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The bushpig is a wild and highly aggressive species of porcine that hails from South Africa. They may also be present in Madagascar as well. These critters face the threat of large-scale habitat destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments, farming, and ranching. They are also hunted for […]

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The Barbary sheep, aka aoudad, mouflon, waddan, or arwi (in the Berber languages), hails from Africa but has been introduced to North America and Europe. They face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of farming, ranching, logging, and wood collection. Poaching for meat and leather is […]

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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 Tibetan gazelle, aka goa, is a diminutive species of antelope that dwells in the Tibetan Plateau, in central Asia. These gazelles are widespread throughout the region. They face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of farming and ranching; competition for food with domestic cattle, goats, […]

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The red-fronted gazelle is widely, yet sparingly spread across the middle of Africa from Senegal to northeastern Ethiopia. They prefer to dwell among arid grasslands, shrubby steppes, and wooded savannas. They face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial development, farming, ranching; illegal […]

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The rhim gazelle, aka slender-horned gazelle, African sand gazelle, or Loder’s gazelle, is a rapidly diminishing species of gazelle that hails from Africa. These diminutive critters face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of farming and ranching; hunting; trapping; and climate change, that can cause severe […]

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The mountain gazelle, aka true gazelle or the Palestine mountain gazelle, hails from Israel, Jordan, Palestine, and Turkey. These gazelles face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments; roads and railroads, that can result in habitat fragmentation and vehicle strike (being hit […]

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The dama gazelle, aka addra gazelle or mhorr gazelle, dwells in Africa, in the Sahara desert and the Sahel. As a result of uncontrolled hunting; habitat loss and destruction at the hands of farming and ranching, as well as the rearing of domesticated farm animals; recreational activities; war; civil unrest; […]

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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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