Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/Newsletter/024

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{{icon|FA}} Nyctibatrachus major by {{noping|AryKun}}

{{icon|FL}} List of platyrrhines by {{noping|PresN}}

{{icon|FL}} List of gymnosperm families by {{noping|Dank}}

{{icon|GA}} Varroa destructor by {{noping|KoA}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}

{{icon|GA}} Lepas testudinata by {{noping|Etriusus}}, reviewed by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}

{{icon|GA}} Island bronze-naped pigeon by {{noping|AryKun}}, reviewed by {{noping|SilverTiger12}}

{{icon|GA}} Placidium arboreum by {{noping|Esculenta}}, reviewed by {{noping|SilverTiger12}}

{{icon|GA}} Orange-billed lorikeet by {{noping|AryKun}}, reviewed by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}

{{icon|GA}} Spinular night frog by {{noping|AryKun}}, reviewed by {{noping|An anonymous username, not my real name}}

{{icon|GA}} Crested cuckoo-dove by {{noping|AryKun}}, reviewed by {{noping|Femke}}

{{icon|GA}} Aristonectes by {{noping|Amirani1746}}, reviewed by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}

{{icon|GA}} Mocquard's Madagascar ground gecko by {{noping|Olmagon}}, reviewed by {{noping|Etriusus}}

{{icon|GA}} Femoral gland by {{noping|Esculenta}}, reviewed by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}

{{icon|GA}} Ameerega munduruku by {{noping|AryKun}}, reviewed by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}

{{icon|GA}} Snowy plover by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}, reviewed by {{noping|SilverTiger12}}

{{icon|GA}} Crested cuckoo-dove by {{noping|AryKun}}, reviewed by {{noping|Grungaloo}}

{{icon|GA}} Wood-pasture hypothesis by {{noping|AndersenAnders}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}

{{icon|GA}} Hypericum bupleuroides by {{noping|Fritzmann2002}}, reviewed by {{noping|Etriusus}}

{{icon|GA}} Teratoscincus roborowskii by {{noping|Olmagon}}, reviewed by {{noping|Esculenta}}

{{icon|GA}} Pulchrocladia retipora by {{noping|Esculenta}}, reviewed by {{noping|Etriusus}}

{{icon|GA}} Anaptychia ciliaris by {{noping|Esculenta}}, reviewed by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}

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{{icon|FLC}} List of birds of Bouvet Island by {{noping|AryKun}}

{{icon|GAN}} Laomaki by {{noping|An anonymous username, not my real name}}

{{icon|GAN}} Nyctibatrachus robinmoorei by {{noping|AryKun}}

{{icon|GAN}} Nyctibatrachus sabarimalai by {{noping|AryKun}}

{{icon|GAN}} Nyctibatrachus mewasinghi by {{noping|AryKun}}

{{icon|GAN}} Eucalyptus gomphocephala by {{noping|Hughesdarren}}

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• ... that a variety of the Connecticut field pumpkin is known as "the original commercial jack-o'-lantern pumpkin"? (November 1)
• ... that insects not only destroyed the personal plant collection of John Hunter Thomas, but also bear his name? (November 3)
• ... that life exists in every part of the biosphere, from the deepest parts of the ocean (bacterium pictured) to altitudes of up to 64 km (40 miles) in the atmosphere? (November 6)
• ... that Sivapardus was larger than a leopard, smaller than a lion, and had a face like a cheetah? (November 7)
• ... that Lillian V. Holdeman Moore identified a spike in hydrogen-gas-producing bacteria in Skylab astronauts? (November 8)
• ... that euglossine bees distribute the seeds of vanilla tlatepusco? (November 11)
• ... that in 1822, the Paleogene mammal Anop­lo­therium commune (reconstruction pictured) was the first fossil species to be subjected to a brain cast study? (November 12)
• ... that the island bronze-naped pigeon is a popular food at bars and parties on São Tomé? (November 12)
• ... that little pink elephants are parasitic? (November 12)
• ... that the gecko Paroedura maingoka (pictured) imitates venomous scorpions to discourage predators? (November 13)
• ... that the scenic fields of northern wyethia (pictured) found in the western United States are sometimes a sign that an area has been overgrazed? (November 15)
• ... that a 1950s album of frog calls developed a cult following? (November 15)
• ... that at a maximum standard length of roughly 2 cm (0.8 in), dwarf pufferfish are some of the smallest pufferfish in the world? (November 18)
• ... that the authors of The Neanderthals Rediscovered learned that their book proposal had been accepted on the same day they took their twin sons home from hospital? (November 20)
• ... that hatchling Balkan terrapins are only 3 to 4 centimetres (1.2 to 1.6 in) in length, while adults (example pictured) can grow as long as 25 cm (9.8 in)? (November 21)
• ... that organisms could harvest kinetic energy to survive? (November 22)
• ... that pollution in rivers scatters far-red light, making it harder for plants like Noveloa to germinate? (November 23)
• ... that many hyalospheniid amoebae (example pictured) construct shells by stealing mineralized particles from the shells of their prey? (November 28)
• ... that an ancient wildcat species is known only from a part of the jaw of a single animal discovered in Poland? (November 29)