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Order
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Family
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Scientific Name
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Common Name
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Current Range
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Pilosans
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Myrmecophagidae
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Myrmecophaga tridactyla
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Giant Anteater
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parts of Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras
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Rodents
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Castoridae
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Castor canadensis
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American Beaver
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from Alaska and Newfoundland to northern Mexico
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Carnivorans
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Felidae
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Puma concolor
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Cougar
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from western halves of southern Canada and contiguous US to Panama; also southern Florida
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Carnivorans
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Felidae
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Panthera onca
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Jaguar
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from the Mexico-US border to Panama
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Carnivorans
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Canidae
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Canis lupus
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Grey Wolf
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Alaska and the northern Rocky Mountain states + small portions of New Mexico and Sonora
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Carnivorans
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Ursidae
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Ursus arctos
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Brown Bear
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from Alaska and western Canada south to Wyoming
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Carnivorans
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Ursidae
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Ursus maritimus
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Polar Bear
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Alaska and northern Canada
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Carnivorans
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Ursidae
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Ursus americanus
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American Black Bear
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from Alaska and Newfoundland to northern Mexico
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Carnivorans
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Mustelidae
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Enhydra lutris
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Sea Otter
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Pacific coast
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Carnivorans
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Otariidae
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Arctocephalus townsendi
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Guadalupe Fur Seal
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Channel Islands of California, Guadalupe Island of Mexico
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Carnivorans
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Otariidae
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Callorhinus ursinus
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Northern Fur Seal
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Pacific and Bering coasts
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Carnivorans
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Otariidae
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Eumetopias jubatus
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Steller Sea Lion
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Pacific and Bering coasts
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Carnivorans
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Otariidae
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Zalophus californianus
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California Sea Lion
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Pacific coast from southern Mexico to southeast Alaska
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Carnivorans
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Odobenidae
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Odobenus rosmarus
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Walrus
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Bering and Arctic coasts of Alaska as well as northeastern Nunavut
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Carnivorans
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Phocidae
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Cystophora cristata
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Hooded Seal
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Atlantic coast from Gulf of Maine to Baffin Bay
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Carnivorans
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Phocidae
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Erignathus barbatus
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Bearded Seal
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Bering and Arctic coasts of Alaska
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Carnivorans
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Phocidae
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Halichoerus grypus
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Grey Seal
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coastal New England, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, and Labrador
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Carnivorans
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Phocidae
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Histriophoca fasciata
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Ribbon Seal
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Bering and Arctic coasts of Alaska
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Carnivorans
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Phocidae
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Mirounga angustirostris
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Northern Elephant Seal
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Pacific coast from Baja California to Aleutian Islands
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Carnivorans
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Phocidae
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Phoca largha
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Spotted Seal
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Bering and Arctic coasts of Alaska
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Carnivorans
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Phocidae
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Phoca vitulina
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Harbor Seal
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Pacific coast from Baja California to Aleutian Islands, Atlantic coast from Carolinas to Baffin Bay
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Carnivorans
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Phocidae
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Pusa hispida
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Ringed Seal
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Bering, Arctic, and north Atlantic coasts
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Even-toed Ungulates
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Tayassuidae
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Dicotyles tajacu
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Collared Peccary
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from southwest US to Panama
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Even-toed Peccary
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Tayassuidae
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Tayassu pecari
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White-lipped Peccary
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from southeast Mexico to Panama
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Even-toed Ungulates
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Suidae
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Sus scrofa (x domestica)
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Wild Boar
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introduced to southeast US and parts of California
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Even-toed Ungulates
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Antilocapridae
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Antilocapra americana
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Pronghorn
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Saskatchewan and Washington to Baja California and San Luis Potosí
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Even-toed Ungulates
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Cervidae
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Cervus canadensis
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Elk
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western half of contiguous US and Canada, fragmented pockets throughout the east
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Even-toed Ungulates
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Cervidae
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Cervus elaphus
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Red Deer
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introduced to south-central Texas
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Even-toed Ungulates
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Cervidae
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Cervus nippon
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Sika Deer
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introduced to Long Island, Delmarva Peninsula, and south-central Texas
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Even-toed Ungulates
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Cervidae
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Axis axis
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Chital
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introduced to Texas
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Even-toed Ungulates
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Cervidae
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Dama dama
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European Fallow Deer
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introduced to Texas
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Even-toed Ungulates
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Cervidae
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Rangifer arcticus
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Arctic Caribou
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from Alaska and western Greenland to British Columbia and Alberta
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Even-toed Ungulates
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Cervidae
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Rangifer caribou
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Woodland Caribou
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eastern Canada
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Even-toed Ungulates
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Cervidae
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Rangifer groenlandicus
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Greenland Caribou
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southern and eastern Greenland
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Even-toed Ungulates
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Cervidae
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Odocoileus virginianus
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White-tailed Deer
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from southern Canada through all of the contiguous US (minus parts of the southwest) to all of Mexico and Central America
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Even-toed Ungulates
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Cervidae
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Odocoileus hemionus
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Mule Deer
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from southeastern Alaska and the Yukon to Baja California and San Luis Potosí
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Even-toed Ungulates
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Cervidae
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Odocoileus pandora
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Yucatán Brown Brocket
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Yucatán Peninsula
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Even-toed Ungulates
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Cervidae
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Mazama temama
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Central American Brocket
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from the Gulf Coast of Mexico to Panama
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Even-toed Ungulates
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Cervidae
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Alces alces
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Moose
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most of Alaska and Canada, the northern Rocky Mountain states of the US, the Great Lakes region, and New England
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Even-toed Ungulates
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Bovidae
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Bison bison
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American Bison
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tiny pockets across Alaska, western Canada, and the contiguous US
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Even-toed Ungulates
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Bovidae
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Boselaphus tragocamelus
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Nilgai
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introduced to southern Texas
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Even-toed Ungulates
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Bovidae
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Ovis canadensis
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Bighorn Sheep
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from British Columbia and Alberta to Baja California and Sonora
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Even-toed Ungulates
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Bovidae
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Ovis dalli
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Dall Sheep
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northern Rocky Mountains as well as Alaska and Brooks ranges
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Even-toed Ungulates
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Bovidae
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Ovibos moschatus
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Musk Ox
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parts of coastal Alaska, High Arctic Nunavut, and Greenland
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Even-toed Ungulates
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Bovidae
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Oreamnos americanus
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Mountain Goat
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Rocky and Cascade ranges from southeast Alaska to Colorado
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Even-toed Ungulates
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Bovidae
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Capra aegagrus
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Bezoar Ibex
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introduced to Florida Mountains WSA in New Mexico
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Even-toed Ungulates
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Bovidae
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Ammotragus lervia
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Aoudad
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introduced to Texas and New Mexico, parts of California
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Even-toed Ungulates
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Bovidae
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Antilope cervicapra
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Blackbuck
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introduced to Texas
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Even-toed Ungulates
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Bovidae
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Oryx gazella
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Gemsbok
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introduced to New Mexico, parts of Texas
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Odd-toed Ungulates
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Equidae
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Equus caballus
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Domestic Horse
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introduced across western half of Canada, contiguous US, and Mexico; various coastal Atlantic islands
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Odd-toed Ungulates
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Equidae
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Equus asinus
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Domestic Donkey
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introduced to southwestern US and Mexico
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Odd-toed Ungulates
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Tapiridae
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Tapirus bairdii
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Baird’s Tapir
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from the Gulf Coast of Mexico to Panama
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Crocodilians
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Alligatoridae
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Alligator mississippiensis
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American Alligator
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coastal plain from southern Florida to Texas and North Carolina; far northeast of Mexico
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Crocodilians
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Alligatoridae
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Caiman crocodilus
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Spectacled Caiman
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from southern Mexico to Panama; introduced to parts of southern Florida
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Crocodilians
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Crocodylidae
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Crocodylus acutus
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American Crocodile
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southern Florida; all of Central America and the Yucatán Peninsula, and on the Pacific coast of Mexico as far north as Sonora
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Crocodilians
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Crocodylidae
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Crocodylus moreletii
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Morelet’s Crocodile
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the Gulf Coast of Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula
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Turtles
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Testudinidae
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Gopherus flavomarginatus
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Bolson Tortoise
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northwestern Mexico as well as small portions of Arizona and New Mexico
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Squamates
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Pythonidae
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Python bivittatus
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Burmese Python
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introduced to southern and central Florida
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