unidentified species of Rove Beetle (family Staphylinidae)
- Bijiashan, Shihding, Taipei County, Taiwan
(photo: Shipher Wu)
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Somadasys catocoides, family Lasiocampidae, endemic to Taiwan
(photo: Shipher Wu)
Rose Myrtle Lappet Moth (Trabala vishnou guttata)
- family Lasiocampidae, subspecies endemic to Taiwan, species found throughout East Asia, males are green, females are yellow, larvae feed on the leaves of Poplar trees.
(photos: T/2/3L - Shipher Wu; 3R - Logan Lai; B - Thomas Brown)
Clouded Leopard Now Extinct in Taiwain :(
by Doulas Main
The Formosan clouded leopard, a clouded-leopard subspecies native to Taiwan, is now extinct, according to a team of zoologists.
“There is little chance that the clouded leopard still exists in Taiwan,” zoologist Chiang Po-jen told Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA). “There may be a few of them, but we do not think they exist in any significant numbers.”
Zoologists from Taiwan and the United States have looked for the animal on and off since 2001, to no avail. To see if any of the animals remained, the researchers set up about 1,500 infrared cameras and scent traps in the Taiwanese mountains but found nothing…
(read more: Live Science)
(photo: Ministry of Public Affairs - Republic of China (Taiwan))
fairy-wren: Plumbeous Water Redstart (Rhyacornis fuliginosa), Asia
(photo by John&fish)
fairy-wren: Formosan Blue Magpie (Urocissa caerulea), Taiwan
(Photo by Dajan chiou)
Fan-bellied leatherjacket aka Fan-bellied filefish (Monocathus chinensis), nearshore, Northeast Coast, TAIWAN.
(photo: Vincent Chen)
fairy-wren: Rufous-bellied Flycatcher aka Rufous-bellied Niltava (Niltava sundara), Taiwan subspecies
(photo)
新店 四崁水 黃帶枝尺蛾 - Diurnal Moth, Milionia basalis pryeri
family Geometridae
Shikanshuei, Sindian, Taipei City, Taiwan
(photo: Shipher Wu)
sayoneword: 白頭翁．攝於台灣 新竹市 - Chinese Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis), Hsinchu City, TAIWAN
(photo by John&Fish)
magicalnaturetour: 紅椒驅映 - Gray-chinned Minivet (Pericrocotus solaris), DaSyueShan Trail, Taichung County, TAIWAN
(photo: John&Fish | Flickr)
連珠翠蛺蝶 （甲仙綠蛺蝶） - Euthalia hebe kosempona, Taiwan
(photo: Ashung)
阿里山龜殼花-幼體 - Taiwan Mountain Viper (Ovophis monticola makazayazaya)
“The Alishan Habu”
- a subspecies of the Mountain Pit Viper, which is found throughout much of east Asia. they may reach up to 110 cm in length. this species is found in a variety of habitats but prefers mountainous areas, and is fairly cold tolerant.
(photo: Skink Chen)
fairy-wren: formosan magpie (photo by gary1844)
