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Lord Howe Island stick insect

Dryococelus australis, commonly known as the Lord Howe Island stick insect or tree lobster, is a species of stick insect that lives on the Lord Howe Island Group. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Dryococelus. Thought to be extinct by... Wikipedia
Scientific name: Dryococelus australis
Conservation status: Critically Endangered
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phasmatidae
Domain: Eukaryota
Genus: Dryococelus; Gurney, 1947