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The Leadbeater’s possum, aka fairy possum, has been greatly restricted to small pockets of alpine ash, mountain ash, and snow gum forests in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. In 2025 an unknown population was shown to occur near Yarrangobilly Caves, Southern New South Wales. These possums face the threats […]

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The screaming hairy armadillo, aka small screaming armadillo, crying armadillo, or small hairy armadillo, hails from the central and southern portions of South America. These armadillos face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of the logging and timber industry, mining, and quarrying; habitat division at the […]

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The hooded skunk can be found from southwestern United States down throughout Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northwest Costa Rica. These skunks are differentiated from striped skunks due in part to their solid white back and tail, as well as the ruff of white fur around their neck, from which […]

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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 black slug, aka black arion, European black slug, or large black slug, can be found throughout much of Europe. These critters are large terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Arionidae (the round back slugs). They can be found in Faroe Islands, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Lithuania, […]

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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 great curassow hails from the Neotropical rainforests of Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. These pheasant-like birds are threatened by habitat loss and destruction at the hands of farming, ranching, fires, and fire suppression; roads and railroads, that can divide their territories and also result in vehicle strike […]

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The Humboldt’s squirrel monkey, aka squirrel monkey, dwells among the canopy layer in the tropical rainforests of South America. Even though they face the ongoing threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of farming, ranching, oil & gas drilling; habitat division at the hands of roads and railroads, […]

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The black rat, aka roof rat, house rat, ship rat, Alexandrine rat, Old English rat, or trodman, can be found throughout the world; even Antarctica. These rodents are highly adaptable and can live in a multitude of environments; hence their often invasive nature. These rats have actually been sometimes responsible […]

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The African manatee, aka West African manatee, can still be spotted along the western coast of Africa (from Senegal to Angola) and into certain fresh water bodies. They favor coastal estuaries, lakes, oceans, rivers, reservoirs, lagoons, bays along the coast, shallower coastal flats, and also mangrove creeks rich with seagrass. […]

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