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Benjamin Disraeli Birthday Highlights Birth Name Benjamin Disraeli Place Of Birth London, UK Age 219 years old Birth Date December 21 1804 Benjamin Disraeli Facts Child Star? no Occupation Politician Education & Qualifications Rev John Potticary’s St Piran’s school Current Partner Mary Anne Wyndham Lewis Parents Isaac D’Israeli and Maria Basevi Siblings Sarah, Naphtali, Ralph, James About Benjamin DisraeliBenjamin Disraeli was born on December 21, 1804, in London, England.Benjamin Disraeli is one of the most famous people in British political history....

Devin Booker Birthday Highlights Birth Name Devin Armani Booker Place Of Birth Grand rapids, USA Age 27 years old Birth Date October 30 1996 Devin Booker Facts Child Star? no Occupation Basketball Education & Qualifications Grandville High School Net Worth $2,000,000 Parents Melvin Booker, Veronica Gutierrez Siblings Davon Wade, Mya Powell About Devin BookerDevin Booker was born on January 30, 1996, in the Grand Rapids region of Michigan in the United States of America....

Eastern Gorillas are the largest primates of the living world, comprising of muscular limbs, stocky bodies, and short muzzles. Their primary habitat is Sub-Saharan African countries such as the subalpine forests and mountain rainforests of Rwanda, southwestern Uganda, and the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. They are divided into subspecies - the Mountain Gorilla and the Eastern Lowland Gorilla. The Eastern Lowland Gorilla is also known as the Grauer’s gorilla and has longer arms in comparison with the Mountain Gorilla....

The African pompano, Alectis ciliaris, is a fish that is compressed dorsally and laterally and with a head and tail that taper. The curved head of the fish is a strong identifying factor, and this species has four to seven spines that are visible on the dorsal fin. Found on the coast of tropical waters, the color of this fish is silvery metallic blue to green on top, while the base is mostly silvery....

Are you fascinated with shorebirds? If yes, then the American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) is a shorebird that you should know about. American oystercatchers belong to the order Charadriiformes, family Oystercatchers, and to the genus Haematopus. These birds are primarily seen along the Atlantic Coast and can also be spotted on the Pacific coast of North America. However, these birds are also commonly seen on South American and Central American beaches and coastal areas during the bird’s migration period....

The Arabian stallion is one of the best-recognized horse breeds in the world. The Arabian horse has origins that are thousands of years old and has become a widely-bred breed of horse, due to its salient characteristics. The Arabian horse also happens to be an ancestor of horses like the thoroughbred, the Morgan, and the quarter horse. The coat color of a purebred Arabian horse is bay (reddish-brown), but other common coat colors include gray-white, sabino, and roan....

The Bale Mountain vervet monkey (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis), commonly known as the Bale monkey, is a species of monkey that can be found only in one part of the world, in the mountain forests of the southern Ethiopian Highlands. The primary diet of this species mainly includes bamboos. However, they have learned to adapt and feed on other species of plants as well over the years. These African primates have small-shaped round heads and their bodies are covered with a dark brown colored coat of fur....

The Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus), also known as Blacksmith Plover, is a bird species that belong to the Vanellus genus. These birds are commonly found in Africa and are a common sight near water bodies like rivers, lakes, estuaries, wetlands, and short grasslands. These birds spend most of their time on the ground foraging for food as they feed on small fish, worms, and other crustaceans.The population distribution of these birds has risen in the past decades as they are highly adaptable due to their vast habitat range....

The blue-banded goby (Lythrypnus dalli) is just what it sounds like! It has the typical features of a goby, a red or orange body, and blue stripes or bands that run vertically along the spines. These animals prefer to live at the bottom of water bodies or aquariums with rocks, sea urchins, and coral reefs, looking for a hiding place. These short-tailed fishes have an amazing ability as they can change their sex!...

The Borneo bay cat (Catopuma badia), a species endemic to the island of Borneo, is also known by different names such as bay cat and Bornean bay cat. In 1856, Alfred Russel Wallace, an English naturalist, discovered the skull and skin of the species in Sarawak, a state in Malaysia.The bay cats possess chestnut-colored fur, while the lower side is pure white. The cat has rounded ears with blackish-brown fur and a long tail....

A P. boylii or brush mouse is one of the New World rodent species of the Peromyscus genus found in Central and North America. Like most other mice, the brush mouse is nocturnal in nature and is rarely visible to humans out in the open. They are found in large numbers throughout their home range and do not face any major threat of extinction as of yet. They wander around rocks and logs located within the low grass and shrub cover to hide from their predators....

Dusky leaf monkeys (langurs) are a group of primates belonging to the family of Old World monkeys resembling a spectacled langur monkey. Scientifically these mammals are recognized by the binomial name, Trachypithecus Obscurus. Though occasionally observed along with the ground of Singapore, dusky leaf monkeys, members of the Cercopithecidae family, primarily dwell in peninsular Malaysia. Besides the Malay Peninsula, the home range of the troop members belonging to leaf monkey species include Thailand, southern Myanmar, and islands such as Langkawi, Penang, and Perhentian Besar....

The eastern olivaceous warbler (Iduna pallida) is an Old World bird of the Acrocephalidae family. This bird has striking similarities with other Iduna and Acrocephalus species. It is recognized as a fairly common species throughout its range, therefore, is regarded as a stable species. However, the global population trend is unknown. In some areas, widespread habitat destruction has snatched away the bird’s ideal nesting sites. Expansion of agricultural lands, forest destruction, and clearing bushes have made the warbler population a bit more restricted than before but they are not facing any major threats as of yet....

As spring arrives, it welcomes new lovely flying creatures that visit our yards and gardens. One of these distinctive night jewels is the giant leopard flying moth (Hypercompe scribonia). This insect’s beauty rivals that of any butterfly that we know. But it is a nocturnal insect. People rarely see it. Males are comparatively bigger than their female counterparts. Males have a wingspan of 3.6 in (9 cm), while females have a much shorter 2....

The giant moray eel is a species of moray eel that is mostly found in the Indo-Pacific aquatic regions. They are one of the largest eels in the Muraenidae family, which belongs to the Gymnothorax genus. giant moray eel facts are quite interesting because of their unique aspects. These eels participate in inter-species predation as they are hunters alongside the roving coral grouper. Eel hunts in the reef and scares the prey out of the reef in the process....

The golden-hooded tanager is a colorful and loud tanager species from the Thraupidae family, found exclusively on the American continent. Usually found within dense forests, this bird species is known for its bright blue or turquoise rump and underbelly. Due to their dense habitat and preference for living at high elevations within forests, little has been observed about their population fragmentation and other habits. During the breeding season, a pair or group of three birds may raise a brood together....

Crows and pigeons are the most common perching birds. There are 11 different species of treepie, comprising four genera of passerine birds including Crypsirina, Dendrocitta, Platysmurus, and Temnurus. The other name for treepie is recorded to be crypsirinines. The treepie is usually white, brown, black, and grey in color. It is arboreal in nature and rarely feeds on the ground. It is similar to the species of magpies. A grey treepie is one of them....

A mouse-eared bat or Myotis genus species, the Indiana bat (scientific name Myotis sodalis), is native to North America. These bats are found in several states of the United States such as New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Virginia, and North Carolina. Both winter hibernation sites and summer habitats are included in these states.These medium-sized bats are found in gray, black, and chestnut color, while their average weight and length are 0....

The origin of the Javanese cat breed can be traced to North America, with the crossing of a Balinese cat with a Colorpoint Shorthair. The Colorpoint Shorthair, in turn, resulted from crossing a Siamese cat with the American Shorthair. This cat breed includes features of the Siamese cat, Balinese cat, Colorpoint Shorthair, Oriental Shorthair, and the Oriental Longhair. Javanese cats differ from the other cats on account of their longer coat and colors....

The lesser flamingo, or Phoeniconaias minor according to its scientific name, is considered to be the smallest of the flamingo species. These lesser flamingos do not have a sense of taste, nor a sense of smell. They are spotted feeding on small marine organisms in alkaline lakes. Their diet consists of different marine invertebrates like plankton, algae, and crustaceans. Their food consists of several other aquatic organisms that carry the cryptoxanthin chemical which leads to the bird’s carotenoid pigmentation....