature: † Hemo Cuppedia (delicacies, candies, sweetmeats, referencing lime/red blooded cherubs)

Mutant red bloods are theorized to be mutanted lime bloods so they don't get a classification, but if i were to give them there own there species would be Hemo Cruentus (meaning Blood Blood red ell oh ell)

Scientific classification: Olive bloods

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Pecuinusimexlia

Order: Arthropod

Family: Durdae

Genus: Hemocaste

Species: H. Depraedor

Binomial nomenclature: Hemo Depraedor (to plunder, lay waste, ravage as most olive bloods have animal-like predator qualities to them)

Scientific classification: Jade bloods

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Pecuinusimexlia

Order: Arthropod

Family: Durdae

Genus: Hemocaste

Species: H. Matris

Binomial nomenclature: Hemo Matris (mother, jade bloods are tasked with caring for newborn grubs)

Scientific classification: Teal bloods

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Pecuinusimexlia

Order: Arthropod

Family: Durdae

Genus: Hemocaste

Species: H. Lexlegis

Binomial nomenclature: Hemo Lexlegis (law, statute / covenant, teal bloods are a caste of civil servants)

Scientific classification: Cobalt bloods

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Pecuinusimexlia

Order: Arthropod

Family: Durdae

Genus: Hemocaste

Species: H. Imperium

Binomial nomenclature: Hemo Imperium (power to command, control as cobalt bloods have psychic powers ranging from mind reading to outright mind control)

Scientific classification: Indigo bloods

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Pecuinusimexlia

Order: Arthropod

Family: Durdae

Genus: Hemocaste

Species: H. Arcus

Binomial nomenclature: Hemo Arcus (bow and arrows), arch, bend, arc, most indigo bloods have arrow shaped horns)

Scientific classification: Purple bloods

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Pecuinusimexlia

Order: Arthropod

Family: Durdae

Genus: Hemocaste

Species: H. Somnio

Binomial nomenclature: Hemo Somnio (dream, imagine foolishly, the ablities they have are "chucklevoodoos" which induce nightmares)

Scientific classification: Violet bloods

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Pecuinusimexlia

Subclass: Piscisimlimexia (piscis similis "fish like", cimex "bug")

Order: Carnivoran

Family: Durdae

Genus: Hemocaste

Species: H. Regius

Binomial nomenclature: Hemo Regius (royal, regal the only thing violet bloods really are, are royal fish)

Scientific classification: Fuchsia bloods

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Pecuinusimexlia

Subclass: Piscisimlimexia

Order: Carnivoran

Family: Durdae

Genus: Hemocaste

Species: H. Immortalrarus

Binomial nomenclature: Hemo Immortalrarus (immortal + "rarus" meaning rare, fuchsia bloods live for a extremely long time and theres only two of them around at once)

Trolls have yellow sclera probably due to there nocturnal nature, meaning they most likely can see way better than humans. Trolls probably are naturally stronger than humans too. Nepeta, a troll whos 13 years old, can take down animals much bigger than her in battle.

It is suggested most bodily fluides of trolls are pigmented with there blood, as there tears are tinted with the same color Trolls mouths are never shown to be tinted with there blood color, and there lips are said to be naturally black I think this is to be able aborb heat in the night because the suns not out no more and it probably gets cold, it would also be a good way to hide from predators.

It is never shown what the biological funtion of there horns are, they never use it in combat so im assuming they use it in an attracting mates kind of way, the fact its the only brightly colored thing on them helps support this theory.

Female trolls are said to have breasts, but its said there uncable of lactation and its unknown what the use for them are

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A simple primate taxonomy chart 

Made by me

I needed a primate taxonomy chart that is easy to read + process. I could not find one that I really liked, so I made my own! I hope this is a helpful resource for others.

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Mammal Reference Gold Mine! 

So a few days ago while searching for references of bats I stumbled on with this cute motto, ‘Mammals on Earth’ The home site is http://www.planet-mammiferes.org and its called Mammals' Planet. 

You see, I found that searching for a species with the scientific name yields better results on Google, As well, this site has, as the name would suggest, a scientifically accurate listing for every mammal on our Earth. 

As an added bonus it appears that all images are sourced. I haven’t really been paying much attention to the descriptive info, but it seems to contain the exact classification, and conservation status. 

[it-was-dead-when-i-found-it]

Found a new Occlupanid specimen! This one is so similar to porrectofrontus occlusolanum that I didn't realise it was different until I compared specimens...

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[Systems of scientific classification.]