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The wood mouse, aka long-tailed field mouse, field mouse, common field mouse, and European wood mouse, hails from Europe, Asia, and Africa. These little critters are often considered a pest species due to their taking up residence in homes and commercial buildings. They face the threat of chemical pollution by […]

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The white-footed mouse, aka woodmouse (although that is an erroneous common name), is closely related to deer mice. Being so abundant and widespread has its challenges. For instance, they are threatened by habitat loss and destruction, due to residential and commercial developments, as well as roads and railroads that can […]

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The black-backed jackal is a mid-sized species of jackal that plays an important role in African folklore, often depicted as a cunning and adaptable trickster. They hail from eastern and southern Africa. These critters face the threats of hunting, for their meat; trapping, for fear of livestock predation; persecution for […]

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The Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse, aka Sinhala: ගස් මීයා, hails from southern and southeastern Asia. These mice face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of farming, ranching, logging, residential developments, and commercial developments; invasive plants; overgrazing by deer; persecution as pests; and general predation. However, these […]

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The house mouse, aka fancy mouse or laboratory mouse, has a presence on every continent around the world, sans Antarctica. They also don’t exist on Greenland. They are the most widespread of all mouse species (Mus). Due to their global distribution, they are subjected to trapping and poisoning. But they […]

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The horse fly, aka deer fly (misnomer) or gadfly, can be found all over the world, sans a few select islands and the polar regions. Female horse flies can transfer blood-borne diseases from 1 animal to another via their feeding habit. In locations where those diseases occur, they have been […]

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The gray sac-winged bat can be found in Mexico, Baja California, and Central America. There are 51 known species of sac-winged bats. They are a species in the family Emballonuridae. These bats face the threats of habitat loss and destruction due to vandalism and fires caused by humans in the […]

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The eastern wolf, aka Algonquin wolf, timber wolf, or eastern timber wolf, is native to the Great Lakes region of the United States and southeastern Canada. They are thought of as either a subspecies of the grey wolf or red wolf and/or a separate species altogether. They face the threats […]

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The redbelly newt, aka red-bellied newt, hails only from the coastal Redwoods and woodlands in northern California. They prefer mixed conifers, valley-foothill woodlands, montane hardwoods, and hardwood-conifer habitats. Unfortunately, these newts face the threats of habitat loss at the hands of residential and commercial development, the logging industry, and roads […]

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The scourge of humans, the meek, the nuisance, the American cockroach. Contrary to their name, these insects actually hail from Africa and the Middle East. They are also known as the waterbug (misnomer, since they aren’t aquatic), palmetto bug, kakerlac, ship cockroach, and Bombay canary. These critters are believed to […]

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