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  2. Jaguar - Wikipedia

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    The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a large cat species and the only living member of the genus Panthera that is native to the Americas.With a body length of up to 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) and a weight of up to 158 kg (348 lb), it is the biggest cat species in the Americas and the third largest in the world.

  3. Extinction risk from climate change - Wikipedia

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    The Bramble Cay melomys, thought to be the first mammal species to go extinct due to the impacts of climate change [9] A 2013 paper looked at 12 900 islands in the Pacific Ocean and Southeast Asia which host over 3000 vertebrates, and how they would be affected by sea level rise of 1, 3 and 6 meters (with the last two levels not anticipated ...

  4. Decline in wild mammal populations - Wikipedia

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    A 2017 analysis found that the mountain goat populations of coastal Alaska would go extinct sometime between 2015 and 2085 in half of the considered scenarios of climate change. [66] Another analysis found that the Miombo Woodlands of South Africa are predicted to lose about 80% of their mammal species if the warming reached 4.5 °C (8.1 °F).

  5. Environmentalists want jaguars reintroduced to US Southwest - AOL

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    Like jaguars, gray wolves once ranged most of the U.S. but were wiped out in most places by the 1930s under government-sponsored poisoning and trapping campaigns.

  6. Category:Species made extinct by human activities - Wikipedia

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    This category lists some of the species that have become extinct due to human activity, whether intentionally or unintentionally. If a more specific reason is known, the species should also be assigned to a subcategory of Category:Species by threat. They may also need to be placed in Category:Extinctions since 1500.

  7. Habitat destruction - Wikipedia

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    These can reduce damage and erosion while simultaneously providing ecosystem services such as food production, nutrient and sediment removal, and water quality improvement to society [59] Example of human caused habitat destruction likely capable of reversing if further disturbance is halted. Uganda.

  8. Wildlife conservation - Wikipedia

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    It has the capacity to spread zoonotic diseases to humans, as well as contribute to local extinction. The pathogens to humans may be spread through small animal vectors like ticks, or through ingestion of food and water. Extinction can be caused due to non-native species being introduced that become invasive.

  9. Extinction debt - Wikipedia

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    Local extinctions of approximately 6 species are expected in each 2500 km 2 region by 2050 due to past deforestation. [28] Birds in the Amazon rainforest continued to become extinct locally for 12 years following logging that broke up contiguous forest into smaller fragments. The extinction rate slowed, however, as forest regrew in the spaces ...