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Human predation and habitat destruction has placed several mammal species at risk of extirpation or extinction. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources lists the conservation status of each species within the state with a rank of lowest, low, moderate, high, and highest concern. [3] [5] [6] [7] [8]
List of U.S. state mammals and related mammalian designations State Mammal Marine mammal Other mammal 1 Other mammal 2 Other mammal 3 Alabama: American black bear (2006) [1] West Indian manatee (2009) [2] Alaska: Bowhead whale (1983) [3] Moose (land mammal) (1998) [3] Arizona: Ringtail (1986) [4] Arkansas: White-tailed deer (1993) [5] California
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The U.S. state of Alabama has 73 known indigenous amphibian species. [1] These indigenous species include 30 frog and toad species and 43 salamander species. [2] [3] [4] Two of these native species may have become extirpated within the state. They are the Mississippi gopher frog and flatwoods salamander. [1] [5]
10 of the 13 extant canid genera left-to-right, top-to-bottom: Canis, Cuon, Lycaon, Cerdocyon, Chrysocyon, Speothos, Vulpes, Nyctereutes, Otocyon, and Urocyon Canidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, which includes domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, foxes, jackals, dingoes, and many other extant and extinct dog-like mammals.
It is home to nearly 4,000 pteridophyte and spermatophyte plant species. [114] Indigenous animal species in the state include 62 mammal species, [115] 93 reptile species, [116] 73 amphibian species, [117] roughly 307 native freshwater fish species, [112] and 420 bird species that spend at least part of their year within the state. [118]
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Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described—of which around 1 million are insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million in total. Animals range in size from 8.5 millionths of a metre to 33.6 metres (110 ft) long and have complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs .