Herding dogs | Stock dog | Working dog

Herding dogs are also known as stock dog or working dog.
Herding dogs are loyal and affectionate companions. These are developed to control livestock, move the animals between fields, rescue strays from rugged terrain and drive the livestock to market. The herding dogs are used as guardians to protect livestock from predators.

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Slender Banana Slug | Mollusca

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropada
Order: Stylommatophora
Family:Arionidae
genus: Ariliomax
species: dolichophallus

Common name: slender banana slug

Where they live: Found common on the forest floor.

Uses: Molluscs, especially bivalves such as clams and mussels, have been an important food source since at least the advent of anatomically modern humans and this has often resulted in over-fishing.

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Soybean Cyst Nematode | Nemata

Definition: Two openings, developed nervous system

Description of where it lives: it is distributed throughout the world.

It is found in China, Japan, South America, and Canada

Common Name: Soybean Cyst Nematode
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nemata
Class: Secernetea
Order: Tylenchida
Family: Heteroderidae
Genus: Heterodera
Species: glycines

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