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The Cuban boa, aka Cuban tree boa or Majá de Santa María, is 1 of the largest snakes in North America. They are a member of the family Boidae. These snakes face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments, farming, ranching, mining […]

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The European tree frog is widespread throughout most of Europe. They are a small sized, green in color, tree frog. In the UK, this species’ status is legally classed as non-native. They have been introduced, yet are now thought to be extinct there. The drainage and drying up of ponds, […]

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The Haida ermine hails from several islands off the Pacific Northwest of North America, primarily Haida Gwaii in Canada and the southern Alexander Archipelago in the U.S. state of Alaska. Introduced deer have caused overbrowsing on the islands, stripping away understory plants and ground-level vegetative cover. This understory destruction removes […]

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The red-legged pademelon, a member of the kangaroo family and who inhabits the rainforests, hails from the northeastern coast of Australia and in New Guinea. The clearing of lowland rainforest and dense understories for agriculture, residential development, and dairy farming has drastically reduced and disjointed their natural range. High-intensity logging […]

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The anoa, aka dwarf buffalo or sapiutan, hails from the lowland and mountainous regions of Sulawesi. There are 2 recognized species: the mountain anoa and the lowland anoa. Both species face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments, farming, ranching, logging, mining, […]

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The long-haired rat, aka plague rat, is well known for their population eruptions over mass areas of Australia. Intensive grazing by cattle and invasive species like European rabbits destroy the thick vegetation and soil structures that these rats rely on for food and camouflage. Overgrazing depletes the plant cover needed […]

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The red-shouldered hawk hails from North America–primarily the west coast and eastern half of the United States as well as Mexico. These raptors migrate from the northern parts of their ranges to central Mexico. They face the threat of deforestation via the clearing of large, mature, contiguous forests for timber, […]

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The parma wallaby hails from northeastern New South Wales, Australia, near the border with Queensland. They’ve also been introduced to Kawau Island in New Zealand. The land clearing and habitat loss has been reduced since European colonization by land clearing for agriculture, urban development and logging. Some land clearing continues, […]

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The white-tailed antelope squirrel, aka antelope squirrel, antelope ground squirrel, or white-tailed antelope ground squirrel, hails from the southwestern United States as well as northern Mexico and Baja Californian islands. They face the threat of urban expansion in rapidly growing desert communities, alongside agricultural development, which alters and fragments their […]

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The southwestern water vole, aka southern water vole, is a large amphibious species of vole hailing from France, Portugal, and Spain. They only thrive where the banks and vegetation haven’t been drastically altered by human activity. Consequently, habitat loss and degradation (as a result of drainage, dredging, canal-building, infrastructure development, […]

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