Cownose Ray

Rhinoptera bonasus (Mitchill 1815)

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Rhinoptera bonasus (Cownose Ray) is a species of Myliobatiformes in the family Myliobatidae. They are listed as near threatened by IUCN. Individuals are known to live for 15.5 years.

URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/nearThreatened
Definition: A taxon is Near Threatened when it has been evaluated against the criteria but does not qualify for Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable now, but is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future
Source: http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/60128

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EOL has data for 24 attributes, including:

parasitized by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002445
- Comment: Auto-added during harvest #37. A human needs to edit this.
- Attribution: Global Biotic Interactions
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Rhinoptera bonasus (Mitchill 1815) (Cownose ray)
body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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120 cm
clutch/brood/litter size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001933
- Definition: Single birth offspring quantity. The proportion or number of offspring produced from a single pregnancy (mammals) or ovulation (fish) or nesting (birds).
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1.1
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Mexico
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/3996063
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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coastal water
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002150
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has ectoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002633
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Rhinoptera bonasus (Mitchill 1815) (Cownose ray)
has endoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002635
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Rhinoptera bonasus (Mitchill 1815) (Cownose ray)
inter-birth interval
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/InterBirthInterval
- Definition: The length of time between successive births of a female.
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365 days
onset of fertility
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0002683
- Definition: The age at which an organism develops the ability to produce live offspring.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/VT
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2190 days
population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
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Unknown
total life span
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001661
- Definition: The full period of time from birth to death of an organism.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/VT
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15.5 years
water temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeawaterTemperature
- Definition: Temperature of the water at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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25.874 degrees celsius

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Cownose ray. View this species on GBIF

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