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Birds of the Appalachian Mountains and Appalachia region of the Eastern United States. Pages in category "Birds of Appalachia (United States)" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
Dubious name for a species of tyrannosauroid from New Jersey, possibly a Dryptosaurus or a potentially new genus. Dryptosaurus: Upper Cretaceous: carnivore: Medium-sized tyrannosauroid from New Jersey. It was the first theropod unearthed in North America. Eotrachodon: Upper Cretaceous: herbivore: Hadrosaur from Alabama known from a nearly ...
This is a non-exhaustive list of mountains of the Appalachians. [1] [2] Name Sub-range Type ... Alcovy Mountain: Appalachian Mountains: mountain:
The cougar (Puma concolor), also known as puma, mountain lion, mountain cat, catamount or panther, depending on the region, is a mammal of the family Felidae, native to the Americas. This large, solitary cat has the greatest range of any large wild terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere, extending from Yukon in Canada to the southern ...
North Carolina is the most ecologically unique state in the southeast because its borders contain sub-tropical, temperate, and boreal habitats. Although the state is at temperate latitudes, the Appalachian Mountains and the Gulf Stream influence climate and, hence, the vegetation (flora) and animals (fauna).
The mountain top removal method of coal mining, in which entire mountain tops are removed, is currently threatening vast areas and ecosystems of the Appalachian Mountain region. [31] The surface coal mining that started in the 1940s has significantly impacted the central Appalachian Mountains in Kentucky , Tennessee , Virginia and West Virginia.
2. Acorn Woodpecker. These birds get their name from their unique habit of storing acorns in trees, which they use as a food source. Sometimes, they can store tens of thousands of them.
In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans , an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners . [ 1 ]