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animal is an animal that is almost extinct, or there aren't many of that
species left. Some reasons an animal may become endangered are being
hunted, trapped, destruction of their ecosystem, disease, pollution, insecticides/pesticides and un-natural predators.
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Most endangered animals are placed in National Parks, Nature reserves and
Wilderness exhibits where they can live without too much interference from
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Gray Wolf, Canada Lynx, Puma and Bald Eagle, and are endangered species.
Here is a list of more endangered species in Maine: Piping Plover
Atlantic Salmon Humpback Whale Right Whale Fin back Whale Shortnose Sturgeon Roseate Tern Leatherback Sea Turtle Eskimo Curlew American Burying Beetle Sperm Whale See Whale Northern Bog Lemming Atlantic Puffin Harlequin Duck Peregrine Falcon Upland Sandpiper Grasshopper Sparrow |
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