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The Mexican west coast boa constrictor, aka Bateman’s Boa, hails from western Mexico. They were once regarded as conspecific with boa constrictor, and later with Boa imperator; however, in 2016, it was suggested on genetic grounds that these boas should be regarded as a separate species. Expanding human developments along […]

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The yellow-faced pocket gopher can be found from central United States down to northern Mexico. These, like all gophers are considered agricultural pests. They are naturally plagued by blood-sucking mites (like Echinonyssus femuralis, which infests their cheek pouches, and also Androlaelaps geomys), alongside a variety of species of lice, fleas, […]

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The carrion crow resembles the American crow, but is differentiated by a larger stature. They hail from Europe, Asia, and Africa. Farmers, landowners, and gamekeepers historically and currently target them as pests. They are frequently trapped or shot under specific legal general licenses to protect crops, young livestock, and the […]

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The kowari, aka kariri, is a diminutive, carnivorous marsupial that hails from the gibber deserts of central Australia. Invasive red foxes and feral cats hunt kowaris specifically, causing collapses in local populations. Heavy desert rains result in a boom in prey populations, which triggers an explosion in feral cat numbers; […]

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The Central African rock python hails from sub-Saharan Africa and is not only Africa’s largest snake they are also among the largest snakes in the world, along with the green anaconda, reticulated python, Burmese python, Southern African rock python, Indian python, yellow anaconda, and Australian scrub python. Exports of these […]

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The tammar wallaby, aka dama wallaby or darma wallaby, is 1 of the smallest of the species of wallabies in the genus Notamacropus. They hail from western Australia. These wallabies face the threat of predation by invasive species such as feral cats and red foxes. They also face the threat […]

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The North Atlantic right whale is a baleen whale that is 1 of 3 species of right whale. They’re among the most endangered species of whale in the world. Fortunately, these whales are no longer hunted, and the most serious current threat is death or injury from entanglements in fishing […]

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The tūī is 1 of the largest species in the diverse Australasian honeyeater family. They are 1 of 2 living species of that family that dwell in New Zealand. Introduced mammals pose the most severe direct threat to these birds. Rats, stoats, weasels, and ferrets frequently prey on their eggs, […]

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The pink whipray is a gregarious species of stingray that can be found in south and eastern Africa, south Asia, Australia, and Australasia. They are caught across their range as intentional targets and incidental bycatch by a wide range of coastal fisheries that include demersal trawl, Danish seine, gillnet, dropline, […]

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The thick-billed murre, aka Brünnich’s guillemot, is a species of bird in the auk family. They can be found among the polar and sub-polar regions of the Northern Hemisphere. These birds are vulnerable to changes in climate, with populations declining in response to sea surface temperature changes of very subtle […]

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