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The eastern screech owl, aka eastern screech-owl, is a small species of owl that can be found from southern and eastern Canada, the eastern half of the United States, and into the eastern half of Mexico. These owls are abundant and only face the threats of habitat loss and destruction […]

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The lion-tailed macaque, aka wanderoo, is a primate that hails from Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu in India. These monkeys face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of farming and logging; hunting; trapping; and ecosystem modifications. They numbered only a mere 2,500 individuals as of 2015, […]

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The grey-faced sengi may look like a rodent, but they are actually more closely related to elephants, manatees, aardvarks, and hyraxes. These critters are a species of elephant shrew, and are found in the Udzungwa Mountains of south-central Tanzania. Unfortunately, these critters face the threats of habitat loss and destruction […]

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