Images Dated 28th September 2018

Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas)

Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas), showing the crescent-shaped adductor muscle and the gills, bottom of picture. France

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Animal, Bivalve, Bivalvia, Bouzigue, Clinging, Crassostrea, Edible, Epifaunal, Estuary Habitat, Fauna, Filibranchia, Filter Feeder, Hermaphrodite, Immigrant, Invertebrate, Japanese, Marine, Miyagi, Mollusc, Mollusk, Ostrea, Ostreidae, Ostreoida, Protandrous, River Mouth Habitat, Sea Life, Sex Changing, Shell, Underwater, Wildlife

Przewalskis horse (Equus przewalskii)

Przewalski's horse (Equus przewalskii), mare and foal walking in limestone hills. Origin: steppes of Central Asia. Photo: Mejan Cevennes France

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Animal, Asian Wild Horse, Breeding Program, Charismatic Megafauna, Conservation Success Story, Dzungarian Horse, Endangered, Equid, Equidae, Equus, Equus Caballus Przewalskii, Equus Ferus Przewalskii, Equus Przewalski, Eutheria, Fauna, Foal, Grassland Habitat, Hoofed, Horse, Mammal, Mammalia, Maned, Megafauna, Mongolian, Mongolian National Symbol, Mongolian Wild Horse, National Icon, Odd Toed Ungulates, Perissodactyla, Przewalskiõs, Reintroductions, Steppes Habitat, Stocky, Takhi, Wild Horse, Wildlife

European hamster (Cricetus cricetus)

European hamster (Cricetus cricetus), curled in a ball in grass. Is larger than the Syrian or dwarf hamster that is kept as pet, being about the size of a guinea pig. Will attack large dogs if threatened. France

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Agricultural Pest, Animal, Asia, Asian, Burrow System, Cricetus, Declining Populations, European Hamster, Eutheria, Exploited, Fauna, For Fur, Household, Housepet, Hunted, Mammal, Mammalia, Mice, Muridae, Rodent, Rodentia, Solitary, Urrower, Vermin, Wildlife