Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Latvia - Animals in the Habitats and the Fossil sites, and Biodiversity

There are only one kind of the dolphin and two kinds of the seal as oceanic mammal. Does not the Baltic Sea live comfortably so much? Fishes and the trilobite of Palaeozoic Era are excavated. However, there is no excavation at the mesozoic and cenozoic era.

The following fossils from the geologic age to the prehistorical age are excavated in Latvia.
Latvia
prehistoric age
Latvia
extinct species
Paleozoic
Primitive amphibiaObruchevichthys
fishVentastega, Panderichthys, Andreolepis
TrilobiteLinguocalymene, Ktenoura
Latvia is a country located in East Europe. It is bordered by Estonia, Lithuania, Belarus and Russia, and the Baltic Sea to the north-west.
Latvia
Latvia
regionally extinct
in historic age
RaptorPallid Harrier
OwlGreat Grey Owl, Northern Hawk-owl
birdGreater Scaup, Rough-legged Buzzard, Red-throated Diver, Lesser Grey Shrike, Firecrest, White-throated Dipper, Ring Ouzel, Brambling, Common Redpoll
Latvia
extant species
RodentEuropean Beaver, Siberian Flying Squirrel
LagomorphMountain Hare, European Hare
HedgehogSouthern White-breasted Hedgehog, West European Hedgehog
Even-toed ungulateWild Boar, European red deer, European Roe Deer, Moose, Elk
CarnivoreWild Cat, Eurasian Lynx, Gray Wolf, Red Fox, Brown Bear, European otter, Eurasian Badger, European Polecat, Short-tailed weasel, European Mink, Least weasel
GooseTaiga Bean-Goose, White-fronted Goose, Lesser White-fronted Goose, Greylag Goose, Bar-headed Goose, Snow Goose, Brent Goose, Barnacle Goose, Canada Goose, Red-breasted Goose
SwanMute swan, Whooper swan, Tundra swan
StorkWhite Stork, Black Stork
IbisGlossy Ibis, Common Spoonbill
CraneCommon Crane
FlamingoAmerican Flamingo
Latvia
marine species
DolphinHarbour Porpoise
Marine mammalRinged Seal, Grey Seal

Wildlife's class - mammal, reptile (dinosaur), amphibia, bird, fish, arthropod (insect), molluscs, cnidarian, echinoderm (others), plant
Redlist Categories & Criteria - Extinct, Extinct in the Wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, others
The italic shows endemic species. * after the name shows subspecies.
          shows maga species.          shows rare and interesting species.
Area attribute - regionally extinct in historic age, regionally extant species, regionally marine species, UNESCO World Heritage, UNESCO World Hertage Tentative List, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Ramsar Site
Habitat environment - Rainforest, Savannah, Desert area, Mountainous area, Wetland, Forest area, Coastal area, Marine park, Tundra area, Colony, Nesting site
Geologic age - Paleozoic (Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian), Mesozoic (Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous), Cenozoic (Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, Holocene), Quaternary (Pleistocene, Holocene)