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The Eurasian harvest mouse, aka harvest mouse, hails from Europe and Asia. They are the smallest known mouse in Europe. These rodents face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments, farming, and ranching. Pesticides and herbicides that kill their food source of […]

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The monjon, aka Burbidge’s rock-wallaby or Burbidge’s rock-weasel, is the smallest species of rock-wallaby. They hail from northwestern Australia. These little critters face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of fires, fire management, mining, and quarrying (for bauxite); and invasive species, in the form of feral […]

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The ghost bat is the only Australian species of bat that preys on larger vertebrates, like rats, mice, birds, frogs, lizards, and microbats. These bats face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of farming, ranching, mining, and quarrying; hunting; trapping; human disturbances, seeing as they are […]

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The reticulated leaf frog, aka reticulate leaf frog, hails from Brazil. They prefer tropical woodland-savannas and Atlantic semi-deciduous forests. These frogs face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of farming, ranching, mining, quarrying, logging, fires, fire suppression, residential developments, and commercial developments; dams, which divide their […]

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The eastern tube-nosed bat, aka Queensland tube-nosed bat, is 1 of the few species of megabat that roosts alone. They get their common name from their raised tubular nostrils which are not like any of those of most other species in the same family. These bats are threatened by habitat […]

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The Cape genet, aka South African large-spotted genet, may share similar traits to felines, but they are actually more closely related to mongooses and civets. These critters face the threats of roads and railroads, that divide their territory and can result in vehicle strike (being hit by vehicles); hunting, in […]

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The Bunyoro rabbit, aka Uganda grass hare, is located in only a couple locations in central Africa. They prefer damp savannahs, many times with rocky outcrops, but they also appear in forests and rocky areas alongside rock hyraxes. They face the threats of hunting, with dogs and nets; trapping, for […]

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The sandhill dunnart is a species of carnivorous marsupial from 4 scattered semi-arid regions of Australia: Lake Amadeus in Northern Territory, the central and eastern Eyre Peninsula in southern Australia, the southwestern & western edges of the Great Victoria Desert in western Australia, and at Yellabinna in southern Australia. These […]

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The Rothschild’s rock-wallaby, aka Roebourne rock-wallaby, is a species of wallaby that hails from Australia. They are 1 of the largest rock-wallabies. They face the threats of habitat loss and destruction, and invasive species, in the form of the red fox, which preys on them. However, they are abundant enough […]

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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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