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Genus
Species
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Category
Family
Order
Class
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1
American Carrion Beetle
Necrophila
americana
504
Carrion Beetles
Silphidae
Coleoptera
Insecta
Animalia
2
Margined Carrion Beetle
Oiceoptoma
noveboracense
93
Carrion Beetles
Silphidae
Coleoptera
Insecta
Animalia
3
No Common Name
Nicrophorus
carolinus
5
Carrion Beetles
Silphidae
Coleoptera
Insecta
Animalia
4
Round-necked Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus
orbicollis
92
Carrion Beetles
Silphidae
Coleoptera
Insecta
Animalia
5
Tomentose Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus
tomentosus
33
Carrion Beetles
Silphidae
Coleoptera
Insecta
Animalia
6
Red-lined Carrion Beetle
Necrodes
surinamensis
33
Carrion Beetles
Silphidae
Coleoptera
Insecta
Animalia
7
No Common Name
Nicrophorus
defodiens
2
Carrion Beetles
Silphidae
Coleoptera
Insecta
Animalia
8
Ridged Carrion Beetle
Oiceoptoma
inaequale
41
Carrion Beetles
Silphidae
Coleoptera
Insecta
Animalia
9
American Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus
americanus
2
Carrion Beetles
Silphidae
Coleoptera
Insecta
Animalia
10
Margined Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus
marginatus
5
Carrion Beetles
Silphidae
Coleoptera
Insecta
Animalia
11
No Common Name
Nicrophorus
pustulatus
91
Carrion Beetles
Silphidae
Coleoptera
Insecta
Animalia
12
Boreal Carrion Beetle
Nicrophorus
vespilloides
2
Carrion Beetles
Silphidae
Coleoptera
Insecta
Animalia
13
No Common Name
Nicrophorus
sayi
17
Carrion Beetles
Silphidae
Coleoptera
Insecta
Animalia
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