Akwai nau'in tsuntsaye sama da 11,000 a duniya kuma daya ne kawai ba ya da wutsiya. Kun san ko wacece ita?
kiwi
Sunan tsuntsun Latin shine Apteryx, wanda a zahiri yana nufin "marasa fuka-fuki". Asalin kalmar ya fito ne daga tsohuwar Girkanci, inda harafin farko "a" yana nufin "rashi" kuma sauran kalmar tana nufin "reshe". Sunan "kiwi" ya fito daga yaren Maori, wanda daga mahaifarsa tsuntsu ya samo asali.
Kiwi shine kadai jinsi a cikin dangin Lepidoptera a cikin tsari Kiwipodidae. Ana rarraba shi ne kawai a yankin New Zealand. Halittar ta hada da jimlar jinsunan da ba su da kyau, dukansu ana fuskantar barazanar lalata. Ko da yake suna kiran kiwi "tsuntsaye mara fuka-fuki", wannan ba daidai ba ne. Fuka-fukan kiwi ba su da gaba ɗaya, amma sun dace da salon rayuwa. Kiwi yana da sifa mai siffar gashin fuka-fukansa, gashin su yana hade da "ƙugiya" kuma suna wakiltar wani tsari mai rikitarwa wanda ya ba da damar tsuntsu ya tashi ko yin iyo, yana adana makamashi kamar yadda zai yiwu.
Kiwi yana cikin hatsari
Akwai kusan tsuntsayen kiwi 68,000 da suka rage a duniya. Kowace shekara adadin su yana raguwa da kusan 2% a kowace shekara. Don haka, New Zealand ta ɗauki wani shiri don ƙara yawan wannan nau'in da ke zaune a cikin ƙasarta. A cikin 2017, gwamnatin New Zealand ta amince da Tsarin Farfadowa na Kiwi 2017-2027, wanda burinsa shine ƙara yawan tsuntsaye zuwa 100,000 a cikin shekaru 15. A cikin ƙasar, ana ɗaukar tsuntsu a matsayin alamar ƙasa.
Menene tsuntsun kiwi yayi kama?
Kiwi yana da girman kaza na gida, yana iya kaiwa har zuwa 65 cm tsayi, a tsayi fiye da 45 cm. Nauyinsu ya bambanta daga 1 zuwa 9 kg, tare da matsakaicin tsuntsu mai nauyin kilo 3. Kiwi yana da jiki mai siffar pear da ƙaramin kai mai katon wuya. Idanuwan tsuntsun su ma kanana ne, ba su wuce mm 8 a diamita ba. Bugu da ƙari, kiwi yana da mafi ƙarancin gani na duk tsuntsaye. Ƙaƙwalwar kiwi na musamman - tsayi sosai, bakin ciki da damuwa. A cikin maza, ya kai har zuwa 105 mm, kuma a cikin mata - har zuwa 120 mm. Kiwi shine tsuntsu daya tilo wanda hancinsa baya gindin gindi, amma a bakin baki.
Kiwi fuka-fuki suna takure kuma kusan cm 5 tsayi. A ƙarshen fuka-fuki suna da ƙaramin kaguwa kuma suna ɓoye gaba ɗaya a ƙarƙashin ulu mai kauri. A kan ƙafafu, tsuntsun yana da yatsu 3 gaba kuma ɗaya ya juya baya, kamar sauran nau'in. Yatsu suna ƙarewa cikin farata masu kaifi. Kiwi yana gudu da sauri, har ma fiye da ɗan adam.
Hotuna: Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC
