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The Sechuran fox (Lycalopex sechurae), also called the Peruvian desert fox or the Sechuran zorro, is a small South American species of canid closely related to other South American "false" foxes or zorro. It gets its name for being found in the Sechura Desert in northwestern Peru. [1] It is one of ten extant species of canid endemic to South ...
This is a list of species of fauna that have been observed in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( February 2011 )
Threatened species are animals and plants that are likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future. Identifying, protecting, and restoring endangered and threatened species and subspecies are the primary objectives of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's endangered species program. [1]
The species — several birds, mussels, two species of fish and the Little Mariana fruit bat last seen in Guam in 1968 — have been listed as endangered for decades, according to the U.S. Fish ...
This list of mammals of Oklahoma lists all wild mammal species recorded in the state of Oklahoma. [1] [2] [3] This includes mammals that are extirpated from the state and species introduced into the state. It does not include species that are domesticated.
For a species to be assessed as vulnerable to extinction the best available evidence must meet quantitative criteria set by the IUCN designed to reflect "a high risk of extinction in the wild". Endangered and critically endangered species also meet the quantitative criteria of vulnerable species, and are listed separately.
A group of Oklahoma hunters are accused of killing endangered whooping cranes and hiding the bodies — but one of the birds wasn’t dead.. The four men, all between 32 and 43 years old, shot the ...
The South American gray fox, Lycalopex griseus, is the most common species, and is known for its large ears and a highly marketable, russet-fringed pelt. The second-oldest known fossils belonging to the genus were discovered in Chile , and date from 2.0 to 2.5 million years ago, in the mid- to late Pliocene . [ 4 ]