Taiga+Facts

   Welcome to the taiga facts page! Here you will learn about organisms from the five kingdoms  that live in the taiga, such as Monerans, Protists, and more.  __**Monerans **__  Monerans are single-celled organisms that have no nucleus.

Common Name- Cyanobacteria Scientific Name- //Anabaena shaerica// Habitat- almost any habitat, including bare rock and soil Facts- Cyanobacteria is plant-like and photosynthetic. Nicknamed blue-green algae because of its color

Common Name- Myxobacteria Scientific name- //Myxococcus xanthus// Habitat- On decaying matter and in acidic soil Facts- Myxobacteria has the largest TCS (two-component system) of any bacteria. A TCS is a large family of signalling pathways characterized by the successive transfer of phosphoryl groups.





__//**Protists**//__ Protists live everywhere that there is water, in some moist soil, and even inside of other organisms!!! Two common types of protists are heterotrophic,or the protozoan, and autotrophic, the algae. //Most// protists are single-celled and have a nucleus. Algae is plant-like, has a cell wall, and contains chlorophyll, whereas the protozoan has no cell wall, no chlorophyll, and is animal-like, hunting down its prey. Algae is usually found in moist conditions, thus being able to grow on land and on terrestrial habitats. The protozoans, however, live mainly in water and soil.



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**__**<span style="display: block; color: rgb(8,94,2); background-color: rgb(35,255,0); text-align: left;">Fungi is a multi-celled organism with no chlorophyll. Fungi absorbs it food off of a host, such as a wet log.

Common name- Puffball Fungus Scientific name-//Anachoin album// Habitat- Rotting logs Facts- When something bumps a puffball fungus, it releases a "cloud" of tiny green spores. These spores travel for a very long time, and grow as son as they settle on land.

Common name- Cotton Mould Scientific name- //Saprolegnia declina// Habitat- Mostly in fresh water, but can survive in moist soil and brackish water. Facts- Causes disease in fish eggs and fish. It can survive from 3 to 33 degrees Celcius. Carries zoospores at the end of each filament. **<span style="color: rgb(45,95,43); background-color: rgb(20,255,28);"> <span style="color: rgb(45,95,43); background-color: rgb(20,255,28);"> <span style="color: rgb(45,95,43); background-color: rgb(20,255,28);"> <span style="color: rgb(45,95,43); background-color: rgb(20,255,28);"> <span style="display: block; color: rgb(8,94,2); background-color: rgb(35,255,0); text-align: left;">

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<span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(244,248,53); background-color: rgb(50,134,58);"><span style="color: rgb(27,3,3);">** <span style="background-color: rgb(14,158,236);"><span style="display: block; color: rgb(4,139,28); background-color: rgb(185,252,151); text-align: center;"> __<span style="background-color: rgb(14,158,236);"><span style="display: block; color: rgb(4,139,28); background-color: rgb(185,252,151); text-align: center;"> Plants

__ ** <span style="display: block; color: rgb(65,148,20); background-color: rgb(170,251,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(69,243,48);"><span style="color: rgb(2,167,23); background-color: rgb(185,255,179);">Plants are multicellular organisms with chlorophyll and cell walls, and they make their food through a process called photosynthesis.

Common name- Plume Moss <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">Scientific name- <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">Kingdom-Plantae Division-Bryophyta Class-Bryopsida Order-Hynales Family-Hypnaceae Genus-//Ptilium// Species-//crista-caterensis// Facts- Has a reddish stalk that is 2.5 to 4cm long, and leaves that are 2mm long. It is a green to golden-green color.

<span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">Common name- Black Spruce Scientific name- Kingdom-Plantae Division-Coniferophyta Class-Pinopsida Order-Pinales Family-Pinaceae Genus-//Picea// Species-//mariana// Facts-Live in the cooler parts of the world, such as North America and Eurasia. Can reach heights of about 25 meters! Bark is a gray-brown color, and the branches are droopy. <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> Common name- Silver Maple <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">Scientific name- Kingdom- Plantae <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">Division- Magnoliophyta Class-Magnoliopsida Order-Sapindales Family-Aceraceae Genus-//Acer// <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">Species-//saccharinum// Facts- Can reach heights of 35 meters high. Bark on tree is silvery-gray. which is why it is called Silver Maple. Flowers are a bright greenish-yellow, and bloom before the leaves appear. <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">The fruit comes in pairs and appear to fly as they fall to the ground.

<span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">Common name-Wood Horsetail <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">Scientific name- <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">Kingdom-Plantae Division-Equisetophyta Class- Equisetopsida Order- Equestales Family- Equisetaceae Genus- //Equisetum// Species- //sylcaticum// <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">Facts- Heavily branched with a flat top. This horsetail lives in coll-temperature climates and in moist, nutrient poor soil. Grows to a height of 15 to 60cm tall. <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">

Common name- Eastern Wood Fern <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">Scientific name- <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">Kingdom-Plantae <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">Division-Pteridophyta Class-Filicopsida <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">Order-Polypodiales <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">Family-Dryopteridaceae <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">Genus-//Dryopteris// Species- //campyloptera// Facts- Stands 61cm tall and bears dark blue-green fronds. When the fern matures, it forms a symmetrical vase. Lives in humus rich and moist soil and <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">needs some sunlight to grow <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">

<span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">Common name- Stiff Clubmoss <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">Scientific name- Kingdom- Plantae <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">Division- Lycopodiophyta <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">Class-Lycopodiopsida Order-Lycopodiales Family- Lycopodiceae <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">Genus//- Lycopodium// Species- //Annotinum// Facts- Lives in Ontario, Canada's boreal forest. Thrives in moist forests, heathlands, <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">andthickets. Stands at 5 to 30cm tall, and 1 meter long!

<span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,8,255); font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(214,25,240); text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(38,38,232); background-color: rgb(249,152,11);"><span style="color: rgb(6,4,4); background-color: rgb(255,132,0);">      <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,8,255); font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(214,25,240); text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(38,38,232); background-color: rgb(249,152,11);"><span style="color: rgb(6,4,4); background-color: rgb(255,132,0);">       <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">Common name- Eastern Bracken Fern <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,8,255); font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(214,25,240); text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(38,38,232); background-color: rgb(249,152,11);"><span style="color: rgb(6,4,4); background-color: rgb(255,132,0);">       <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,8,255); font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(214,25,240); text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(38,38,232); background-color: rgb(249,152,11);"><span style="color: rgb(6,4,4); background-color: rgb(255,132,0);">       <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,8,255); font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(214,25,240); text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(38,38,232); background-color: rgb(249,152,11);"><span style="color: rgb(6,4,4); background-color: rgb(255,132,0);">       <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,8,255); font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(214,25,240); text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(38,38,232); background-color: rgb(249,152,11);"><span style="color: rgb(6,4,4); background-color: rgb(255,132,0);">       <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,8,255); font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(214,25,240); text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(38,38,232); background-color: rgb(249,152,11);"><span style="color: rgb(6,4,4); background-color: rgb(255,132,0);">       <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">Scientific name- Kingdom-Plantae Division- Filicopsida Class- Filicopsida Order- Filicales <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">Family-Dennstaedtiaceae Genus-//Pteridium// Species-//aquilinum// <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;">Facts- Lives in Canada, mostly around Quebec. Grows to 1.5 meters tall, and is very common. This fern thrives in acidic soil and pine forests, including ones that frequently burn especially. It doesn't live in clusters, like many other ferns. <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,8,255); font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(214,25,240); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(8,221,29);"><span style="color: rgb(5,0,0); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="background-color: rgb(209,236,9);">    <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,8,255); font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(214,25,240); text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(38,38,232); background-color: rgb(249,152,11);"><span style="color: rgb(6,4,4); background-color: rgb(255,132,0);">       <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="background-color: rgb(249,152,11);">  <span style="background-color: rgb(71,174,245);"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,8,255); font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(214,25,240); text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(38,38,232); background-color: rgb(249,152,11);"><span style="color: rgb(6,4,4); background-color: rgb(255,132,0);">      <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,8,255); font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(214,25,240); text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(38,38,232); background-color: rgb(249,152,11);"><span style="color: rgb(6,4,4); background-color: rgb(255,132,0);">       <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,8,255); font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(214,25,240); text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(38,38,232); background-color: rgb(249,152,11);"><span style="color: rgb(6,4,4); background-color: rgb(255,132,0);">       <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,8,255); font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(214,25,240); text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(38,38,232); background-color: rgb(249,152,11);"><span style="color: rgb(6,4,4); background-color: rgb(255,132,0);">       <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,8,255); font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(214,25,240); text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(38,38,232); background-color: rgb(249,152,11);"><span style="color: rgb(6,4,4); background-color: rgb(255,132,0);">       <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="background-color: rgb(249,152,11);">  <span style="background-color: rgb(71,174,245);">        <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="background-color: rgb(249,152,11);">  <span style="background-color: rgb(71,174,245);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(183,255,168);"><span style="background-color: rgb(184,254,199);"> ANIMALS         <span style="background-color: rgb(183,255,168);"><span style="background-color: rgb(184,254,199);"><span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,8,255); font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(214,25,240); text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(38,38,232); background-color: rgb(249,152,11);"><span style="color: rgb(6,4,4); background-color: rgb(255,132,0);">       <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="background-color: rgb(249,152,11);">  <span style="background-color: rgb(71,174,245);"> One type of animal in the taiga is the Caribou, or Reindeer. Many large populations of wild caribou roam in Eastern Canada and Siberia, even though a lot of the caribou have disappeared. The male caribou, or bull, is typically larger than the female, weighing 100-318 kg while the female weighs 60-170 kg. One other interesting thing about the caribou is that both the female and male grow antlers. <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="background-color: rgb(249,152,11);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(71,174,245);">The caribou eats grass, reindeer moss, and birch and willow leaves, making it an herbivore. <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="background-color: rgb(249,152,11);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(71,174,245);">         <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="background-color: rgb(249,152,11);">  <span style="background-color: rgb(71,174,245);"> Kingdom-Animalia Phylum-Chordata Class-Mammalia Order-Artiodactyla Family-Cervidae Genus-//Rangifer// Species-//tarandus//

Another animal found in the taiga is the cougar. This carnivorous feline lives from northern Yukon, in Canada, to the Southern Andes mountains. The habitats it prefers include dense underbrush, canyons, escarpments, rim rocks, and dense brush. This animal eats almost anything else that's meat; including caribou, white-tailed deer,mule deer, martens,       <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="background-color: rgb(249,152,11);">  <span style="background-color: rgb(71,174,245);">         <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="background-color: rgb(249,152,11);">  <span style="background-color: rgb(71,174,245);"> and other small mammals are just some of them. <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="background-color: rgb(249,152,11);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(71,174,245);">        <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="background-color: rgb(249,152,11);">  <span style="background-color: rgb(71,174,245);">        <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="background-color: rgb(249,152,11);">  <span style="background-color: rgb(71,174,245);">        <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="background-color: rgb(249,152,11);">     <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="background-color: rgb(249,152,11);">  <span style="background-color: rgb(71,174,245);"> Kingdom-Animalia Phylum-Chordata Class-Mammalia Order-Carnivora Family-Felidae Genus-//Puma// Species-//concolor//

A third animal found here in the taiga is the European Pine Marten. It lives in well wooded areas in hollow trees, along with scrub covered fields. These weasel-like creatures eat birds, insects, bird eggs, small mammals, frogs, and meat. It also is known to eat honey, but not as often. This animal is classified as a carnivore. Kingdom-Animalia Phylum-Chordata Class-Mammalia Order-Carnivora Family-Mustelidae Genus-//Martes// Species-//martes//

Another animal in the taiga includes the snowshoe hare. This herbivore lives in most of Canada, in its open fields, swamplands, riverside thickets, cedar bogs, and coniferous lowlands. It eats dandelions, clover, grasses, and raspberry and blackberry shoots. <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="background-color: rgb(249,152,11);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(71,174,245);">         <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="background-color: rgb(249,152,11);">  <span style="background-color: rgb(71,174,245);"> Kingdom-Animalia Phylum-Chordata Class-Mammalia Order-Lagomorpha Family-Leporidae Genus-//Lepus// Species-//americanus//

A reptile in the taiga is the Eastern Fox snake. It lives in Canada, Michigan, Ohio, and around lakes Erie and Huron. It reaches a length of 3-5 feet, and lives in marshlands, grass prairies, and agricultural and wooded areas adjacent to streams and brooks. This snake eats frogs, small mammals, birds, and sometimes bird eggs, making this creature a carnivore. <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="background-color: rgb(249,152,11);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(71,174,245);">         <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="background-color: rgb(249,152,11);">  <span style="background-color: rgb(71,174,245);"> Kingdom-Animalia Phylum -Chordata Class-Reptilia Order-Squamata Family-Colubridae Genus-//Pantherophis// Species-//gloydi//

An amphibian in the taiga is the Tiger salamander. It feeds on frogs, worms, insects, and even other salamanders! It lives in burrows, near ponds, lakes, and slow moving streams. It ranges from southern Canada to eastern Mexico. This carnivorous amphibian has one long range! Kingdom- Animalia Phylum-Chordata Class-Amphibia Order-Caudata Family-Ambystomatidae Genus-//Ambystoma// Species-//tigrinum//

Another interesting carnivore in the taiga is the gray wolf. This stealthy animal lives in nearly every part of the taiga as well as in other biomes. Studies indicate that this wolf shares a common ancestry with the domestic dog. Most wolf packs contain 2-20 wolves, but about 8 wolves is the typical size. These predatory animals will eat beaver, squirrels, snowshoe hares, moose, deer, and caribou. Kingdom- Animalia Phylum- Chordata Class- Mammalia Order- Carnivora Family- Canidae Genus- //Canis// Species- //lupus//

<span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="background-color: rgb(249,152,11);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(71,174,245);"> A second amphibian in the taiga is the Yellow Spotted Salamander. Located in eastern Canada, as in Newfoundland, this salamander burrows underground, only using the water for breeding. It needs deep compact soil to survive. It mostly eats slugs and earthworms, but will eat almost any insect it can get, so is a carnivore. Kingdom-Animalia Phylum-Chordata Class-Lissamphibia Order-Caudata Family-Ambystomatidae Genus-//Ambystoma// Species-//maculatum//

A second reptile in the taiga is the Common Snapping Turtle. It lives on the border of the temperate deciduous and taiga biomes, but it is in Newfoundland too. The snapping turtle lives in ponds, streams, and lakes with muddy bottoms. It will eat fish, reptiles, frogs, small mammals, birds, and aquatic plants, and is an omnivore. Kingdom-Animalia Phylum-Chordata Class-Reptilia Order-Testudines Family-Chelydridae Genus-//Chelydra// Species-//serpentina//     <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="background-color: rgb(249,152,11);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(71,174,245);">   <span style="background-color: rgb(185,254,175);"><span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"><span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">  <span style="background-color: rgb(24,136,185);"><span style="color: rgb(17,14,14); background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">         <span style="background-color: rgb(191,254,165);"><span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"><span style="font-size: 150%; background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">   <span style="background-color: rgb(24,136,185);"><span style="color: rgb(17,14,14); background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">A fascinating mammal in the taiga is the white-tailed deer. This herbivore loves river valley bottomlands and low <span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="color: rgb(17,14,14); background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">foothills, and lives throughout Canada, especially British Columbia. The deer have a red-brown coat, which turns a gray-brown as the seasons change to fall and winter. It eats fruit, leaves, acorns, grasses, mushrooms, and corn. They will also eat hay, if found in a farmyard. <span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="color: rgb(17,14,14); background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">  Kingdom-Animalia <span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"><span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">    <span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="color: rgb(17,14,14); background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">    Phylum-Chordata <span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"><span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">    <span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="color: rgb(17,14,14); background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">  Class-Mammalia <span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"><span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">    <span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="color: rgb(17,14,14); background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">  Order-Artiodactyla             <span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"><span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">     <span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="color: rgb(17,14,14); background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">Family-Cervidae           <span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"><span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">     <span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="color: rgb(17,14,14); background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">  Genus-//Odocoileus//            <span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);"> <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">         Species- //O. Virginian// //us//

<span style="background-color: rgb(185,254,175);"><span style="background-color: rgb(191,254,165);"><span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">  <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">                               <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">   <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">        Want to here another interesting mammal in the taiga? Well, too bad, I'm going to tell you anyways. The next animal is a moose. This is yet another herbivore and is the biggest animal in the deer family. The moose lives in Asia, just south of the tundra, most of Canada, except the Northern-most region, and in northern Europe. It eats woody plants' twigs, roots, and bark and in the summer will eat water plants, such as the water lily. In the winter the moose will mostly feed off of leaves of coniferous trees. <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">  <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">                               <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">   <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">                               <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">   <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">  <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">                                <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">   <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">       Kingdom-Animalia Phylum-Chordata                        <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">   <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">                               <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">   <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">       Class-Mammalia                          <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">   <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">                                <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">   <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">       <span style="background-color: rgb(185,254,175);"> Order-Artyodactyla Family-Cervidae Genus-//Alces// Species-//alces// <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">  <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">                               <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">   <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">

Our next mammal is the Canadian Lynx. This feline reaches a height of 60cm at the shoulder, a weight of 11kg, and a length of 90cm. It has a silvery brown coat. This cat relates more to the bobcat than the Eurasian lynx! The Canadian lynx eats hares, rodents, and birds, along with the occasional deer. In some areas, the snowshoe hare is the only food for the lynx!

Kingdom-Animalia Phylum-Chordata Class-Mammalia Order-Carnivora Family-Felidae Genus-//Lynx// Species-//canadensis//

A bird occuring in the taiga is the Ruffed grouse. This omnivore can be found in mixed woods and hardwood forests. It's a medium-sized bird, approximately 17" in length and eats mostly insects, but also eats fresh leaves and berries. Kingdom-Animalia                   <span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">   <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">       Phylum-Chordata                    <span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">   <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">       Class-Aves <span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">  <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">       Order-Galliformes                    <span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">   <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">       Family-Phasianidae                    <span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">   <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">       Genus-//Bonasa//                    <span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">   <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">       Species-//umbellus//

A roundworm in the taiga is the Heart Worm. It lives in the right atrium of wolves and foxes, sometimes causing death. It is a carnivore, since it feeds on animals' hearts.

Kingdom-Animalia Phylum-? Class-Secernentea Order-Spirurida Family-Onchocercidae Genus-//Dirofilaria// Species//-immitis//

A flatworm in the taiga is the tapeworm Echinococcus, which causes Hytadid Disease. This illness forms cists on animals' lungs and skin, because of the tapeworm larvae infecting it. This creature is a carnivore. It lives in the lynx and the wolves. Kingdom-Animalia Phylum-Platyhelminthes Class-Cestoda Order-Cyclophylidea Family-Taenidae Genus-//Echinococcus// Species-//granulosus//

The second bird I will tell you about in the taiga biome is the Northern Hawk owl. This owl is found in boreal forests of Eurasia and North America. It has a rounded head with yellow eyes,and a long tail. It hunts and eats small birds and small rodents, catching them with its rapid flight. <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">  <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">                                <span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">   <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> Kingdom-Animalia Phylum-Chordata Class-Aves Order-Strigiformes Family-Strigidae Genus-//Ulula//

A mollusk that lives in the taiga is the Brown Garden snail. This snail lives in British Columbia, and is a herbivore. It eats fruit, flowers, and vegetable crops.

Kingdom-Animalia                   <span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">   <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">       Phylum-Mollusca                    <span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">   <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">       Class-Gastropoda                   <span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">   <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> Order-Pulmonata <span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">  <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">       Family-Helicidae Genus-//Helix// Species-//aspera//

An anthropod in the taiga is the Mosquito eater. The mosquito eater is one of the only mosquitoes that doesn't suck blood, but instead consumes larvae of other mosquito species that occur in tree crevises, which makes it an herbivore. Most mosquito eaters live in forests and are bigger than the normal, blood-sucking mosquito. They are totally harmless to humans.

Kingdom-Animalia                          <span style="background-color: rgb(183,255,168);"><span style="background-color: rgb(184,254,199);"><span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">   <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">                             <span style="background-color: rgb(183,255,168);"><span style="background-color: rgb(184,254,199);"><span style="display: block; font-size: 115%; color: rgb(14,205,65); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); background-color: rgb(117,47,249);"><span style="color: rgb(1,4,15); background-color: rgb(217,142,18);"><span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">   <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">       Phylum-Arthropoda Class-Insecta                   <span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">   <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">       Order-Diptera                    <span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">   <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">       Family-Culicidale <span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">  <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">        Genus-//Toxorhynchites// <span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(1,24,7); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,250,142); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(12,123,202);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(10,141,214);">  <span style="font-size: 90%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"><span style="font-size: 70%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; background-color: rgb(116,168,236);">        Species-//christophi//

The second mollusk in the taiga is a Keelback slug. This slug lives in and around British Columbia. It eats mushrooms and different kinds of vegetation, such as grass and leaves, and is an herbivore. All land slugs have an astonishing **__27,000__** teeth!

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The second arthropod in the taiga is the Black fly. This fly is an omnivore because the males drink nectar and they suck human blood. This fly lays eggs in running water, in the Canadian Shield, where running water is common. These flies can be a pain in the neck in the summer, when they're are tons of them.

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A second roundworm that is found in the taiga is the Northern Hookworm. This hookworm lives in the small intestines of mammals, like dogs, cats, foxes, and humans all around the world. It sucks the mammal's blood and damages the mucosa, which makes it a carnivore.

Kingdom-Animalia Phylum-Nematoda Class-Secernentea Order-Strongiloidae Family-Ancylostomatidae Genus-//Uncinaria// <span style="background-color: rgb(184,254,199);"> Species-//stenocephala//

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