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arctic hare

The Arctic Hare

  • 17 December, 2019
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Daily Critter Facts, Lagomorph Facts, Land Mammal Facts

The arctic hare lives in the extremely harsh environment of the North American tundra and Greenland. The Arctic hare is well-suited to conditions typically seen in the tundra regions

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gopher

The Lowly Gopher

  • 16 December, 2019
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Daily Critter Facts, Land Mammal Facts, Rodent Facts

There are 35 known species of gopher that are found from Northern to Central America. Gophers prefer coastal areas, woodlands, prairies, and mountain regions. Gophers, in general,

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Canadian lynx

The Beautiful and Secretive Canadian Lynx

  • 13 December, 2019
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Daily Critter Facts, Feline Facts, Land Mammal Facts

The Canadian lynx lives in forested areas in the United States and Canada & is well adapted to the life in extremely low temperatures. Lynx are found in the broad boreal forest belt. The number of lynx have been

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opossum

The Resilient and Under-Appreciated Opossum

  • 12 December, 2019
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Daily Critter Facts, Land Mammal Facts, Marsupial Facts

Often thought of as dumb, dirty animals who spread diseases like rabies, the opossum is one very misunderstood North American animal. The fact of the matter is opossums are cleaner, more

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American bison

The American Bison

  • 11 December, 2019
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Daily Critter Facts, Land Mammal Facts, Ungulate Facts

Along with the bald eagle, the American bison is one of the most amazing revival stories of our time. Once hunted to near extinction, the bison has made a huge comeback

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kit fox

The Clever Kit Fox

  • 10 December, 2019
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Daily Critter Facts, Canine Facts, Land Mammal Facts

The kit fox is widespread and found as far north as the arid regions of Oregon, east to southwestern Colorado, south through Utah, Nevada, southeastern California, New Mexico, Arizona, and

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bald eagle

The Misunderstood Bald Eagle

  • 9 December, 2019
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Daily Critter Facts, Bird Facts, Predatory Bird Facts

The bald eagle lives in North America and Canada. Bald eagles prefer to live in forests that are near lakes, rivers, reservoirs, coasts, and marshes. Many also live near fish processing plants

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yellow-bellied marmot

The Yellow-Bellied Marmot

  • 6 December, 2019
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Related to the ground squirrel, the yellow-bellied marmot (aka whistle-pig) can be found in different parts of south-western Canada and in the western parts of the U.S. Yellow-bellied

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northern spotted owl

The Northern Spotted Owl

  • 5 December, 2019
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Daily Critter Facts, Bird Facts, Predatory Bird Facts

The northern spotted owl prefers to live in old growth evergreen forests and hails from British Columbia down to Mexico. Northern spotted owls are 1 of 3 known subspecies of spotted owls

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crane fly

The Crane Fly

  • 4 December, 2019
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Daily Critter Facts, Arthropod Facts, Insect Facts

It’s not a ginormous mosquito, it’s a crane fly. These large flying insects have gained popularity by being called mosquito hawks, due to the misconception that they hunt mosquitoes

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