The aardvark is not closely related to the pig ; rather, it is the sole recent representative of the obscure mammalian order Tubulidentata, in which it is usually considered to form one variable species of the genus Orycteropus, the sole surviving genus in the family Orycteropodidae.

Thelymitra is an example of a genus where the lower petal is similar in appearance to the other petals.

Blandfordia is the only genus in the family Blandfordiaceae, with four species distributed in eastern Australia.

The genus Cyanastrum is sometimes placed in its own family Cyanastraceae.

The most conspicuous genus in the family is Aloe.

Agapanthus, native to South Africa, is the sole genus of the subfamily.

For example, Pyrethrum ( refers to several Old World plants of the genus Chrysanthemum ) is a natural insecticide with minimal environmental impact.

Wormwood, a genus that includes the sagebrush, is used as a source of flavoring for absinthe, a bitter classical liquor of European origin.

The subfamily name is derived from the generic name of the type genus, Allium.

Allieae contains only one genus Allium ( Milula is merged with Allium in the latest systems ).

The Latin name ' Asteraceae ' is derived from the type genus Aster, which is a Greek term, meaning " star ".

The name is derived from the type genus Apium, which was originally used by Pliny the Elder circa 50 AD for a celery-like plant.

Within the genus Prunus, it is classified with the peach in the subgenus Amygdalus, distinguished from the other subgenera by the corrugated shell ( endocarp ) surrounding the seed.

Ardipithecus is a fossil hominoid, described by its discoverers as a very early hominin genus.

Albertosaurus (; meaning " Alberta lizard ") is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in western North America during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 70 million years ago.

The type species, A. sarcophagus, was apparently restricted in range to the modern-day Canadian province of Alberta, after which the genus is named.

In Central and South America, the alligator family is represented by five species of the genus Caiman, which differs from the alligator by the absence of a bony septum between the nostrils, and the ventral armour is composed of overlapping bony scutes, each of which is formed of two parts united by a suture.

Sponges are known from spicules and anchor ropes, and include various forms such as the Calcispongea Cotyliscus and Girtycoelia, the demosponge Chaetetes, and the genus of unusual colonial glass sponges Titusvillia.

This genus is distinctive because of its unusual habit of " snapping division " in which the outer bacterial cell wall ruptures at a joint ( hence its name ).

The scientific name is Latinized Ancient Greek and means " wing fruit ", referring to the unusual shape of the seed pods in this genus.

Berg and Rosselli state that the genus is characterized by some unusual traits: spathes fully enclosing the flower-bearing parts of the inflorescences until anthesis, patches of dense indumentums ( trichilia ) producing Mullerian ( food ) at the base of the petiole, and anthers becoming detached at anthesis ( Berg and Rosselli, 2005 ). Cecropia is most studied for its ecological role and association with ants.

The botanist Ludwig Diels, author of the only monograph of the family to date, called this description an " arrant misjudgment of this genus ' highly unusual distributional circumstances ( arge Verkennung ihrer höchst eigentümlichen Verbreitungsverhältnisse )", while admitting sundew species do " occupy a significant part of the Earth's surface ( einen beträchtlichen Teil der Erdoberfläche besetzt )".

An unusual characteristic of the species in genus Cathartes is a highly developed sense of smell, which they use to find carrion.

Some species are found in more unusual locations ; for example, members of the genus Volucella can be found in bumblebee nests, while members of Microdon are myrmecophiles, found in ant or termite nests.

Rhizochromulina is an unusual genus of marine heterokont algae, with one species, R. marina.

The unusual genus, Entovalva, is endosymbiontic, being found only in the oesophagus of sea cucumbers.

Terns in the genus Sterna have deeply forked tails, those in Chlidonias and Larosterna shallowly forked tails, while the noddies ( genera Anous, Procelsterna, Gygis ) have unusual ' notched wedge ' shaped tails, the longest tail feathers being the middle-outer, not the central nor the outermost.

The voice of this crow is unusual and unlike most other species of the genus Corvus.

Today the smaller family Sylviidae includes the typical warblers in the genus Sylvia, the parrotbills of Asia ( formerly a separate family Paradoxornithidae ), a number of babblers formerly placed within the family Timaliidae ( which is itself currently being split ) and the Wrentit, an unusual North American bird that has been a longstanding taxonomic mystery.

Jumping spiders of the genus Portia use trial and error to find new tactics against unfamiliar prey or in unusual situations, and remember the new tactics.

Most fuchsias are shrubs from tall, but one New Zealand species, Kotukutuku ( Fuchsia excorticata ), is unusual in the genus in being a tree, growing up to tall.

Members of this genus are considered highly collectible by orchid fanciers due to the curious and unusual form of their flowers.

Along with Cypripedium, Mexipedium, Phragmipedium and Selenipedium, the genus is a member of the subfamily Cypripedioideae, commonly referred to as the " lady's-slippers " or " slipper orchids " due to the unusual shape of the pouch-like labellum of the flower.

The spiders of this genus are unusual in having a mask-like hardened plate on the opisthosoma, which seems to act as a second door to exclude predators, like the spider wasps.

The chain-flowered redbud ( Cercis racemosa ) from western China is unusual in the genus in having its flowers in pendulous racemes, as in a Laburnum, rather than short clusters.

The genus includes species parasitic on tiger beetles – an unusual trait among the bee-flies.

It is the only member of the genus Limicola ; some have proposed that it should be placed in the genus Erolia with the " stint " sandpipers, but more recent research ( Thomas et al., 2004 ) suggests that it is should rather go into the genus Philomachus with the ruff and possibly the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper ; it certainly is a fairly unusual calidrid.

It was about long and mostly a slate grey colour, which is unusual for a Psittacula, generally a genus of mostly green parrots.

We are concerned not with the genus communism nor with other species of the genus: Platonic, Stoic, early Christian, monastic, canonist or theological communism ; ;

* Ada aurantiaca, species of orchid and the type species of its genus

The genus Borya contains tree-like species which behave as " resurrection plants ".

The family includes a single genus, Ixiolirion, with four species distributed from Egypt to central Asia.

The two species of Doryanthes, the only genus of the family, are huge rosette-forming herbs that are a conspicuous element of the flora in the vicinity of Sydney, Australia, being hard not to notice when in flower.

The family consists of a single genus Xeronema with two species, one found only on the Poor Knights islands in New Zealand and the other in New Caledonia.

This fossil was originally described as a species of Australopithecus, but White and his colleagues later published a note in the same journal renaming the fossil under a new genus, Ardipithecus.

* Athene ( owl ), a genus that contains two to four living species of small owls

Other animals found in the relatively open habitats of the high Andes include the huemul, cougar, foxes in the genus Pseudalopex, and, for birds, certain species of tinamous ( notably members of the genus Nothoprocta ), Andean Goose, Giant Coot, flamingos ( mainly associated with hypersaline lakes ), Lesser Rhea, Andean Flicker, Diademed Sandpiper-plover, miners, sierra-finches and diuca-finches.

Scientists disagree on the content of the genus, with some recognizing Gorgosaurus libratus as a second species.

The genus comprises about 30 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, a few reaching a large size, distributed throughout the North Temperate Zone.

Although the family ( Amaranthaceae ) is distinctive, the genus has few distinguishing characters among the 70 species included.

Formerly, Sauer ( 1955 ) classified the genus into two subgenera, differentiating only between monoecious and dioecious species: Acnida ( L .) Aellen ex K. R.

Amaranths are recorded as food plants for some Lepidoptera ( butterfly and moth ) species including the nutmeg moth and various case-bearer moths of the genus Coleophora: C. amaranthella, C. enchorda ( feeds exclusively on Amaranthus ), C. immortalis ( feeds exclusively on Amaranthus ), C. lineapulvella and C. versurella ( recorded on A. spinosus ).

Aloe, also Aloë, is a genus containing about 500 species of flowering succulent plants.

Amaryllis ( pronounced ) is a small genus of flowering bulbs, with two species.

In 1753 Carl Linnaeus created the name Amaryllis belladonna, the type species of the genus Amaryllis.