Name: Eastern imperial eagle Scientific name: Αquila heliacal Family: Accipitridae   Description They have a brownish-black plumage with a pale yellow-yellow head and neck. They have two white spots on their backs. The wings have been shown solely to give a sense of proportion. They have great muscle strength. ...

Name: Yellow hornpoppy Scientific name: Glaucium flavum Crantz Family: Papaveraceae         Description Two-year or perennial plant. Lymphatic base leaves  while the higher ones surround the shoot. Flowers broad golden yellow. Fruit capsule that opens from above. It blooms from May to November Habitat It is found in ...

Name: Mediterranean monk seal Scientific name: Monachus monachus Family: Phocidae Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora     It all started 25 million years ago! Then the first seals appeared in the northern seas. From there they traveled the length and breadth of the Earth and made the ...

  Name: Thymus Scientific name: Coridothymus capitatus| Family: Lamiaceae   Description Multi-branched aromatic shrub with a height of up to 50cm. Its young shoots are hairy and whitish. Its leaves are simple, on the contrary, superficial, linear and visibly glandular. Its flowers are hermaphroditic and arranged in dense overhead heads. ...

Name: Long-eared hedgehog Scientific name: Hemiechinus auritus dorotheae           Description Endemic subspecies of Cyprus, a small terrestrial mammal with a size of about 18-25 cm. In his hair he has thorns about 20 mm long, mainly on the upper part of his body. The thorns he ...

Name: Sea Daffodil Scientific name: Pancratium maritimum Family: Amaryllidaceae   Description Perennial plant, bulbous plant, with a trunk height of about 40 cm and a root system that reaches 1.5 m. Flowers white, symmetrical, fragrant, with 6 stamens and yellow anthers. Spreading An endemic plant that can only be found ...

Name: Cyprus Hare Scientific name: Lepus europaeus cyprius         Description Mammal of the hare family and hunting species. Very fast and smart animal, it has a disadvantage in its vision but balances with its very good developed hearing. It has a brown-yellow color, depending on the age ...

Name: Dominican Sage Scientific name: Salvia dominica L.           Description Aromatic shrub or semi-shrub with a height of up to 100cm. Its shoots are square with dense ash, glandular or non-glandular hair. Its leaves are simple, arranged along the entire length of the shoots, with an ...

Name: Mallard Scientific name: Anas platyrhynchos Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae Genus: Anas   Description The Mallard duck is the most common duck and wild ancestor of the duck pet. The color of the male differs from that of the female. The male is characterized ...

Name: Cyprus rockcress scientific name: Arabis purpurea Family: Cruciferae           Description Perennial plant with a height of up to 30 cm. Its shoots and leaves consist of asteroid hairs. Its leaves are simple, alternately, silver-green. Its flowers are originally arranged in dense corymbose inflorescences which gradually ...