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Taxonomic Index Taxonomic Index A Apis dorsata (giant Asian honeybee), 422, 428 aardwolf (Proteles cristatus), 271 Apis mellifera (honeybees), 87, 162, 165, acarid mites, ‘fighter’/‘scrambler’ males, 245, 249, 414, 422, 428 549 Apis mellifera capensis (Cape honeybee), Achatina fulica, 337 432 Acromyrmex spp. (leafcutter ants), 420 Apis mellifera ligustica, 111 Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae), 386 Aplysia sea slugs, 336 Aeolidiella glauca, 339 Araneidae, 444, 449 African black coucals (Centropus grillii), Araneoidae, monogyny/multiple males, 476 454 African buffalos (Syncerus caffer), 248 Arctocephalus galapagoensis (Galápagos African cichlid (Astatotilapia burtoni), fur seals), 276 671 Argentine ants (Linepithema humile), 673 African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), 480 Argiope aurantia, 456 Agelaius phoeniceus (red-winged Argiope bruennichi, 450 blackbird), 372, 634 Argiope keyserlingi, 450 Agelenopsis aperta (funnel-web spider), Argiope lobata, 450 601, 668 Argiope nephila, 456 Alderia willowi, 347 Arianta arbustorum, 338, 340, 341, 348 Amblyrhynchos cristatus (Galápagos army ants (Eciton burchelli), 245, 415, marine iguana), 39 422, 423, 427 Amegilla dawsoni (Dawson’s Astatotilapia burtoni (African cichlid), burrowing bee), 556 671 American robin (Turdus migratorius), 360 Ateles spp. (spider monkeys), 667 amoeba, social, 65, 70 aye-ayes (Daubentonia madagascariensis), Anas platyrhynchos (mallard), 364 626, 664 angler fish, 457 Anolis lizards, dewlap colouration, 20 B Anser albifrons (white-fronted geese), 136 Anser anser (greylag geese), 121, 126 baboons, 38–43, 138, 249, 642, 666, 667 Anser domesticus (domestic geese), 42 banded mongoose (Mungos mungo), 34, ants, 70, 151, 164–168, 245, 249, 423, 268, 280, 673 428, 457, 596, 673 bank swallows (Riparia riparia), 64 aphids, 154, 182–185 Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus), Apis cerana cerana, 111 43, 64 685 686 Taxonomic Index barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis), 64, 133 Callorhinus ursinus (northern fur seals), barnacles, 457 283 Bechstein’s bats (Myotis bechsteinii), 254, Canis lupus (wolves), 138 256, 667 Canis mesomelas (black-backed jackal), bees, see also, honeybees 289 Belding’s ground squirrels (Spermophilus Cape honeybee (Apis mellifera capensis), belding), 34 432 Biomphalaria glabrata, 334, 342 capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus), 34, birds, 126, 359ff 248, 251, 631 black elder (Sambucus nigra), 21 Cardiocondyla kagutsuchi, 159, 160 black scavenger fly (Sepsis cynipsea), 307, Cardiocondyla obscurior, 160 310, 315, 320 cats (Felis catus), 488 black widow (Latrodectus hasselti), 443, cattle (Bos indicus), 248 448, 449 Cavia aperea, 278 black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas), cavies, 271, 278, 282, 518, 525 289 Cebus capucinus (capuchin monkeys), 34, blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), 6, 21 248, 251 Blatta germanica (German cockroach), Centris pallida, 550 245 Centropus grillii (African black coucal), blenniid fishes, brood care, 270 476 blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis), 34 ceratopogonid biting midges, 453, 457 blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus), 20, 377, Cercopithecoidea, 666 378, 385 Cercopithecus mitis (blue monkey), 34 bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus), chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas 380, 538, 539 ursinus), 38–42, 249, 251 bluethroat (Luscinia svecica), 363, 364, chameleons, 12 369, 378 Chelidonura hirundinina, 335, 345, 346 bola spiders, 4 Chelidonura sandrana, 337, 346, 348 Bombus terrestris (bumblebee), 169, chickens (Gallus gallus), 33 418, 421 chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), 34, 138, bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata), 671 631, 634, 667, 671 Bos indicus, 248 clawed frogs (Xenopus leavis), 65 Branta leucopsis (barnacle geese), cleaner wrasse, 224, 225 64, 133 cliff swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota), brown bears (Ursus arctos), 279 45 brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea), 484 Clitaetra spp., 447 brown lemurs (Eulemur fulvus fulvus), coal tit (Parus ater), 369 251, 664 cockroaches (Blatta germanica), 245 bumblebees, 169, 418, 421 cod (Gadus morhua), 674 burying beetles (Necrophorus Columba livia f. domestica (pigeons) 256 vespilloides), 64 common tern (Sterna hirundo), 277 butterflies, eyespots, 14 Cornu aspersum (Helix aspersa), 335, 347 Corvus ossifragus (fish crows), 6, 17 C coucals, 476 Crocuta crocuta (spotted hyenas), Caenorhabditis elegans, 276 484, 486 Cakile edentula (sea rockets), 65 crows, 11, 17, 126 California mouse (Peromyscus Cryptomys anselli, 276 californicus), 271, 284, 286 Cryptotermes secundus, 183 Callibaetis ferrugineus hageni (mayfies), Cryptotermes spp. 189 669, 670 cuckoo species, 476 Callithrix jacchus, 671 Cyanistes caeruleus (blue tit), 20, 377, Callitrichidae, 270, 665 378, 385 Taxonomic Index 687 Cycliophora, 457 Eisenia andrei, 337 Cynictis penicillata, (yellow mongoose), Eisenia fetida, 340 34 Elacatinus spp., 225 elephants (Loxodonta africana), 34, 39, D 43, 249, 251, 258, 289 Emberiza schoeniclus (reed bunting), 369 Dama dama (fallow deer), 555 Entelegynae, 449 damselflies, 541, 553, 559 eukaryotes, 180, 191–194 Daphnia pulicaria (water fleas), 673 Eulemur fulvus fulvus (brown lemurs), Daubentonia madagascariensis (aye-ayes), 251, 664 626, 664 Euplectes ardens (red-collared widowbird), Dawson’s burrowing bees (Amegilla 5 dawsoni), 556 Euplectes axiliaris (short-tailed Dayak fruit bat (Dyacopterus spadiceus), widowbird), 19 268 Euplectes progne (long-tailed widowbird), degus (Octodon degus), 668 301 Diacamma spp., 166 Euprymna tasmanica (dumpling squid), Dicrurus adsimilis (fork-tailed drongos), 610 34 European shags (Phalacrocorax Dictyostelium purpureum, 65 aristotelis), 673 digger wasps (Sphex ichneumoneus), 541 Dinoponera quadriceps, 457 F Dinoponera spp., 166 Djungarian hamster (Phodopus campbelli), fairy-wren, 396 271, 284 Falco tinnunculus (kestrels), 5, 7 dogs, wild (Lycaon pictus), 289 fallow deer (Dama dama), 555 Dolichovespula saxonica (Saxon wasp), Felis catus (domestic cat), 488 161 field crickets (Gryllus integer), 555 Dolomedes fimbriatus (fishing spider), fire ants (Solenopsis invicta), 70 601 fish crows (Corvus ossifragus), 6, 17 dolphins, 639 fishing spiders (Dolomedes fimbriatus), domestic cat (Felis catus), 488 601 domestic pigeons (Columba livia f. flatworms, 335 domestica), 256 fork-tailed drongos (Dicrurus adsimilis), Dorylus spp., 415, 416 34 dragonflies, 555 Fulmarus glacialis (northern fulmar), 363 Drosophila spp., 347 funnel-web spiders, 601, 668 drywood termites, 189 Dugesia gonocephala, 338, 345 G dumpling squid (Euprymna tasmanica), 610 Gadus morhua (cod), 674 dung flies, 307, 310, 312 Galápagos fur seals (Arctocephalus dunnocks (Prunella modularis), 64 galapagoensis), 276 dusky-footed woodrats (Neotoma Galápagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchos fuscipes), 470 cristatus), 39 dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula), 480 Galea monasteriensis (yellow-toothed Dyacopterus spadiceus (Dayak fruit bat), cavy), 271, 518 268 Gallinula chloropus (moorhens), 64 Gallus gallus, 33, 364 E garden warblers (Sylvia borin), 15 Gasterosteus aculeatus (three-spined eastern kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus), 392 stickleback), 65, 250, 592, 668 Echiura, 457 geese (Anser domesticus), 42 Eciton burchelli, 245, 416, 427 Geospiza forti (ground finch), 314 688 Taxonomic Index gibbons, 665 K golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus), 69 Kalotermitidae, 189 golden-collared manakin (Manacus kestrels (Falco tinnunculus), 5, 7 vitellinus), 10, 20 killer whales (Orcinus orca), 35 Gorilla gorilla beringei (mountain gorillas), 248 L great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor), 372, 373 Labroides bicolor (cleaner wrasse), 225 great tit (Parus major), 280, 386, 387, 605 Labroides dimidiatus (cleaner wrasse), green woodhoopoes (Phoeniculus 225 purpureus), 42 Lacerta vivipara (common lizards), 600 greylag geese (Anser anser), 121, Lake Tanganyika cichlids, 542, 596 126–128 Lake Victoria cichlids, 19 ground finch (Geospiza forti), 314 Lamprologus ocellatus (snail cichlid), 270 Gryllus integer (field crickets) 555 Lanius excubitor (great grey shrike), Guinea baboons (Papio papio), 43 372, 373 guinea pigs, 282, 512–517, 523 Lanyu scops owl (Otus elegans botelensis), Gunther’s dik-dik (Madoqua guentheri), 361 39 Latrodectus geometricus (black widow), guppies (Poecilia reticulata), 11, 668 448 Latrodectus hasselti (black widow), H 448, 449 Latrodectus spp., 443, 448 hanuman langurs (Semnopithecus entellus), leafcutter ants, 420 285 Lemur catta (ring-tailed lemur), 466 harvester ants, 419 lemurs, 251, 466, 664 Helogale parvula (dwarf mongoose), Lepilemur ruficaudatus, 664 480 Lepomis macrochirus (bluegill sunfish), Herennia multipuncta, 447 380, 538, 539 Heterocephalus glaber (naked mole-rats), Leptothorax spp., 166–168 290 lesser bulldog bats (Noctilia albiventris), Homo sapiens, kin recognition, 67 43 honeybees (Apis mellifera), 87, 103, 162, Limia perugiae, 560 165, 249, 415, 422, 549 Linanthus parryae, 22 house mice (Mus musculus), 64, 65, 612 Linepithema humile (Argentine ants), 673 house sparrow (Passer domesticus), 308, lions (Panthera leo), 34, 138 311, 367 Liostenogaster flavolineata, 183 humans, 233, 235, 290 lizards, common (Lacerta vivipara), 600 hyenas, 274, 281, 283, 484–488, 517 long-tailed widowbird (Euplectes progne), Hylobatidae, 665 301 Hymenoptera, 125, 155, 156, Loxodonta africana (elephants), 34, 39, 183–189, 413 43, 249, 251, 258, 289 Lumbricus terrestris, 335, 342, 348 I Luscinia svecica, (bluethroat), 363 Lycaon pictus (African wild dog), iguanas, 563 289, 480 Ischnura ramburi, 541 Lymnaea spp., 334, 340, 344 J M Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata), 42 Macaca fuscata (Japanese macaques), 42 junglefowl (Gallus gallus), 364 Macaca mulatta (rhesus macaques), 35, 36, 511,
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