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The European bison, aka European wood bison, zubr, European buffalo, or wisent, has a dispersed population found in Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, and Ukraine. They prefer broad-leaf forests, coniferous forests, and open grasslands. Unfortunately, these beasts face the threats of habitat loss at the hands of agriculture, […]

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This article was originally published on Critter Science.

The Russian desman hails from the Don, Ural, and Volga River basins in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine. They prefer ponds, oxbow lakes, and slower moving streams that are densely populated with bushes, water-marsh vegetation, and trees. Due to habitat loss and destruction at the hands of the timber industry and […]

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