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Grus japonensis

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{{Taxobox
| name = Red-crowned crane
| status_system = iucn3.1
| image = crane_japan2.JPG
| image_width = 250px
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| classis = [[Aves]]
| ordo = [[Gruiformes]]
| familia = [[Gruidae]]
| genus = ''[[Grus]]''
| binomial = ''Grus japonensis''}}

The '''Red-Crowned Crane''' or '''Chinese Imperial-Crowned Crane''' (''Grus japonensis''), also called the '''Japanese Crane''' or '''Manchurian crane''', is a large [[Crane (bird)|crane]]. It is the second rarest crane in the world after the North American [[whooping crane]].<ref name="nz">{{cite web |url=http://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/birds/facts/factsheets/fact-redcrowncrane.cfm |title=Red-crowned crane fact sheet |first= |last= |work=nationalzoo.si.edu |year=2013 |accessdate=27 March 2013 |archive-date=11 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011015617/http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Birds/Facts/FactSheets/fact-redcrowncrane.cfm |url-status=dead }}</ref> In East [[Asia]], it is known as a [[symbol]] of luck and fidelity.<ref name="nz"/> At 55 inches high, the crane does not make easy prey, for all that it stands out in its natural habitat of [[marsh]]es and [[swamp]]s. When it matures, the red-crowned crane is snow white with a patch of red skin on its head. Within the [[People's Republic of China (PRC)]] it is the designate '''National bird of the Han [[People's Republic of China]]'''{{refn|name=Gcounts|group=n|''“The Official designated National bird and Awarded Avifaunae emblem of the [[People's Republic of China (PRC)]]” respectively''}}.

== Description ==
In the spring and summer, the red-crowned crane lives in [[Siberia]], where their eggs hatch. Normally the crane lays two eggs, but usually only one chick survives.<ref name="nz"/> Later, in the autumn, it [[migrate]]s in flocks to [[Korea]], [[Japan]], [[China]], [[Taiwan]], and other countries in East Asia to spend the winter. All red-crowned cranes migrate, except for a flock that stays in [[Hokkaido]], year long.<ref name="nz"/>

== Diet ==
The crane eats small [[amphibian]]s, aquatic [[invertebrate]]s, insects, and plants that grow in marshes and swamps.

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[[Category:Cranes]]
[[Category:Birds of Asia]]
[[Category:Birds of China]]
[[Category:National symbols of the People's Republic of China (PRC)]]
[[Category:National Symbols of China]]

Coat of arms of India

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[[File:Emblem of India.svg|thumb|This is the [[Emblem of India]] of [[India]].]]
The Indian [[Emblem of India]] is the symbol of the Republic of [[India]], formally called 'National emblem'. It has four lions. The idea for this coat of arms was taken from the [[Lion Capital of Ashoka|Sarnath Lion Capital]] that was built by Indian emperor [[Ashoka]]. It's a pillar in the city of Sarnath. Ashoka built it around 250 BC using a single piece of polished sandstone. The symbol is invariably used on all types of currency notes, passports and coins of India. In the two dimensional view of this symbol, one can see 3 heads (the fourth being hidden from view). It was adopted on 26 January 1950, the day that [[India]] became a republic.<ref name="GOI Emblem site">{{cite web |url=http://knowindia.gov.in/knowindia/national_symbols.php?id=9 |title=State Emblem |website=Know India |publisher=Government of India |accessdate=1 May 2016 |archive-date=25 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225051824/http://knowindia.gov.in/knowindia/national_symbols.php?id=9%20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The lions represent royalty and pride.

The wheel beneath the lions is called the Ashoka Chakra or Dharmachakra comes from Buddhism, representing Truth and Honesty. The horse and the bull probably stand for the Strength (Mental) of the people of India. There are four Ashoka Chakras in total around the emblem and two horses and bulls each.

The verse written below, Satyamev Jayate is a very popular and revered saying in the ancient language Sanskrit. It can be divided phonetically into three words - Satyam, which means truth, Ev or aev, that is, only and Jayate which means wins or won. The whole verse can be translated as, 'Only (the one who speaks) the truth will win or wins.' This verse describes the power of honesty and truth in society and religion. You can lie to your friends, family, but you cannot lie to God and yourself. Your conscience will forever be stained.

The verse can also be translated as 'The truth alone triumphs'. Meaning that even after all the lies and deceptions with which we have been fooled, the truth will finally emerge victorious.

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Gazella gazella arabica

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[[Image:Arabian Gazelle.jpg|thumb| The Arabian mountain gazelle is a species of gazelle known from the Upper [[Arabian Peninsula]].]]
The '''Mountain Gazelle''', '''Palestine mountain gazelle''', '''Idmi gazelle''', or the '''Arabian mountain gazelle'''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Castelló |first1=AvJosé |title=Bovids of the World: Antelopes, Gazelles, Cattle, Goats, Sheep, and Relatives |date=2016 |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |page=129 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KVwzCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA129 |isbn=978-1400880652|access-date=6 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Mallon |first1=David |last2=Kingswood |first2=Steven |title=Antelopes: North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia |date=2001 |publisher=[[IUCN]] |isbn=2831705940 |page=8 & 100 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uFo03Nd2oj8C&pg=PA100 |access-date=6 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-09-04 |title=Palestine mountain gazelle now endangered, say scientists |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/04/palestine-mountain-gazelle-now-endangered-say-scientists |access-date=2022-07-23 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> (''Gazella gazella arabica'') is a species of [[gazelle]] widely but unevenly distributed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kaitholil.com/travel/the-story-of-gazelles-in-jerusalem-and-what-i-want-for-them/|title=The story of gazelles in Jerusalem and what I want for them… – Kaitholil.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-01-11}}</ref> Mountain Palestinian gazelles are most abundant in [[Palestine]], the [[West Bank]], and the [[Golan Heights]], but are also found in parts of Jordan and Turkiye. Within the '' Holy Land'' of the Arab entity of [[Palestine]] ''(Hashemi Republic)'' it is the designate '''National State animal of the Palestinian Nationalist [[State of Palestine]]'''{{refn|name=Gcounts|group=n|''“The Official designated Nationalist State animal and Awarded faunae emblem of the [[State of Palestine]]” respectively''}}.

==Subspecies==
The '''Hatay mountain gazelle''' lives on the northern Syrian border and a population has been discovered in the [[Hatay Province]] of [[Turkey]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/turkey-gazella.html#cr |title=250 endangered Mountain gazelles found in Turkey – First record in Turkey |publisher=Wildlife Extra |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120919075444/http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/turkey-gazella.html%23cr#cr |archive-date=2012-09-19 |url-status=dead |access-date=2014-01-15 }}</ref>

Historically, some others such as the [[Cuvier's gazelle]] (''G. cuvieri'') were included as a subspecies,<ref>[http://animaldiversity.org/site/accounts/information/Gazella_gazella.html ADW: Gazella gazella: INFORMATION]. Animaldiversity.org. Retrieved on 2015-09-25.</ref> but recent authorities consistently treat them as separate species.<ref>{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group |date=2016 |title=''Gazella cuvieri'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T8967A50186003 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T8967A50186003.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref>

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[[Category:Mammals of the Middle East]]
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Grus nigricollis

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{{Taxobox
| name = Black-necked crane
| status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
| trend = down
| image = Stavenn Grus nigricollis 00.jpg
| image_width = 225px
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| classis = [[bird|Aves]]
| ordo = [[Gruiformes]]
| familia = [[Gruidae]]
| genus = ''[[Grus]]''
| binomial = ''Grus nigricollis''}}

The '''Black-necked crane''' (''Grus nigricollis''), also known as '''Tibetan crane''', is a large bird and medium-sized [[crane (bird)|crane]].

It is 139 cm (55 in) long, it has a 235 cm (7.8 ft) wingspan and weights 5.5 kg (12 lbs). It is whitish-gray crane with a black head, red crown patch, black upper neck and legs, and white patch to the rear of the eye. It has black primaries and secondaries. Both sexes are similar. In [[Tibet]], it is the state/regional bird of the disputed territory.

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[[Category:Plants and animals of Kashmir]]
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[[Category:Symbols of Ladakh (India)]]
[[Category:Symbols of Tibet (China)]]

Bos grunniens

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{{redirect|Yak|the related species Bos mutus|Wild yak|other uses|Yak (disambiguation)}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Yak
| status = DOM
| image = Bos grunniens at Letdar on Annapurna Circuit.jpg
| image_caption = A yak in the [[Nepal]]ese [[Himalayas]].
| taxon = Bos grunniens
| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1766
}}

The '''Domestic yak''' ''(Bos grunniens)'', also known as the '''Tartary ox''', '''Grunting ox'''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Scherf |first=Beate |date=2000 |title=World Watch List for Domestic Animal Diversity |url=https://www.fao.org/3/x8750e/x8750e.pdf |journal=World Watch List for Domestic Animal Diversity |publisher=FAO |pages=653}}</ref> or '''Hairy cattle'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/animal/yak|title = Yak | mammal | Britannica}}</ref> is a species of long-haired [[domestication|domesticated]] [[Bos|cattle]] found throughout the [[Himalayas|Himalayan]] region of the [[Indian subcontinent]], the [[Tibetan Plateau]], is a long-haired [[domestication|domesticated]] [[bovid]] found throughout the [[Himalayas|Himalayan]] region of the [[Indian subcontinent]], the [[Tibetan Plateau]] and as far north as [[Mongolia]] and [[Russia]]. It is descended from the [[wild yak]] (''Bos mutus'').<ref name = MSW3>{{MSW3 Artiodactyla | id = 14200680 | page = 691}}</ref>

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Domestic yak

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#redirect [[Bos grunniens]]