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The bank vole is a small species of vole that can be found throughout Europe, western Asia, and the Middle East. These voles have been accidentally released into Ireland as well. They face the threats of habitat loss and destruction in the form of deciduous forests being replaced by coniferous […]

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The brown bullhead, aka mud pout, horned pout, hornpout, or mud cat, can be found throughout most of North America. These catfish are regularly stocked in lakes meant for fishing all over Canada and the United States. They face the threats of habitat destruction, water pollution, overfishing, and habitat alteration, […]

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The green frog hails from eastern Canada and the eastern half of the United States. These frogs are known for their territoriality towards other frogs. They face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments, as well as wetlands conversion for various uses. […]

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The Australian raven can be told apart from the Australian crow, and other related corvids, by their long chest feathers, aka throat hackles. They are seen as a pest species of bird, as they are loud and tend to get into situations they shouldn’t. They are threatened by humans as […]

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The varied carpet beetle is a globally distributed pest beetle that can be found on every continent, sans Antarctica. They can be found anywhere from bird’s nests to inside homes. These beetles are considered an invasive species, even though they occur naturally in some locales. Therefore, the IUCN does not […]

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The marbled salamander is a species of mole salamander that is found throughout the eastern half of the United States. Unfortunately, these salamanders face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments, farming, ranching, and logging (which destroys their forests). Roads and railroads […]

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The little corella, aka bare-eyed cockatoo, blood-stained cockatoo, little cockatoo, short-billed corella, and Birdirra among the Yindjibarndi people of the central and western Pilbara. These birds face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of clear cutting trees which reduces available nesting hollows, persecution for being considered […]

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The mountain pygmy possum, aka burramys, is the only extant species in the genus Burramys. They hail from southern Australia. These diminutive critters face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of the skiing industry, and fires. Habitat division due to roads and railroads, as well as […]

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The Sudan plated lizard, aka western plated lizard, great plated lizard, or Broadley’s rough-scaled plated lizard, hails from eastern and central Africa. These lizards face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential developments, farming, and ranching. They are also collected for the pet trade, which […]

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The Thompson’s caecilian is the largest caecilian species known and far exceeds others in length and weight. They hail from Colombia. These caecilians prefer subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forests. Thompson’s caecilians face the threats of […]

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