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The higher stoat numbers reduce the rodent population and the stoats then prey on birds. [6] For instance, the wild population of the endangered takahē dropped by a third between 2006 and 2007, after a stoat plague triggered by the 2005–2006 mast wiped out more than half the takahē in areas where stoat numbers were not limited by trapping. [7]
Skull. The root word for "stoat" is likely either the Dutch word stout ("bold") [4] or the Gothic word 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽 (stautan, "to push"). [5] According to John Guillim, in his Display of Heraldrie, the word "ermine" is likely derived from Armenia, the nation where it was thought the species originated, [4] though other authors have linked it to the Norman French from the ...
North Island, South Island, Stewart Island, [29] Kapiti Island, Big South Cape Island, Solomon Island and Pukeweka offshore Stewart Island [97] Extinct since 1972 due to predation by feral cats, rats, weasels, and stoats. [43] North Island stout-legged wren: Xenicus jagmi: North Island [81] Extinct after Māori settlement but before European ...
The following is a list of species (or subspecies) in the Mariana Islands, defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List or by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), as being extinct, critically endangered, endangered, threatened, vulnerable, conservation dependent, or near threatened.
This week's featured article is "The Endangered Species Act at 50" by Tate Watkins. This audio was generated using AI trained on the voice of Katherine Mangu-Ward .
Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha, as well the other uninhabited islands nearby, are a haven for wildlife in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.The islands are or were home to much endemic flora and fauna, especially invertebrates, and many endemic fish species are found in the reef ecosystems off the islands.
The reason of extinction is unknown, as New Caledonia is today home to two other Accipiter species, the brown goshawk and the white-bellied goshawk. However, the extinct and extant species not being found together could indicate that they lived in different habitats, or that the extant species colonized the island after the others disappeared.
Newfoundland, Labrador and nearly all of Canada (save for the ranges of other American stoat subspecies) imperii (Barrett-Hamilton, 1904) microtis (J. A. Allen, 1903) mortigena (Bangs, 1913) Baffin Island stoat M. r. semplei. Sutton and Hamilton, 1932 Baffin Island and the adjacent parts of the mainland labiata (Degerbøl, 1935) M. r. stratori ...