Pierella nereis (Liberia postage stamp)

  Pierella nereis is a butterfly species from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1782 from Brazil.

• Series: Tropical butterflies
• Country: Republic of Liberia
• Year: 1974-09-11 
• Perforation: comb 14 x 13¾
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Face value: 60 Liberian cent
• Number of catalogue Michel: LR BL73

Rhinoceros (State of Oman postage stamp)

  Rhinoceros is one of any five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae, as well as any of the numerous extinct species. Two of these extant species are native to Africa and three to Southern Asia.

• Series: Exotic wild animals
• Country: State of Oman
• Year: 1972

Wild animals (State of Oman postage stamps)

  Rhinoceros often abbreviated to rhino, is one of any five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae, as well as any of the numerous extinct species. Two of these extant species are native to Africa and three to Southern Asia.

  Bison or buffalo are large, even-toed ungulates in the genus Bison within the subfamily Bovinae. Two extant and four extinct species are recognized. Of the four extinct species, three were North American: Bison antiquus, B. latifrons, and B. occidentalis. The fourth, B. priscus, ranged across steppe environments from Western Europe, through Central Asia, East Asia including Japan,[1][2] and onto North America.

  Hyenas or hyaenas are any feliform carnivoran mammals of the family Hyaenidae. With only four extant species, it is the fifth-smallest biological family in the Carnivora, and one of the smallest in the class Mammalia. Despite their low diversity, hyenas are unique and vital components of most African ecosystems.

  The moose (North America) or elk (Eurasia), Alces alces, is the largest extant species in the deer family. Moose are distinguished by the broad, flat (or palmate) antlers of the males; other members of the family have antlers with a dendritic ("twig-like") configuration. Moose typically inhabit boreal forests and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests of the Northern Hemisphere in temperate to subarctic climates.

  The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine or Eurasian wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia, North Africa, and the Greater Sunda Islands. Human intervention has spread its range further, making the species one of the widest-ranging mammals in the world, as well as the most widely spread suiform.

• Series: Exotic wild animals
• Country: State of Oman
• Year: 1972

Endemic birds of Cuba

Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae)
Mellisuga helenae are residents of Cuba, an island located in the West Indies. Today, bee hummingbirds inhabit the entire island and Isla de la Juventud, which is the largest of the islands off Cuba's southern coast. There have also been several bee hummingbird sightings on the neighboring islands of Jamaica and Haiti.

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
The northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) is the only mockingbird commonly found in North America. This bird is mainly a permanent resident, but northern birds may move south during harsh weather. This species was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema Natur? in 1758 as Turdus polyglottos.

Cuban Tody (Todus multicolor)
The Cuban tody (Todus multicolor) is a bird species in the family Todidae that is restricted to Cuba and adjacent islands.

Cuban Amazon (Amazona leucocephala)
The Cuban amazon (Amazona leucocephala) also known as Cuban parrot or the rose-throated parrot, is a medium-sized mainly green parrot found in woodlands and dry forests of Cuba, the Bahamas and Cayman Islands in the Caribbean.

Zapata Wren (Ferminia cerverai)
The Zapata wren (Ferminia cerverai) is a medium sized grayish-brown bird that lives in dense shrubs of the Zapata Swamp, Cuba. It is the only member of the monotypical genus Ferminia.

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
The brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) is a small pelican found in the Americas. It is one of the best known and most prominent birds found in the coastal areas of the southern and western United States. It is one of only three pelican species found in the Western Hemisphere. The brown pelican is one of the only two pelican species which feeds by diving into the water.

West Indian Woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris)
The West Indian woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands and Cuba. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

Red-legged Thrush (Mimocichla plumbea)
The red-legged thrush (Turdus plumbeus) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in the Bahamas, Cayman Brac, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Puerto Rico. It formerly occurred on the Swan Islands, Honduras. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest. This species may be considered the Caribbean counterpart of the American robin, as it has similar habits, including being a common visitor to gardens and lawns.

Cuban Parakeet (Aratinga euops)
The Cuban parakeet (Psittacara euops) is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family that is endemic to the island of Cuba. It was extirpated from the Isla de la Juventud south of Cuba soon after 1900.

Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
El turpial oriental, carmelo, zacatero comun, pradero comun, cantor de pradera o chirlobirlo (Sturnella magna)2 3 es una especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Icteridae que vive en America. Se trata de un pajaro de tamano medio y de aspecto muy similar al turpial gorjeador.

• Series: Endemic birds
• Country: Republic of Cuba
• Year: 1983-12-20
• Subject: Animals
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Number of catalogue Michel: Mi:CU 2798-2807

Phorusrhacos (Lao postage stamp)

  Phorusrhacos longissimus is an extinct, giant flightless predatory bird that lived in Miocene Patagonia. P. longissimus' closest living relatives are the much smaller seriemas. P. longissimus is thought to have lived in woodlands and grasslands.

• Series: Dinosaurus
• Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic
• Year: 1988-03-03
• Subject: Animals
• Perforation: comb 12 x 12½
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Face value: 47 ₭
• Number of catalogue Michel: LA 1079

Scolosaurus (Lao postage stamp)

  Scolosaurus is an extinct genus of ankylosaurid dinosaurs within the subfamily Ankylosaurinae. It is known from either the lower levels of the Dinosaur Park Formation or upper levels of the Oldman Formation (the location of the type specimen's quarry is uncertain) in the Late Cretaceous (latest middle Campanian stage, about 76.5 Ma ago) of Alberta, Canada. It contains a single species, Scolosaurus cutleri. It is the oldest known North American anklylosaurid.

• Series: Dinosaurus
• Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic
• Year: 1988-03-03
• Subject: Animals
• Perforation: comb 12 x 12½
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Face value: 44 ₭
• Number of catalogue Michel: LA 1078

Iguanodon bernissartensis (Lao postage stamp)

  Iguanodon is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur that existed roughly halfway between the first of the swift bipedal hypsilophodontids of the mid-Jurassic and the duck-billed dinosaurs of the late Cretaceous. While many species have been classified in the genus Iguanodon, dating from the late Jurassic Period to the late Cretaceous Period of Asia, Europe, and North America, research in the first decade of the 21st century suggests that there is only one well-substantiated species: I. bernissartensis, which lived from the late Barremian to the earliest Aptian ages (Early Cretaceous) in Belgium and possibly elsewhere in Europe, between about 126 and 125 million years ago.

• Series: Dinosaurus
• Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic
• Year: 1988-03-03
• Subject: Animals
• Perforation: comb 12 x 12½
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Face value: 39 ₭
• Number of catalogue Michel: LA 1077

Ceratosaurus nasicornis (Lao postage stamp)

  Ceratosaurus was a large predatory theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period (Kimmeridgian to Tithonian), found in the Morrison Formation of North America, and the Lourinhã Formation of Portugal and possibly the Tendaguru Formation in Tanzania.

• Series: Dinosaurus
• Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic
• Year: 1988-03-03
• Subject: Animals
• Perforation: comb 12 x 12½
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Face value: 7 ₭
• Number of catalogue Michel: LA 1076

Trachodon (Lao postage stamp)

  Trachodon (meaning "rough tooth") is a dubious genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur based on teeth from the Campanian-age Upper Cretaceous Judith River Formation of Montana, U.S. It is a historically important genus with a convoluted taxonomy that has been all but abandoned by modern dinosaur paleontologists.

• Series: Dinosaurus
• Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic
• Year: 1988-03-03
• Subject: Animals
• Perforation: comb 12 x 12½
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Face value: 3 ₭
• Number of catalogue Michel: LA 1075

Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)

  The purple heron (Ardea purpurea) is a wide ranging species of wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Asia. The Western Palearctic populations migrate between breeding and wintering habitats whereas the African and tropical-Asian populations are primarily sedentary, except for occasional dispersive movements.

• Series: Capex `87
• Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
• Year: 1987-05-05
• Subject: Animals
• Perforation: comb 12¾ x 12½
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Face value: 3 riels
• Number of catalogue Michel: KH 873

Red Whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)

  The red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) is a passerine bird found in Asia. It is a member of the bulbul family. It is a resident frugivore found mainly in tropical Asia. It has been introduced in many tropical areas of the world where populations have established themselves. It feeds on fruits and small insects and they conspicuously perch on trees and their calls are a loud three or four note call. They are very common in hill forests and urban gardens within its range.

• Series: Capex `87
• Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
• Year: 1987-05-05
• Subject: Animals
• Perforation: comb 12¾ x 12½
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Face value: 2 riels
• Number of catalogue Michel: KH 872

Grey-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala)

  The grey-headed kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala) has a wide distribution from the Cape Verde Islands off the north-west coast of Africa to Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia, east to Ethiopia, Somalia and southern Arabia and south to South Africa.

• Series: Capex `87
• Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
• Year: 1987-05-05
• Subject: Animals
• Perforation: comb 12¾ x 12½
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Face value: 1.50 riel
• Number of catalogue Michel: KH 871

Western Barn Owl (Tyto alba)

  The barn owl (Tyto alba) is the most widely distributed species of owl, and one of the most widespread of all birds. It is also referred to as the common barn owl, to distinguish it from other species in its family, Tytonidae, which forms one of the two main lineages of living owls, the other being the typical owls (Strigidae). The barn owl is found almost everywhere in the world except polar and desert regions, Asia north of the Himalayas, most of Indonesia and some Pacific islands.

• Series: Capex `87
• Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
• Year: 1987-05-05
• Subject: Animals
• Perforation: comb 12¾ x 12½
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Face value: 1 riel
• Number of catalogue Michel: KH 870

Black Crowned Crane (Balearica pavonina)

  The black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina) is a bird in the crane family Gruidae. It occurs in dry savannah in Africa south of the Sahara, although in nests in somewhat wetter habitats. There are two subspecies: B. p. pavonina in the west and the more numerous B. p. ceciliae in east Africa.

• Series: Capex `87
• Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
• Year: 1987-05-05
• Subject: Animals
• Perforation: comb 12¾ x 12½
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Face value: 0.80 riel
• Number of catalogue Michel: KH 869

Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

  The hoopoe (Upupa epops) is a colourful bird found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive "crown" of feathers. It is the only extant species in the family Upupidae. One insular species, the Saint Helena hoopoe, is extinct, and the Madagascar subspecies of the hoopoe is sometimes elevated to a full species. Like the Latin name upupa, the English name is an onomatopoeic form which imitates the cry of the bird. The hoopoe is the national bird of Israel.

• Series: Capex `87
• Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
• Year: 1987-05-05
• Subject: Animals
• Perforation: comb 12¾ x 12½
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Face value: 0.50 riel
• Number of catalogue Michel: KH 868

Nubian Bee-eater (Merops nubicus)

  The northern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicus) is an African near passerine bird in the bee-eater family, Meropidae. Alternative common names include the carmine bee-eater or the Nubian bee-eater. It is closely to the southern carmine bee-eater where the throat is carmine (instead of blue).

• Series: Capex `87
• Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
• Year: 1987-05-05
• Subject: Animals
• Perforation: comb 12¾ x 12½
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Face value: 0.20 riel
• Number of catalogue Michel: KH 867

Set of postage stamps "Sport Fishing" Part.2

  Coryphaena hippurus Linneo, original name in Spanish: Dorado. Coryphaena is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes known as the dolphinfishes. This genus is currently the only known genus in its family. The species in this genus have compressed heads and single dorsal fins that run the entire length of the fishes' bodies.

  Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, original name in Spanish: Sabalo. The Atlantic tarpon inhabits coastal waters, estuaries, lagoons, and rivers. Tarpons feed almost exclusively on schooling fish and occasionally crabs.

  Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier), original name in Spanish: Peto. Wahoo is a scombrid fish found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas. It is best known to sports fishermen, as its speed and high-quality flesh make it a prize game fish. In Hawaii, the wahoo is known as ono. Many Hispanic areas of the Caribbean and Central America refer to this fish as peto.

  Makaira ampla (Poey), original name in Spanish: Castero. The Atlantic blue marlin is a species of marlin endemic to the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic blue marlin feeds on a wide variety of organisms near the surface. It uses its bill to stun, injure, or kill while knifing through a school of fish or other prey, then returns to eat the injured or stunned fish.

• Series: Sport Fishing
• Country: Republic of Cuba
• Year: 1971-10-30
• Perforation: line 12½
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Size: 50 x 30 mm
• Face value: 4, 5, 13, 30 ¢
• Number of catalogue Michel: CU 1724-1727

Set of postage stamps "Sport Fishing" Part.1

  Albula vulpes (Linneo), original name in Spanish: Macabi. The bonefish is the type species of the bonefish family (Albulidae), the only family in order Albuliformes.

  Seriola species, original name in Spanish: Coronado. Seriola is a genus of bony fish, commonly known as amberjacks. They are a large, carnivorous finfish popularly known for the firm texture and rich flavour of their flesh, which make them an ideal fish for aquaculture.

  Micropterus salmoides, original name in Spanish: Lobina. The largemouth bass is a freshwater gamefish in the sunfish family, a species of black bass native to North America.

• Series: Sport Fishing
• Country: Republic of Cuba
• Year: 1971-10-30
• Perforation: line 12½
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Size: 50 x 30 mm
• Face value: 1, 2, 3 ¢
• Number of catalogue Michel: CU 1721-1723

Set of postage stamps "Fishes" (Burundi) Part.3

  Scarus guacamaia is the largest parrotfish in the Atlantic, reaching a maximum size in excess of 100 cm. It is relatively widespread in the western Atlantic from Bermuda through south Florida, the Bahamas and the Caribbean to Venezuela.

  Priacanthus arenatus; habitat: benthic on coral reefs and rocky bottoms, generally occurring at depths of 15-75 m (exceptionally to 200 m) in small aggregations.

  John Dory, St Pierre or Peter's Fish, refers to fish of the genus Zeus, especially Zeus faber, of widespread distribution. It is an edible benthic coastal marine fish with a laterally compressed olive-yellow body which has a large dark spot, and long spines on the dorsal fin.

  The gray angelfish or gray angelfish (Pomacanthus arcuatus) is a large angelfish of the family Pomacanthidae, found in the western Atlantic from New England to the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and also the Bahamas, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean, including the Antilles.

  The ocean surgeon or ocean surgeonfish (Acanthurus bahianus) is a tropical fish known to live in reefs in the Atlantic Ocean.

  The scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis, (Lactophrys quadricornis) belongs to the Ostraciidae family and is closely related to boxfish and trunkfish.

  The queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) is an angelfish commonly found near reefs in the warmer sections of the western Atlantic Ocean. Other common names include blue angelfish, golden angelfish, queen angel, and yellow angelfish.

  Balistes vetula, the queen triggerfish or old wife, is a reef dwelling triggerfish found in the Atlantic Ocean. It is occasionally caught as a gamefish, and sometimes kept in marine aquaria.

• Series: Fishes
• Country: Republic of Burundi
• Year: 1974
• Emission: Commemorative, Air mail
• Perforation: line 13½
• Printing: Photogravure
• Size: 70 x 70 mm
• Face value: 6, 26, 11, 31 Burundi francs 
• Number of catalogue Michel: BI 1050-1057, BI 1101-1108

Set of postage stamps "Fishes" (Burundi) Part.2

  Tilapia melanopleura, the Redbelly tilapia, Tilapia zillii, is a species of fish in the Cichlidae family. It is found widely in numerous African and Eurasian countries, both as aquarium fish and food fish.

  The leopard bush fish (Ctenopoma acutirostre), also known as leopard bushfish, spotted ctenopoma, leopard ctenopoma, spotted climbing perch, spotted leaf fish, African leaf fish, spotted cichlid or spotted bushfish, is a freshwater fish.

  Aphyosemion bivittatum (twostripe lyretail, two-banded killi, red lyretail) is a species of freshwater fish belonging to the Nothobranchiidae family. It is found in rivers in southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon.

  Synodontis angelicus is a species of upside-down catfish commonly named polka-dot African catfish or angel squeaker. This species is native to the Congo Basin of Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo.

  Monodactylus argentus, a perciform fish in the Monodactylidae family, is usually found in the Red Sea and East Africa to Samoa, north to the Yaeyama Islands, south to New Caledonia and Australia.

  The Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus), is a marine fish species, the sole extant representative of the family Zanclidae (from the Greek ζαγκίος, zagkios, "oblique") in order Perciformes.

  The royal angelfish or regal angelfish, Pygoplites diacanthus, is a species of marine angelfish of the family Pomacanthidae, and the monotypic genus Pygoplites. It is found in tropical Indo-Pacific oceans.

  Cephalopholis argus, also known as: roi, bluespotted grouper, argus grouper, peacock hind, peacock grouper or peacock rockcod is a fish from the Indo-Pacific which is variously a commercial gamefish, an invasive species and occasionally an aquarium resident.

• Series: Fishes
• Country: Republic of Burundi
• Year: 1974
• Emission: Commemorative, Air mail
• Perforation: line 13½
• Printing: Photogravure
• Size: 70 x 70 mm
• Face value: 3, 17, 5, 24 Burundi francs 
• Number of catalogue Michel: BI 1042-1049, BI 1093-1100