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The bharal, aka blue sheep, dwell among the Himalayan alpine meadows and rocky slopes across Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan. These ungulates are threatened by habitat loss due to farming and ranching; competition for food from domestic livestock; hunting, for their meat and horns; trapping for trade. However, […]

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The Thorold’s deer, aka white-lipped deer or baichunlu, dwells in the grasslands, shrublands, and forest habitats at the higher altitudes of the eastern Tibetan Plateau, as well as sparce areas further north in central Western China. They face the threats of competition for food with livestock; habitat loss and destruction […]

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The Smith’s red rock hare, aka Smith’s red rockhare or Smith’s red rock rabbit, might carry the name “hare“, but they are actually rabbits. These lagomorphs hail from central and southern Africa. They face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments, farming, […]

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The dorcas gazelle, aka ariel gazelle, is a common but diminutive species of gazelle found in the mountain desert and in semidesert climates of Africa and Arabia. They face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of farming and ranching; hunting, for their meat, coats, and horns; […]

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The Arabian oryx, aka white oryx, is a mid-sized species of antelope and the smallest member of the oryx genus. They are native to desert and steppe regions of the Arabian Peninsula. These critters are threatened by habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments, farming, […]

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The Arabian gazelle, aka Erlanger’s gazelle or Neumann’s gazelle, hails from the Arabian Peninsula. There are only an estimated 7,000 individuals left in the wild, to date. They face the threats of habitat loss from farming and ranching, which can also result in overgrazing from farm animals, like sheep, cattle, […]

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The Tehuantepec jackrabbit is a medium-sized hare species native to eastern Oaxaca, Mexico. These critters face many threats to their survival including the threats of habitat loss at the hands of residential and commercial developments, farming, ranching, logging, fires, and fire suppression; habitat division at the hands of roads and […]

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Found throughout western, central, and southern Africa it’s the roan antelope. They are among the largest of the antelope species, with the bongo, eland, and greater kudu exceeding them in the weight class. Even though they face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and […]

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The black-tailed deer is a subspecies of mule deer. They can be found in Alaska, Canada, through many of the main U.S. states (from the midwest to the Pacific west), down into Mexico, and Baja California. They prefer forest edges as the further they venture into the main forested habitats […]

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The mouflon, aka urial, is believed to be the ancestor of all modern domestic sheep. They hail from the Middle East from places like Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and more. They prefer open rough terrain at mid to high elevations. These critters inhabit rocky hill countrysides, alpine meadows, lowland to […]

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