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Medicinal Leech
Hirudo medicinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Annelida - annelids »  class Hirudinea - leeches »  order Arhynchobdellida »  family Hirudinidae

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= European Medicinal Leech

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IUCN category:Near Threatened

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Hirudo medicinalis - Medicinal Leech

Hirudo medicinalis - Medicinal Leech

Hirudo medicinalis - Medicinal Leech

Hirudo medicinalis - Medicinal Leech

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Czech Republic, Slovakia

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http://www.iop.krakow.pl/pckz/opis.asp?i...
EN ARKive [/medicinal-leech/hirudo-medicinalis/]
ARKive [http://www.arkive.org]
Data retrieved on: 2010/12/16
EN Fauna Europaea 2.4 [196069] [as Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758]
de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea [http://www.faunaeur.org]
Data retrieved on: 2012/03/09
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.2 [10190] [as Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758]
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/]
Data retrieved on: 2012/05/26
EN Wikipedia Articles [European_Medical_Leech]
Wikipedia Articles [http://en.wikipedia.org]
CZ EN Farkač J., Král D. & Škorpík M. (eds.) (2005): List of threatened species in the Czech Republic. Invertebrates, Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR, Praha, 760 pp. [as Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758]
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