Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) species are animal species which have a high 'EDGE score', a metric combining endangered conservation...
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Look up EDGE, Edge, or edge in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Edge or EDGE may refer to: Edge computing, a network load-balancing system Edge device...
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A species (pl.: species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can...
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specialist species are suffering. For example, the alpha diversity of edge-intolerant birds in Lacandona rainforest, Mexico, is decreasing as edge effects...
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David Howell Evans (born 8 August 1961), better known as the Edge or simply Edge, is a British-Irish musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known...
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woodland edge or forest edge is the transition zone (ecotone) from an area of woodland or forest to fields or other open spaces. Certain species of plants...
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The EDGE of Existence programme is a research and conservation initiative that focuses on species deemed to be the world’s most "Evolutionarily Distinct...
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Bactrian camel (category EDGE species)
domesticated or feral, are a separate species from the wild Bactrian camel, which is the only truly wild (as opposed to feral) species of camelid in the Old World...
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Onager (category EDGE species)
The onager (/ˈɒnədʒər/), also known as hemione or Asiatic wild ass, is a species of the family Equidae native to Asia. A member of the subgenus Asinus,...
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African elephant (category EDGE species)
(Loxodonta africana)". EDGE: Mammal Species Information. Retrieved 7 December 2012. "West African Elephants". Convention on Migratory Species. Retrieved 7 December...
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Torresian crow (category IUCN Red List least concern species)
of Australia and nearby islands in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. The species has a black plumage, beak and mouth with white irises. The base of the...
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Kitti's hog-nosed bat (category EDGE species)
ISBN 978-0-307-11326-9. "Bumblebee bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai)". EDGE Species. Archived from the original on 21 September 2010. Retrieved 2008-04-10...
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Curly-tailed lizard (category Articles with 'species' microformats)
endangered, possibly extinct, by the IUCN. They are among the "most wanted" EDGE species. Lizards of this family are diurnal and mostly inhabit fairly open habitats...
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Zaglossus attenboroughi (category EDGE species)
and Globally Endangered (EDGE) project. As of 2017[update], this species of echidna was among the 25 "most wanted lost" species which are the focus of Re:wild's...
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Pygmy hippopotamus (category EDGE species)
Press Release, 10 March 2008. EDGE of Existence "(Pygmy hippo)", Saving the World's most Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) species...
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Ganges river dolphin (category EDGE species)
The Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) is a species of freshwater dolphin classified in the family Platanistidae. It lives in the Ganges and...
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Red slender loris (category EDGE species)
rainforests of Sri Lanka. This is No. 6 of the 10 focal species and No. 22 of the 100 EDGE mammal species worldwide considered the most evolutionarily distinct...
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Smallest organisms (redirect from Smallest species)
Co., 1993. 8. Print. "Bumblebee bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai)". EDGE Species. Archived from the original on 21 September 2010. Retrieved 2008-04-10...
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Malayan tapir (category EDGE species)
tapir, piebald tapir, or black-and-white tapir, is the only living tapir species outside of the Americas. It is native to Southeast Asia from the Malay...
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Wild Bactrian camel (category EDGE species)
"focal species" in 2007 by the Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) project, which prioritises unique and threatened species for conservation...
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Cuban solenodon (category EDGE species)
Existence. Archived 2009-10-31 EDGE of Existence "(Cuban solenodon)" Saving the World's most Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) species...
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Purple frog (category EDGE species)
(Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis), Indian purple frog, or pignose frog is a frog species of the genus Nasikabatrachus. It is endemic to the Western Ghats in India...
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Chinese pangolin (category EDGE species)
was also present in the stomach contents, a species commonly found near human settlements and at forest edges rather than in undisturbed forest, suggesting...
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Negros bleeding-heart pigeon (category IUCN Red List critically endangered species)
mature individuals. The species has an extremely small, severely fragmented population. The bird is listed as an EDGE species under the analysis of the...
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Pygmy three-toed sloth (category EDGE species)
pygmaeus at Wikispecies EDGE of Existence Saving the World's most Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) species Portals: Animals Biology...
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An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction...
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Monito del monte (category EDGE species)
summer than during autumn and winter Edge 2006. Marshall, L.G. (1978). "Dromiciops australis" (PDF). Mammalian Species (99): 1–5. doi:10.2307/3504051. JSTOR 3504051...
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others are highly specialized. Invading species may occupy unused niches, or create new ones. For example, edge effects describe what happens when part...
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Melanobatrachus (category EDGE species)
Melanobatrachus indicus is an Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) species. It is classified as Vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation...
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extinct Du Toit's torrent frog (Arthroleptides dutoiti), considered an EDGE species due to its evolutionary distinctiveness, is known only from a single...
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