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    Aurora (redirect from Aurora australis)
    known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), is a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly seen in high-latitude...
    113 KB (12,792 words) - 11:55, 20 April 2024
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    Corona Australis is a constellation in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere. Its Latin name means "southern crown", and it is the southern counterpart of...
    52 KB (4,962 words) - 15:56, 30 January 2024
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    Terra Australis (Latin: 'Southern Land') was a hypothetical continent first posited in antiquity and which appeared on maps between the 15th and 18th...
    46 KB (5,848 words) - 03:05, 27 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ulmus 'Australis'
    The elm cultivar Ulmus 'Australis' [: southern], reputedly endemic to south-eastern France, Switzerland and Italy, is a little-known tree first described...
    5 KB (476 words) - 15:22, 11 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Phragmites australis
    Phragmites australis, known as the common reed, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae. It is a wetland grass that can grow up to...
    13 KB (1,400 words) - 23:42, 1 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for South American fur seal
    The South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis) breeds on the coasts of Peru, Chile, the Falkland Islands, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. The total...
    6 KB (727 words) - 17:07, 16 April 2024
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    the brighter stars their Bayer designations in 1756. Alpha Trianguli Australis, known as Atria, is a second-magnitude orange giant and the brightest...
    34 KB (3,330 words) - 09:04, 8 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Governorate of Terra Australis
    The Governorate of Terra Australis or Governorate of Pedro Sancho de la Hoz was a Spanish Governorate of the Crown of Castile created in 1539 which was...
    14 KB (1,502 words) - 16:32, 1 April 2024
  • 'Australis' is a Wych Elm cultivar described by Loudon in 1838, from a tree in the Royal Horticultural Society garden, as U. montana var. australis Hort...
    3 KB (180 words) - 21:46, 23 March 2021
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    claimed it differed from T. australis in the limb material. Von Huene described all the slender limb material to T. australis, but did not identify any...
    12 KB (1,229 words) - 15:09, 25 April 2024
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    Carcharhinus cyrano Whitley, 1930 Eugaleus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) Galeorhinus australis (Macleay, 1881) Galeorhinus chilensis (Pérez Canto, 1886) Galeorhinus...
    13 KB (1,366 words) - 23:47, 15 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Celtis australis
    C. australis, Fox-Amphoux, France, planted 1550 C. australis in Panchkhal VDC, Nepal Flower of C. australis C. australis autumn leaves C. australis Muntic...
    9 KB (969 words) - 09:44, 26 April 2024
  • lived during the Late Cretaceous of Argentina. The only known species, S. australis, is known from fossils collected from the Lecho Formation (Maastrichtian...
    8 KB (543 words) - 17:11, 19 January 2024
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    northwest New Guinea F. a. novaeguineae Rand, 1940 – central New Guinea F. a. australis Gould, 1845 – Australia and New Zealand An extinct subspecies F. atra...
    15 KB (1,703 words) - 22:00, 24 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Terra Australis Orogen
    The Terra Australis Orogen (TAO) was a late Neoproterozoic- to Paleozoic-age accretionary orogen that ringed the ancient, active southern margin of the...
    7 KB (625 words) - 05:45, 18 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Southern right whale
    The southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) is a baleen whale, one of three species classified as right whales belonging to the genus Eubalaena. Southern...
    115 KB (11,443 words) - 17:31, 1 December 2023
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    Austrinus, while French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille called it Piscis Australis. English Astronomer Royal John Flamsteed went with Piscis Austrinus, which...
    24 KB (2,372 words) - 03:35, 20 January 2024
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    Weka (redirect from Gallirallus australis)
    The weka, also known as the Māori hen or woodhen (Gallirallus australis) is a flightless bird species of the rail family. It is endemic to New Zealand...
    17 KB (1,786 words) - 01:54, 5 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Australian angelshark
    The Australian angelshark (Squatina australis) is a species of angelshark, family Squatinidae, found in the subtropical waters of southern Australia from...
    4 KB (504 words) - 18:57, 1 December 2023
  • The Olympic Australis opal is the largest and most valuable opal yet found (as of 1961[update]) and was valued at A$2,500,000 in 1997. It was found in...
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