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A state mammal is the official mammal of a U.S. state as designated by a state's legislature. The first column of the table is for those denoted as the state mammal, and the second shows the state marine mammals. Animals with more specific designations are also listed.
EX - extinct, EW - extinct in the wild CR - critically endangered, EN - endangered, VU - vulnerable NT - near threatened, LC - least concern DD - data deficient, NE - not evaluated (v. 2013.2, the data is current as of March 5, 2014 [1]) and Endangered Species Act: E - endangered, T - threatened XN, XE - experimental non essential or essential ...
The Western moose [2] (Alces alces andersoni) is a subspecies of moose that inhabits boreal forests and mixed deciduous forests in the Canadian Arctic, western Canadian provinces and a few western sections of the northern United States. It is the second largest North American subspecies of moose, second to the Alaskan moose.
The neighboring state of Kentucky actively reintroduced Rocky Mountain elk (C. c. nelsoni) [30] to their eastern woodlands in 1997, and by 2009 the population had increased to over 10,000 animals. This expanding population began to enter western Virginia and the southwestern counties of West Virginia.
In the footage, which has since been shared by ABC 7 LA, it shows the moose coming out of the trees before turning around to check if the bear was behind it. Mere seconds later, the bear came ...
The state also stocked wild turkeys in the 1950s. There were reported to be fewer than 900 at one point. Once nearly extinct here, wild turkeys thrive throughout today's Kentucky. [34] Hunters officially reported a record 29,006 birds taken during the 23-day season in spring 2009. [35]
May is the beginning of the state’s high tick season, a University of Kentucky entomologist said.
The Seney NWR's western wilderness area, designated by federal law as the Seney Wilderness, includes the Strangmoor Bog National Natural Landmark.The Strangmoor Bog was landmarked as being the best surviving example in the 48 states of a sub-arctic patterned bog ecosystem, characterized by rapid glacial meltoff from an exposed sandy plain.