Sentences with phrase «mountain pygmy»

Willis, the native Australiam mammal most threatened by climate change is the Mountain Pygmy Possum (Burramys parvus).

Australia's bid to wage war against cats has everything to do with efforts to preserve dozens of its native species that authorities say face extinction due to the predatory behavior of the cats, among them the golden bandicoot, the numbat and the mountain pygmy - possum.

The priority list of mammal species requiring protection includes Kangaroo Island dunnart, numbat, eastern barred bandicoot, mountain pygmy - possum, golden bandicoot, eastern bettong, brush - tailed rabbit - rat, mala, western quoll and greater bilby.

This include mammals like the critically endangered mountain pygmy - possum and the brush - tailed bettong (woylie); the endangered northern quoll; as well as the critically endangered Christmas Island whiptail - skink and the vulnerable malleefowl.

These include such sensational cases as the 1938 finding of a living coelacanth, a fish that was presumed to have gone extinct with the dinosaurs; the 1966 discovery of Australia's mountain pygmy possum, previously known only from bones found in a cave; and the 1951 rediscovery of the cahow, or Bermuda petrel, then thought to have been extinct since the 1620s.

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Final Decision (if proposed): Mexican gray wolf, Miami blue butterfly, Gunnison sage grouse, Jemez Mountain salamander, Austin blind salamander, Georgetown salamander, spring pygmy sunfish, streaked horned lark, Florida semaphore cactus, Coral Pink Sand Dunes tiger beetle, Aboriginal prickly - apple, Acuna cactus, Brush prairie pocket gopher, Cape Sable thoroughwort, Diamond darter, Diamond Y spring snail, Diminutive amphipod, Fickeisen plains, Florida bonneted bat, Fluted kidneyshell, Gierisch mallow, Gonzales springsnail, grotto sculpin, Jollyville Plateau salamander, Lemmon's fleabane, lesser prairie chicken, Mardon skipper butterfly, Mt. Charleston blue butterfly, Neosho mucket, Olympia pocket gopher, Olympic pocket gopher, Phantom Lake cave snail, Phantom springsnail, rabbitsfoot, rayed bean, Roy Prairie pocket gopher, Salado salamander, sheepnose mussel, Shelton pocket gopher, slabside pearlymussel, snuffbox, spectaclecase pearly mussel, Tacoma pocket gopher, Taylor's checkerspot butterfly, Tenino pocket gopher, Umtanum desert buckwheat, Wekiu bug, White Bluffs bladderpod, Yelm pocket gopher, and 21 species from the Big Island (Hawaii) and 29 species from Maui (Hawaii).

32 Northwest mollusks 404 Southeast aquatic, riparian, and wetland species Acuna cactus Amargosa toad American pika (federal) American, Taylor, Yosemite, Gray - headed, White Mountains and Mt. Whitney pika (California) Andrew's dune scarab beetle Ashy storm - petrel Atlantic bluefin tuna Bearded seal Black abalone Blumer's dock Bocaccio (central / southern population) Cactus ferruginous pygmy owl California spotted owl California tiger salamander (federal) California tiger salamander (California) Canelo Hills ladies» tresses Casey's June beetle Cherry Point Pacific herring Chiricahua leopard frog Colorado River cutthroat trout Cook Inlet beluga whale (1999) Cook Inlet beluga whale (2006) Delta smelt Desert nesting bald eagle Dusky tree vole Elkhorn coral Gentry's indigobush Giant palouse earthworm Gila chub Great Basin spring snails Headwater chub Holmgren's milk - vetch Huachuca water umbel Iliamna lake seals Island fox Island marble butterfly Kern brook lamprey Kittlitz's murrelet (Alaska) Kittlitz's murrelet (federal) Klamath River chinook salmon Las Vegas buckwheat Least chub Loggerhead sea turtle (northern and Florida population) Loggerhead sea turtle (northern Pacific population) Loggerhead sea turtle (western North Atlantic population) Longfin smelt Mexican garter snake Mexican spotted owl Mojave finge - toed lizard North American green sturgeon Northern Rockies fisher Northern sea otter Pacific fisher (federal) Pacific fisher (California) Pacific lamprey Pacific Northwest mollusks Pacific walrus Page springsnail Palm Springs pocket mouse Parish's alkali grass Polar bear Puget Sound killer whale Queen Charlotte goshawk Relict leopard frog Ribbon seal Ringed seal River lamprey Rio Grande cutthroat trout Roundtail chub Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfy Sand dune lizard Sand Mountain blue butterfly Shivwitz milk - vetch Sierra Nevada mountain yellow - legged frog Sierra Nevada red fox Siskiyou Mountains salamander Sonora tiger salamander Southwestern willow flycatcher Spotted seal Spring pygmy sunfish Staghorn coral Tahoe yellow cress Tricolored blackbird Tucson shovel - nosed snake Virgin river spinedace Western brook lamprey Western burrowing owl (California) Western gull - billed tern Yellow - billed cuckoo Yellow - billed loon YosemMountain blue butterfly Shivwitz milk - vetch Sierra Nevada mountain yellow - legged frog Sierra Nevada red fox Siskiyou Mountains salamander Sonora tiger salamander Southwestern willow flycatcher Spotted seal Spring pygmy sunfish Staghorn coral Tahoe yellow cress Tricolored blackbird Tucson shovel - nosed snake Virgin river spinedace Western brook lamprey Western burrowing owl (California) Western gull - billed tern Yellow - billed cuckoo Yellow - billed loon Yosemmountain yellow - legged frog Sierra Nevada red fox Siskiyou Mountains salamander Sonora tiger salamander Southwestern willow flycatcher Spotted seal Spring pygmy sunfish Staghorn coral Tahoe yellow cress Tricolored blackbird Tucson shovel - nosed snake Virgin river spinedace Western brook lamprey Western burrowing owl (California) Western gull - billed tern Yellow - billed cuckoo Yellow - billed loon Yosemite toad