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North America is home to a diverse range of wildlife, including many species that are facing threats to their survival. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), there are numerous species of animals in North America that are listed as endangered, which means they ...
Of the currently existing species, not only the American bison, but also the European bison by the end of the 19th – beginning of the 20th centuries were almost completely destroyed due to predatory hunting and displacement from their original habitats. Currently, work is underway to restore the...
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The disappearance of many North American megafauna at the end of the Pleistocene is a contentious topic. While the proposed causes for megafaunal extinction are varied, most researchers fall into three broad camps emphasizing human overhunting, climate c
Further, along with a specimen from Idaho with associated dentition, they suggest that the large Hemphillian-aged felid is a new species of Machairodus. Future phylogenetic analyses will be necessary to reconstruct the evolutionary history of North American Machairodontinae, but this new taxon ...
The remaining species inhabit fresh waters but also occur on the coast, though they require fresh water for grooming and drinking. The North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) was widely distributed from the Rio Grande northwards but many populations were extirpated during the twentieth centu...
(1987) Food items of grass carp, American coots, and ring-necked ducks from a central Florida lake. Proc. Ann. Conf. Southeast. Assoc. Fish. Wildl. Agencies 38(1984), 313–18. Google Scholar Heck, K.L., jun. and Wetstone, G.S. (1977) Habitat complexity and invertebrate species ...
In the present study, we examine the causes of discordance between mitochondrial (mtDNA) and nuclear DNA introgression detected in North American populations of the Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus), a Holarctic species, from the Nearctic North American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus). ...
Mammals from 'down under': a multi-gene species-level phylogeny of marsupial mammals (Mammalia, Metatheria). PeerJ 3, e805 (2015). 20. Sa´nchez-Villagra, M. et al. Exceptionally preserved North American Paleogene metatherians: adaptations and discovery of a major gap in the opossum ...