Today’s feature for #TautonymTuesday is 𝐶𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑠, the karanteen #seabream, a sparid fish found in coastal waters of the W Indian Ocean. Known for its compressed body and strong jaws, it lives in reef and nearshore ecosystems. #TaxonomyTuesday #Systematics Photo: Hamid Badar Osmany
December 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Today’s feature for #TautonymTuesday is 𝐶𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑠, the karanteen #seabream, a sparid fish found in coastal waters of the W Indian Ocean. Known for its compressed body and strong jaws, it lives in reef and nearshore ecosystems. #TaxonomyTuesday #Systematics Photo: Hamid Badar Osmany
It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝐵𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑙𝑎 𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑙𝑎, the stone loach. This small benthic #fish inhabits cool, fast-flowing streams across Europe and western Asia. They live on the bottom, often partly buried. A classic tautonym in freshwater ichthyology! #Systematics #TaxonomyTuesday Photo: Holger Krisp
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝐵𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑙𝑎 𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑙𝑎, the stone loach. This small benthic #fish inhabits cool, fast-flowing streams across Europe and western Asia. They live on the bottom, often partly buried. A classic tautonym in freshwater ichthyology! #Systematics #TaxonomyTuesday Photo: Holger Krisp
It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝑆𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑎 𝑠𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑎, the #angelshark. This critically #endangered species is a flat-bodied shark that resembles a ray, inhabiting sandy seabeds in the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean. #TaxonomyTuesday #Systematics #sharks Photo: Philippe Guillaume
October 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝑆𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑎 𝑠𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑎, the #angelshark. This critically #endangered species is a flat-bodied shark that resembles a ray, inhabiting sandy seabeds in the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean. #TaxonomyTuesday #Systematics #sharks Photo: Philippe Guillaume
It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝐴𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑣𝑎 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑣𝑎, the red avadavat. This small, brilliantly colored estrildid #finch is native to open fields and grasslands of tropical South Asia. They have rounded black tails and the bill that is seasonally red. #Systematics #TaxonomyTuesday Photo: Shantanu Kuveskar
September 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝐴𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑣𝑎 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑣𝑎, the red avadavat. This small, brilliantly colored estrildid #finch is native to open fields and grasslands of tropical South Asia. They have rounded black tails and the bill that is seasonally red. #Systematics #TaxonomyTuesday Photo: Shantanu Kuveskar
oh okay. here's more jellyfish plates from whatever book this was! #Taxonomytuesday
July 7, 2026 at 3:21 PM
oh okay. here's more jellyfish plates from whatever book this was! #Taxonomytuesday
It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝑃𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑎, the rock #sparrow. This hardy passerine is native to southern Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia, often found in rocky hillsides and open scrub. Sparrow in a rock >> Partridge in a pear tree!
#TaxonomyTuesday #Systematics #bird Photo: Zeynel Cebeci
#TaxonomyTuesday #Systematics #bird Photo: Zeynel Cebeci
December 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝑃𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑎, the rock #sparrow. This hardy passerine is native to southern Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia, often found in rocky hillsides and open scrub. Sparrow in a rock >> Partridge in a pear tree!
#TaxonomyTuesday #Systematics #bird Photo: Zeynel Cebeci
#TaxonomyTuesday #Systematics #bird Photo: Zeynel Cebeci
It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝑅𝑢𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑟𝑎 𝑟𝑢𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑟𝑎, the chamois. This agile caprine inhabits rugged mountain terrain across Europe and parts of Asia, adapted for steep slopes and harsh alpine climates. #Systematics #TaxonomyTuesday Photo: Giles Laurent
November 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝑅𝑢𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑟𝑎 𝑟𝑢𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑟𝑎, the chamois. This agile caprine inhabits rugged mountain terrain across Europe and parts of Asia, adapted for steep slopes and harsh alpine climates. #Systematics #TaxonomyTuesday Photo: Giles Laurent
Generating new names is not the same thing as understanding biodiversity. I appreciate the #NewSpecies hype, but a single-minded fixation on novelty devalues revisionary work, which is more difficult and often a lot more useful. #TaxonomyTuesday
July 29, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Generating new names is not the same thing as understanding biodiversity. I appreciate the #NewSpecies hype, but a single-minded fixation on novelty devalues revisionary work, which is more difficult and often a lot more useful. #TaxonomyTuesday
Diversity in the antennae of Amydetinae - a subfamily of Neotropical fireflies.
Read the full study by Campello-Gonçalves et al. (2025): buff.ly/8bM62dw
#TaxonomyTuesday #Fireflies #Systematics #Biodiversity #NHM #Evolution
Read the full study by Campello-Gonçalves et al. (2025): buff.ly/8bM62dw
#TaxonomyTuesday #Fireflies #Systematics #Biodiversity #NHM #Evolution
August 12, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Diversity in the antennae of Amydetinae - a subfamily of Neotropical fireflies.
Read the full study by Campello-Gonçalves et al. (2025): buff.ly/8bM62dw
#TaxonomyTuesday #Fireflies #Systematics #Biodiversity #NHM #Evolution
Read the full study by Campello-Gonçalves et al. (2025): buff.ly/8bM62dw
#TaxonomyTuesday #Fireflies #Systematics #Biodiversity #NHM #Evolution
🦂 The scorpion 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘴𝘰𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪 is endemic to Mauritania. It was 1st scientifically described by Max Vachon in 1950 within "Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle". In #BHLib via @mnhn.fr ➡️ www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54523046 #TaxonomyTuesday
May 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🦂 The scorpion 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘴𝘰𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪 is endemic to Mauritania. It was 1st scientifically described by Max Vachon in 1950 within "Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle". In #BHLib via @mnhn.fr ➡️ www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54523046 #TaxonomyTuesday
It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝑅𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑎, the bohor reedbuck. This medium-sized #antelope thrives in moist grasslands and savannas across sub-Saharan Africa. Known for its shy nature and whistling alarm calls. #TaxonomyTuesday #Systematics #Wildlife Photo: Bernard DUPONT
September 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝑅𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑎, the bohor reedbuck. This medium-sized #antelope thrives in moist grasslands and savannas across sub-Saharan Africa. Known for its shy nature and whistling alarm calls. #TaxonomyTuesday #Systematics #Wildlife Photo: Bernard DUPONT
It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet the Himalayan white-bellied #rat, 𝑁𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟, a murid rodent that inhabits forests and montane regions, playing an important role in seed dispersal and ecosystem dynamics. #TaxonomyTuesday #Systematics Photo: National Biodiversity Centre
November 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet the Himalayan white-bellied #rat, 𝑁𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟, a murid rodent that inhabits forests and montane regions, playing an important role in seed dispersal and ecosystem dynamics. #TaxonomyTuesday #Systematics Photo: National Biodiversity Centre
It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝑅𝑒𝑔𝑢𝑙𝑢𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑢𝑙𝑢𝑠, the goldcrest. This tiny #passerine is Europe’s smallest #bird, at just 5–7g. Despite its size, it maintains high metabolic rates & is remarkably cold-tolerant, surviving harsh winters in coniferous forests. #TaxonomyTuesday #Systematics Photo: Alpsdake
October 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝑅𝑒𝑔𝑢𝑙𝑢𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑢𝑙𝑢𝑠, the goldcrest. This tiny #passerine is Europe’s smallest #bird, at just 5–7g. Despite its size, it maintains high metabolic rates & is remarkably cold-tolerant, surviving harsh winters in coniferous forests. #TaxonomyTuesday #Systematics Photo: Alpsdake
update! this is a hyocrinid- called Belayevicrinus, an antarctic hyocrinid found at depths between 3000 - 6000 m. (thanks to M. Roux for the correction!) #taxonomytuesday
oh wow! A phrynocrinid! Rarely seen deep-sea stalked crinoid. #okeanos 5700 m Sawtooth Abyss
July 28, 2026 at 3:29 PM
update! this is a hyocrinid- called Belayevicrinus, an antarctic hyocrinid found at depths between 3000 - 6000 m. (thanks to M. Roux for the correction!) #taxonomytuesday
For #TaxonomyTuesday check out these gorgeous sea slugs!
Image from: A deceptive variety: integrative systematics and phylogeography suggest 𝘼𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙭𝙞𝙢𝙖 and 𝘼𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙞 represent a single species (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) by Ekimova et al. (2025). Read more: buff.ly/pAIkLxD
#Slugs #NHM
Image from: A deceptive variety: integrative systematics and phylogeography suggest 𝘼𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙭𝙞𝙢𝙖 and 𝘼𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙞 represent a single species (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) by Ekimova et al. (2025). Read more: buff.ly/pAIkLxD
#Slugs #NHM
September 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
For #TaxonomyTuesday check out these gorgeous sea slugs!
Image from: A deceptive variety: integrative systematics and phylogeography suggest 𝘼𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙭𝙞𝙢𝙖 and 𝘼𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙞 represent a single species (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) by Ekimova et al. (2025). Read more: buff.ly/pAIkLxD
#Slugs #NHM
Image from: A deceptive variety: integrative systematics and phylogeography suggest 𝘼𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙭𝙞𝙢𝙖 and 𝘼𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙞 represent a single species (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) by Ekimova et al. (2025). Read more: buff.ly/pAIkLxD
#Slugs #NHM
Periphylla periphylla! For #TAXONOMYTuesday, species name w/2 of the same name is called a TAUTONYM! for example the sunfish is called Mola mola! Tautonyms are allowed in the zoological codes but NOT in the botany ones. Bah. whatevs dude. image via Ocean Census www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
May 19, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Periphylla periphylla! For #TAXONOMYTuesday, species name w/2 of the same name is called a TAUTONYM! for example the sunfish is called Mola mola! Tautonyms are allowed in the zoological codes but NOT in the botany ones. Bah. whatevs dude. image via Ocean Census www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
Plates of "ye old" natural history books that make them look more like Cthulhu's relatives that anything else! But-the ophiuroid Trichaster on the left and I think Solaster on the right! #taxonomyTuesday
July 7, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Plates of "ye old" natural history books that make them look more like Cthulhu's relatives that anything else! But-the ophiuroid Trichaster on the left and I think Solaster on the right! #taxonomyTuesday
New study out in JSP!
Vento 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. report the integrative phylogeny of extinct and extant Andean subgenus 𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙛𝙖𝙜𝙪𝙨 (str.) trees 🍃
Results highlight the importance of leaf morphology when analysing extinct and extant species together: buff.ly/QhNWFTS
#PaleoSky #PaleoBotany #TaxonomyTuesday
Vento 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. report the integrative phylogeny of extinct and extant Andean subgenus 𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙛𝙖𝙜𝙪𝙨 (str.) trees 🍃
Results highlight the importance of leaf morphology when analysing extinct and extant species together: buff.ly/QhNWFTS
#PaleoSky #PaleoBotany #TaxonomyTuesday
December 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
New study out in JSP!
Vento 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. report the integrative phylogeny of extinct and extant Andean subgenus 𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙛𝙖𝙜𝙪𝙨 (str.) trees 🍃
Results highlight the importance of leaf morphology when analysing extinct and extant species together: buff.ly/QhNWFTS
#PaleoSky #PaleoBotany #TaxonomyTuesday
Vento 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. report the integrative phylogeny of extinct and extant Andean subgenus 𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙛𝙖𝙜𝙪𝙨 (str.) trees 🍃
Results highlight the importance of leaf morphology when analysing extinct and extant species together: buff.ly/QhNWFTS
#PaleoSky #PaleoBotany #TaxonomyTuesday
#TaxonomyTuesday
A new study by Sam Hyde Roberts et al. in the journal of Systematics and Biodiversity comprehensively assesses the herpetofauna of Sainte Luce, south-eastern Madagascar: A littoral treasure trove!
Read the article here: buff.ly/Uoivhnt
#Systematics #biodiversity #NaturalHistory
A new study by Sam Hyde Roberts et al. in the journal of Systematics and Biodiversity comprehensively assesses the herpetofauna of Sainte Luce, south-eastern Madagascar: A littoral treasure trove!
Read the article here: buff.ly/Uoivhnt
#Systematics #biodiversity #NaturalHistory
July 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM
#TaxonomyTuesday
A new study by Sam Hyde Roberts et al. in the journal of Systematics and Biodiversity comprehensively assesses the herpetofauna of Sainte Luce, south-eastern Madagascar: A littoral treasure trove!
Read the article here: buff.ly/Uoivhnt
#Systematics #biodiversity #NaturalHistory
A new study by Sam Hyde Roberts et al. in the journal of Systematics and Biodiversity comprehensively assesses the herpetofauna of Sainte Luce, south-eastern Madagascar: A littoral treasure trove!
Read the article here: buff.ly/Uoivhnt
#Systematics #biodiversity #NaturalHistory
It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑠, the red-backed bearded saki. This Neotropical #primate inhabits Amazonian forests and is recognized for its thick beard and strong jaws adapted for cracking hard seeds. #TaxonomyTuesday #Systematics #Primates #Mammals Photo: Allan Hopkins
October 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑠, the red-backed bearded saki. This Neotropical #primate inhabits Amazonian forests and is recognized for its thick beard and strong jaws adapted for cracking hard seeds. #TaxonomyTuesday #Systematics #Primates #Mammals Photo: Allan Hopkins
For #TaxonomyTuesday... the mesmerising #starfish collection at #NHM London
The Asteroidea collections span centuries, consisting of 517 type series and 365 accepted taxa. This study by Carter and White (2025) focusses on the superorder Forcipulatacea: buff.ly/dVc3Ipt #Biodiversity #Systematics
The Asteroidea collections span centuries, consisting of 517 type series and 365 accepted taxa. This study by Carter and White (2025) focusses on the superorder Forcipulatacea: buff.ly/dVc3Ipt #Biodiversity #Systematics
October 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
For #TaxonomyTuesday... the mesmerising #starfish collection at #NHM London
The Asteroidea collections span centuries, consisting of 517 type series and 365 accepted taxa. This study by Carter and White (2025) focusses on the superorder Forcipulatacea: buff.ly/dVc3Ipt #Biodiversity #Systematics
The Asteroidea collections span centuries, consisting of 517 type series and 365 accepted taxa. This study by Carter and White (2025) focusses on the superorder Forcipulatacea: buff.ly/dVc3Ipt #Biodiversity #Systematics
It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝐻𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘 ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘, the western hoolock gibbon. Native to NE India, Bangladesh, and western Myanmar, this agile ape spends nearly its entire life in the forest canopy, moving through the trees with remarkable speed and grace. #TaxonomyTuesday #Systematics Photo: Abdul Momin
August 12, 2026 at 12:44 AM
It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝐻𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘 ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘, the western hoolock gibbon. Native to NE India, Bangladesh, and western Myanmar, this agile ape spends nearly its entire life in the forest canopy, moving through the trees with remarkable speed and grace. #TaxonomyTuesday #Systematics Photo: Abdul Momin
#TaxonomyTuesday
Gorgeous 𝘼𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙭𝙞𝙢𝙖 sea slugs by Ekimova et al. (2025) ... and the new cover image for Vol. 24 🐛
Read the full study here: buff.ly/kyw3xTc
Gorgeous 𝘼𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙭𝙞𝙢𝙖 sea slugs by Ekimova et al. (2025) ... and the new cover image for Vol. 24 🐛
Read the full study here: buff.ly/kyw3xTc
March 17, 2026 at 8:01 AM
#TaxonomyTuesday
Gorgeous 𝘼𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙭𝙞𝙢𝙖 sea slugs by Ekimova et al. (2025) ... and the new cover image for Vol. 24 🐛
Read the full study here: buff.ly/kyw3xTc
Gorgeous 𝘼𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙭𝙞𝙢𝙖 sea slugs by Ekimova et al. (2025) ... and the new cover image for Vol. 24 🐛
Read the full study here: buff.ly/kyw3xTc
The Brazilian Cerrado is a biodiversity hotspot — but is also fastly disappearing.
𝘾𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙨 gen. et sp. nov. a critically endangered velvet worm that exists in just three small, unprotected forest fragments.
Read the Oliveira 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. study here: buff.ly/9QBnGC1
#TaxonomyTuesday
𝘾𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙨 gen. et sp. nov. a critically endangered velvet worm that exists in just three small, unprotected forest fragments.
Read the Oliveira 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. study here: buff.ly/9QBnGC1
#TaxonomyTuesday
April 28, 2026 at 6:30 AM
The Brazilian Cerrado is a biodiversity hotspot — but is also fastly disappearing.
𝘾𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙨 gen. et sp. nov. a critically endangered velvet worm that exists in just three small, unprotected forest fragments.
Read the Oliveira 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. study here: buff.ly/9QBnGC1
#TaxonomyTuesday
𝘾𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙨 gen. et sp. nov. a critically endangered velvet worm that exists in just three small, unprotected forest fragments.
Read the Oliveira 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. study here: buff.ly/9QBnGC1
#TaxonomyTuesday
It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝐶𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑠, the European hamster. Native to grasslands and agricultural regions of Central & Eastern Europe, this burrowing rodent is known for its bold coloration: black belly, reddish flanks, and white patches.
#TaxonomyTuesday #Systematics Photo: Charles J Sharp
#TaxonomyTuesday #Systematics Photo: Charles J Sharp
June 23, 2026 at 8:35 PM
It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝐶𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑠, the European hamster. Native to grasslands and agricultural regions of Central & Eastern Europe, this burrowing rodent is known for its bold coloration: black belly, reddish flanks, and white patches.
#TaxonomyTuesday #Systematics Photo: Charles J Sharp
#TaxonomyTuesday #Systematics Photo: Charles J Sharp