Species of the Week as featured on the Wikispecies main page
| Date |
Species |
Classification |
Distribution |
| 2012-05-24 |
Pan troglodytes (Chimpanzee) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Mammalia - Primates |
Africa (C) |
| 2012-05-10 |
Puya raimondii (Queen of the Andes) |
Plantae - angiosperms - monocots - Poales |
South America |
| 2012-04-26 |
Danaus plexippus (Monarch Butterfly) |
Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Lepidoptera |
North America |
| 2012-04-12 |
Balaenoptera musculus (Blue Whale) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Mammalia - Cetacea |
Cosmopolitan |
| 2012-03-29 |
Cordylus cataphractus (Armadillo Girdled Lizard) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Reptilia - Squamata |
Africa (S) |
| 2012-03-15 |
Fulica alai (Hawaiian Coot) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Aves - Gruiformes |
Pacific O. (Hawaii) |
| 2012-03-01 |
Oecophylla smaragdina (Asian Weaver Ant) |
Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Hymenoptera |
Asia (S) & Australia |
| 2012-02-15 |
Drosera capensis (Cape Sundew) |
Plantae - angiosperms - eudicots - Caryophyllales |
Africa (S) |
| 2012-02-02 |
Pongo abelii (Sumatran Orangutan) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Mammalia - Primates |
Asia (Sumatra) |
| 2012-01-20 |
Tuber melanosporum (Black Périgord Truffle) |
Fungi - Ascomycota - Pezizomycetes - Pezizales |
Europe |
| 2012-01-06 |
Dasypeltis scabra (Common Egg-Eater) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Reptilia - Squamata |
Africa |
| 2011-12-22 |
Acrocephalus paludicola (Aquatic Warbler) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Aves - Passeriformes |
Eurasia, Africa |
| 2011-12-08 |
Viscum album (European mistletoe) |
Plantae - angiosperms - eudicots - Santalales |
Eurasia |
| 2011-11-24 |
Punica granatum (Pomegranate) |
Plantae - angiosperms - malvids - Myrtales |
Asia (W) |
| 2011-11-11 |
Homo neanderthalensis (Neanderthal man) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Mammalia - Primates |
Eurasia |
| 2011-10-27 |
Apis mellifera (Western honey bee) |
Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Hymenoptera |
Cosmopolitan |
| 2011-10-15 |
Melanocetus johnsonii (Humpback Anglerfish; Johnson's Blackdevil) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Actinopterygii - Lophiiformes |
Cosmopolitan |
| 2011-09-29 |
Synthliboramphus wumizusume (Japanese Murrelet) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Aves - Charadriiformes |
Asia (E) |
| 2011-09-16 |
Prunus dulcis (Almond tree) |
Plantae - angiosperms - fabids - Rosales |
Asia (S, W) |
| 2011-09-02 |
Bombyx mori (Domestic silkworm moth) |
Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Lepidoptera |
Asia (E) |
| 2011-08-18 |
Amazona barbadensis (Yellow-shouldered Amazon) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Aves - Psittaciformes |
South America (N) |
| 2011-08-05 |
Birgus latro (Coconut crab) |
Animalia - Arthropoda - Malacostraca - Decapoda |
Pacific & Indian O. |
| 2011-07-21 |
Raphus cucullatus (Dodo) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Aves - Columbiformes |
Indian O. (Mauritius†) |
| 2011-07-08 |
Bagarius yarrelli (Giant Devil Catfish; Goonch Catfish) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Actinopterygii - Siluriformes |
Asia (S) |
| 2011-06-24 |
Scarabaeus sacer (Dung beetle; sacred beetle) |
Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Coleoptera |
Mediterranean |
| 2011-06-09 |
Tympanuchus cupido attwateri (Attwater's Prairie Chicken) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Aves - Galliformes |
North America (TX, LA) |
| 2011-05-27 |
Mammillaria fraileana (Pincushion cactus) |
Plantae - angiosperms - eudicots - Caryophyllales |
North America (SW) |
| 2011-05-13 |
Canis simensis (Ethiopian wolf) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Mammalia - Carnivora |
Africa (E) |
| 2011-04-28 |
Melitaea athalia (Heath fritillary) |
Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Lepidoptera |
Eurasia (N) |
| 2011-04-15 |
Thalassarche chlororhynchos (Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Aves - Procellariiformes |
Atlantic (S) |
| 2011-04-01 |
Saguinus oedipus (Cotton-top tamarin) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Mammalia - Primates |
South America (N) |
| 2011-03-18 |
Ovis ammon (Argali; Mountain sheep) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Mammalia - Artiodactyla |
Asia (C) |
| 2011-03-03 |
Crocodylus intermedius (Orinoco crocodile) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Reptilia - Crocodilia |
South America (N) |
| 2011-02-18 |
Panthera pardus orientalis (Amur leopard) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Mammalia - Carnivora |
Asia (E) |
| 2011-02-04 |
Histrio histrio (Sargassum anglerfish) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Actinopterygii - Lophiiformes |
Cosmopolitan |
| 2011-01-21 |
Chamaeleo melleri (Meller's chameleon) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Reptilia - Squamata |
Africa |
| 2011-01-07 |
Hapalemur griseus (Eastern lesser bamboo lemur) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Mammalia - Primates |
Africa (Madag.) |
| 2010-12-24 |
Enteroctopus dofleini (North Pacific giant octopus) |
Animalia - Mollusca - Cephalopoda - Octopoda |
Pacific |
| 2010-12-09 |
Phacochoerus aethiopicus (Desert warthog) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Mammalia - Artiodactyla |
Africa (E) |
| 2010-11-26 |
Goliathus regius (Royal Goliath beetle) |
Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Coleoptera |
Africa (C) |
| 2010-11-12 |
Amorphophallus titanum (Titan arum) |
Plantae - angiosperms - monocots - Alismatales |
Asia (Sumatra) |
| 2010-10-30 |
Istiophorus platypterus (Indo-Pacific sailfish) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Actinopterygii - Perciformes |
Pacific & Indian O. |
| 2010-10-18 |
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus (Egyptian spine lizard) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Reptilia - Saurischia |
Africa† |
| 2010-10-03 |
Ornithoptera alexandrae (Queen Alexandra's Birdwing) |
Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Lepidoptera |
Australasia |
| 2010-09-17 |
Canis lupus dingo (Dingo) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Mammalia - Carnivora |
Australasia |
| 2010-08-22 |
Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback turtle) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Reptilia - Testudines |
Cosmopolitan |
| 2010-08-04 |
Sequoiadendron giganteum (Giant Sequoia) |
Plantae - Pinophyta - Pinopsida - Pinales |
North America (CA) |
| 2010-06-27 |
Diomedea exulans (Wandering Albatross) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Aves - Procellariiformes |
Antarctic |
| 2010-03-08 |
Thunnus thynnus (Atlantic bluefin tuna) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Actinopterygii - Perciformes |
Atlantic |
| 2010-02-14 |
Ursus maritimus (Polar bear) |
Animalia - Vertebrata - Mammalia - Carnivora |
Holarctic |
