by Peter Rowland | Sunday, February 27, 2022
Humpback Whale Scientific Name: Megaptera novaeangliae Size: Total Length 18m What does it look like? The Humpback Whale is greyish-black above and sharply contrasting white below. Flippers long and slender (up to 5m) with knobs with barnacles on trailing edge. Tail...
by Peter Rowland | Sunday, October 18, 2020
House Mouse Scientific Name: Mus musculus Size: Total Length 9 cm (plus tail 10 cm) What does it look like? The House Mouse is pale brown to blackish, with whitish or pale brown belly. Tail mostly naked, with circular annulations (rows) of scales. Where is it found?...
by Peter Rowland | Sunday, October 18, 2020
House Gecko Scientific Name: Hemidactylus frenatus Size: Snout Vent Length 65 mm What does it look like? The House Gecko (or Asian House Gecko) is whitish, pinkish-brown or dark grey above, with series of tubercles along back and edges of tail, and either...
by Peter Rowland | Sunday, October 18, 2020
House Fly Scientific Name: Musca domestica Size: Total Length 8mm What does it look like? The House Fly thorax and abdomen is greyish (although the abdomen is paler), with four blackish longitudinal lines on the thorax, and a single pair of transparent triangular...
by Peter Rowland | Sunday, October 18, 2020
Horses Scientific Name: Equus caballus Size: Total Length 2.1 m What does it look like? Horses are usually brown to black or a mixture of both colours sometimes with white flashes on the feet and around the muzzle. Domestic horses occasionally breed with wild, feral...
