Threatened arthropods and described. The total number of living arthropod species is probably in the tens of millions. One conservative estimate puts the number of arthropod species in tropical forests alone at six to nine million species. As a consequence of all of the above, most published estimates of the total number of endangered insects and arachnids are probably low by at least an order of magnitude. Conservatively at least eighty percent of all living animal species are arthropods. Since arthropods constitute the majority of the faunal biomass on Earth, their role is vital to the survival of large numbers of insectivores
Kosher animals animals, the exact identity of the creatures in the list is uncertain; medieval philosopher and Rabbi, Saadia Gaon, for example, gives a somewhat different explanation for each of the eight "creeping things." The Masoretic Text names them as follows: The Septuagint version of the list doesn't appear to directly parallel the Masoretic, and is thought to be listed in a different order. It lists the eight as: Kosher animals Kosher animals are animals that comply with the regulations of kashrut and are considered kosher foods. These dietary laws ultimately derive from various passages in the Torah with various modifications, additions