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  2. List of mammals of California - Wikipedia

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    Though long extirpated from the state, the grizzly bear remains the official state mammal of California. This is a list of mammals in California, including both current and recently historical inhabitants. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) monitors certain species and subspecies of special concern. These are mammals whose ...

  3. Flying and gliding animals - Wikipedia

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    A gliding eutriconodont, long considered the earliest gliding mammal until the discovery of contemporary gliding haramiyidans. It lived around 164 million years ago and used a fur-covered skin membrane to glide through the air; [ 78 ] it lived around 165 million years ago, during the Middle-Late Jurassic of what is now China.

  4. Largest and heaviest animals - Wikipedia

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    The largest land mammal extant today is the African bush elephant. The largest extinct land mammal known was long considered to be Paraceratherium orgosensis, a rhinoceros relative thought to have stood up to 4.8 m (15.7 ft) tall, measured over 7.4 m (24.3 ft) long and may have weighed about 17 tonnes.

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    Image credits: an1malpulse #5. Animal campaigners are calling for a ban on the public sale of fireworks after a baby red panda was thought to have died from stress related to the noise.

  6. Fauna of California - Wikipedia

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    The forests of Northern California are home to many animals, for instance the American black bear.There are between 25,000 and 35,000 black bears in the state. [6]The forests in northern parts of California have an abundant fauna, which includes for instance the black-tailed deer, black bear, gray fox, North American cougar, bobcat, and Roosevelt elk.

  7. List of largest mammals - Wikipedia

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    Fragmentary fossils of extinct rorquals from the Pliocene epoch suggest they rivaled the size of the largest whales today. [39] Perucetus, the largest Archaeoceti, has an estimated length exceeding 17.0–20.1 meters and weight ranging from 85–340 t which also rivaled the size of the largest whales today. However, later studies proposed a ...

  8. Nicholas Goldberg: Why make the grizzly bear California's ...

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  9. Southern greater glider - Wikipedia

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    This is the largest species of Petauroides and one of the world's largest gliding mammals, growing to the size of a house cat. [8] Its body spans 35–46 cm (14–18 in). Its furry tail reaches up to 60 cm (24 in) long, [4] but is not prehensile. The gliding membrane stretches from the forearm to the tibia. [10]