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The plum-headed parakeet is a species of parakeet that hails from India. They quickly fly about with twists and acrobatic turns throughout the day. These birds face the threats of deforestation and habitat fragmentation at the hands of agriculture expansion, logging, and urbanization that are actively shrinking their environment. Tree […]

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The red-shanked douc can only be found in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. These primates are an Old World (monkeys hailing from Asia or Africa) creature that dwells in the mid to upper levels of the forest canopy in mountainous to lowland terrains, semi-deciduous, primary, and secondary rainforests. Unfortunately, due to […]

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The Gouldian finch, aka lady Gouldian finch, rainbow finch, or Gould’s finch, hails from Australia. They prefer thickets, tropical savannahs, and woodlands with grassy plains; as long as they’re near a water source. Even though they face the threats of habitat destruction, at the hands of agriculture, mining, and fire […]

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While not number 1 in size, that goes to the black giant squirrel, the Indian giant squirrel (aka Malabar giant squirrel) is a close 2nd. These technicolor rodents can be found in the Satpura hill range of Madhya Pradesh and also Maharashtra, in India. They prefer deciduous and evergreen forests. […]

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