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    Montréal Biodôme

    Opened in 1992 and located in the former Olympic velodrome, the Montréal Biodôme is part of the “Space for Life” network, which includes Montréal’s Insectarium, Planetarium and Botanical Garden.

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    Thrasher

    Thrashers (Mimidae) are a small family of slender, long-tailed, medium-sized, insectivorous and frugivorous birds with loud, musical, repetitive songs. 

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    Thrips

    Thrips, order Thysanoptera (Gk for "fringe-wings"), are among the smallest insects, being slender and usually less than 2 mm long.

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    Thrush

    Thrushes (Muscicapidae) are a very large family comprising about 450 species of small passerines (perching birds) ranging 11-33 cm in length. 

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    Tick

    Ticks are small, bloodsucking arachnids that live as external parasites on terrestrial mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles. Ticks belong to the order Ixodida, a group of parasitic mites in the superorder Parasitiformes. This superorder also includes the varroa mite, a destructive parasite of honeybees. About 900 tick species are known worldwide, of which 48 have been found in Canada. Although they are most diverse in tropical regions, ticks continue to be significant pests to humans and other mammals as far north as the Canadian tundra.

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    Tiktaalik

    Tiktaalik is a genus of lobe-finned (sarcopterygian) fish from the Devonian Period found on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, in Canada’s Arctic Archipelago. A single species is known of Tiktaalik, T. roseae, which lived approximately 385 million years ago. The species was named in 2006 in two articles that described several articulated specimens. These articles set off a storm in the popular press. Titkaalik represents a clear and important evolutionary step in the journey of animals onto land.

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    Toad Species in Canada

    Toad is a common name for frogs belonging to the family Bufonidae. The distinction is not firm, but the word toad is generally applied to frogs with relatively short legs and thick bodies, dry, often “warty” skin and reduced webbing between the toes. Five toad species are found in Canada, living in drier habitats than most other frogs. In Canada, other frogs commonly called toads are the Plains and Great Basin spadefoots (family Scaphiopodidae). For more general information about frogs (including toads) see Frog Species in Canada.

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    Triceratops

    Triceratops is a genus of plant-eating, horned dinosaur. There are two species of Triceratops: T. Horridus and T. Prorsus. Triceratops lived between 68 million and 66 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period. The name Triceratops is of Greek origin and means “three-horned face.” Triceratops remains are among the most abundant dinosaur fossils found, though this is more true in the United States than in Canada. In 1921, paleontologist Charles M. Sternberg found the first Triceratops fossil from Canada, discovered in southern Saskatchewan. Paleontologists have also discovered Triceratops fossils in Alberta. (See also Dinosaurs Found in Canada.)

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    Trout

    Trout is the common name given to the species of freshwater fish from 3 genera, all members of the salmon family (Salmonidae).

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    Tuna

    The tuna is a swift, elegant marine fish of class Actinopterygii, order Perciformes, family Scombridae (mackerels). 

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    Turtle Species in Canada

    Turtles are reptiles with a bony shell that belong to the order Testudines. Turtles have been very successful from an evolutionary standpoint and have persisted, relatively unchanged, since they first evolved more than 200 million years ago. Eight species of freshwater turtles and four species of sea turtles can be found in Canada. In addition, two species — the Pacific pond turtle and the eastern box turtle — are extirpated. This means that, while they continue to live in other parts of their range, they are no longer found in Canada. There are 14 extant taxonomic families of turtles worldwide, six of which are found in Canada: Chelydridae (snapping turtles), Trionychidae (softshell turtles), Kinosternidae (musk and mud turtles), Emydidae (pond and marsh turtles), Dermochelyidae (leatherback sea turtle) and Cheloniidae (hard-shelled sea turtles). In Canada, turtles are found from coast to coast, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, although they are absent from the territories in the North.

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    Tyrant Flycatcher

    The tyrant flycatcher (family Tyrannidae) is a large, diverse New World bird family. The name flycatcher also refers to some members of the Old-World family Muscicapidae and a few other birds.

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    Vertebrate

    A vertebrate is a member of the phylum Chordata.

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    Vireo

    The vireo (Vireonidae) is a family of small, basically olive green, insectivorous and partly frugivorous songbirds with repetitive, persistent song.

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    Vole

    Vole, common name for several rodents of family Muridae, found only in the northern hemisphere. 

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