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Species & Taxa

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Melagromyza sp.

Agromyzidae > Diptera > Insecta

Animalia1 mentionherbivore

Melanoplus femurrubrum

red-legged grasshopper — Acrididae > Orthoptera > Insecta

Animalia1 mentionherbivore

Melia azedarach

China-berry Tree — Meliaceae

Plantae1 mentionstudy subject

Meliotus spp.

sweetclover —

Plantae1 mentioninvasive

Meliponula andreniformis

Apidae > Hymenoptera > Insecta

Animalia1 mentionhost

Melozone crissalis crissalis

Inyo California towhee — Passerellidae > Passeriformes > Aves

Animalia1 mentionthreatened species

Melursus ursinus

Ursidae > Carnivora > Mammalia

Animalia1 mentionstudy subject

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Species

Melvius sp.

Osteichthyes > Actinopterygii

Animalia1 mentionstudy subject

Menispermum canadense

Moonseed — Menispermaceae > Ranunculales > Magnoliopsida

Plantae1 mentionstudy subject

Mentzelia argillosa

Arapien blazingstar —

Plantae1 mentionmanaged species

Mertensia speciosa

Plantae1 mentionhost plant

Mertensia viridis var. cana

Plantae1 mentionthreatened species

Mertensia viridis var. cana (Rydb.) Williams

Greenleaf bluebells — Boraginaceae

Plantae1 mentionthreatened species

Mertensis fusca

Plantae1 mentionstudy subject

Metacypris todiltensis

Ostracoda

Animalia1 mentionfossil indicator species

Methanolobus

Methanosarcinaceae > Methanosarcinales > Methanomicrobia

Archaea1 mentionmethane-producing microorganism

Metschnikowia gruessii

Fungi1 mentionnectar yeast

Metschnikowia reukauffii

Fungi1 mentionnectar inhabiting microbe

Mexican Anthrush

Mexican Anthrush — Aves

Animalia1 mentionstudy subject

Miami blue

Miami blue —

Animalia1 mentionthreatened species

Miconia affinis

Melastomataceae > Myrtales > Magnoliopsida

Plantae1 mentionstudy subject

Miconia mirabilis

Melastomataceae > Myrtales > Magnoliopsida

Plantae1 mentionstudy subject

Miconia trichotoma

Plantae1 mentionstudy subject

Microphthalma obsoleta

Tachinidae > Diptera > Insecta

Animalia1 mentionstudy subject

Microplitis croceipes

Braconidae > Hymenoptera > Insecta

Animalia1 mentionparasitoid example

Micropterus coosae

red-eyed bass — Centrarchidae > Perciformes > Teleostei

Animalia1 mentionstudy subject

Mikania hookeriana

Asteraceae > Asterales > Magnoliopsida

Plantae1 mentionstudy subject

Mindarus abietinus

balsam twig aphid — Aphididae > Hemiptera > Insecta

Animalia1 mentionpest species

Mitoura thornei

Thorne's Hairstreak Butterfly — Lycaenidae

Animalia1 mentionthreatened species

Mohave Ground Squirrel

Mohave Ground Squirrel —

Animalia1 mentionthreatened species

Monarda fistulosa

Lamiaceae > Lamiales > Magnoliopsida

Plantae1 mentionstudy subject

Monkfish

Monkfish —

Animalia1 mentionmanaged species

Monolepis nuttalliana

Amaranthaceae > Caryophyllales > Magnoliopsida

Plantae1 mentionhabitat component

Monoxia schizonycha

Chrysomelidae > Coleoptera > Insecta

Animalia1 mentionherbivore

Morus rubra

Red Mulberry — Moraceae

Plantae1 mentionstudy subject

Mulinum spinosum

Plantae1 mentionstudy subject

Multiple mammalian species

Various > Various > Mammalia

Animalia1 mentionstudy subject

Multiple species (>47,000)

Plantae1 mentionstudy subject

Multiple species across 116 families

116 families represented

Plantae1 mentionstudy subject

Multiple species across 119 families

Various

Plantae1 mentionstudy subject

Murdannia keisak

Commelinaceae > Commelinales > Magnoliopsida

Plantae1 mentionstudy subject

Murdannia nudiflora

Commelinaceae > Commelinales > Magnoliopsida

Plantae1 mentionstudy subject

Murdannia simplex

Commelinaceae > Commelinales > Magnoliopsida

Plantae1 mentionstudy subject

Mus

laboratory mice — Muridae > Rodentia > Mammalia

Animalia1 mentionbait for traps

Musca

Muscidae > Diptera > Insecta

Animalia1 mentionpollinator

Mustela putorius

domestic ferret — Mustelidae > Carnivora > Mammalia

Animalia1 mentionhost

Mycoplasma synoviae

Myiopsitta monachus

monk parakeet — Psittacidae > Psittaciformes > Aves

Animalia1 mentionexample species responding to novel environments

Myledaphus sp.

Rajiformes > Chondrichthyes

Animalia1 mentionstudy subject

Myobia

Myobiidae > Trombidiformes > Arachnida

Animalia1 mentionparasite