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Texas is home to the last populations of the U.S. ocelot, with fewer than 100 breeding ocelots now living in a very small part of the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife ...
The ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) is a medium-sized spotted wild cat that reaches 40–50 cm (16–20 in) at the shoulders and weighs between 7 and 15.5 kg (15 and 34 lb) on average.
The report was released in Jeju, South Korea, on September 11, 2012, at the quadrennial meeting of IUCN, the World Conservation Congress. At the Congress, it was reported that scientists are finding it more and more common to have to justify funding for protection of species by showing what the human benefits would be.
This is a list of the bird and mammal species and subspecies described as endangered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.It contains species and subspecies not only in the U.S. and its territories, but also those only found in other parts of the world.
Lower risk/conservation dependent: Species which were the focus of conservation programmes and may have moved into a higher risk category if that programme was discontinued. LR/nt: Lower risk/near threatened: Species which are close to being classified as vulnerable but are not the subject of conservation programmes. LR/lc: Lower risk/least concern
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Taurotragus oryx, the common eland, is a species with a conservation status of least concern. A least-concern species is a species that has been evaluated and categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as not being a focus of wildlife conservation because the specific species is still plentiful in the wild.
Leopardus species have spotted fur, with ground colors ranging from pale buff, ochre, fulvous and tawny to light gray. [5] Their small ears are rounded and white-spotted; their rhinarium is prominent and naked above, and their nostrils are widely separated. [6]