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The western plantain-eater (Crinifer piscator), also known as the grey plantain-eater or western grey plantain-eater, is a large member of the turaco family, a group of large arboreal near-passerine birds restricted to Africa. This species is a resident breeder in open woodland habitats in tropical west Africa. It lays two or three eggs in a ...
Southern and Western United States, and northern Mexico Most recent remains dated to 8080-7700 BCE. [4] Pygmy mammoth: Mammuthus exilis: Santa Rosae island, California Most recent remains dated to 9130-9030 BCE. [4] Woolly mammoth: Mammuthus primigenius: Northern Eurasia and North America Most recent remains at St. Paul, Alaska dated to 3635 ...
The western yellow-bellied racer (Coluber constrictor mormon), [1] also known as the western yellowbelly racer [2] or western racer, [1] is a snake subspecies endemic to the Western United States, including California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Montana and Colorado. [3] [4] It is a subspecies of the eastern racer.
Pantherophis obsoletus, also known commonly as the western rat snake, black rat snake, pilot black snake, or simply black snake, [4] is a nonvenomous species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to central North America. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid. [5] Its color variations include the Texas ...
5.3 Predators. 5.4 History. 6 Gallery. 7 References. 8 External links. ... also known as a water ouzel, is a semiaquatic bird species native to western North America.
The western deermouse or western deer mouse (Peromyscus sonoriensis) is a rodent native to North America. It is a species of the genus Peromyscus, a closely related group of New World mice often called "deermice". It is widespread throughout the western half of the continent, mainly in areas west of the Mississippi River. [1]
Predator control was practiced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Between 1914 and 1926, at least 136 wolves were killed in the park; by the 1940s, wolf packs were rarely reported. By the 1970s, scientists found no evidence of a wolf population in Yellowstone; wolves persisted in the lower 48 states only in northern Minnesota and on ...
The western toad (Anaxyrus boreas) is a large toad species, between 5.6 and 13 cm (2.2 and 5.1 in) long, native to western North America. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] A. boreas is frequently encountered during the wet season on roads, or near water at other times.