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Terme préférentiel

endangered species  

Définition

  • Depending on the status of their populations in the wild, animals and plants may be designated as rare, threatened, and under extreme conditions, endangered. The 1800s in the United States were a period when a number of large, highly visible mammals, such as the plains bison Bison bison and the eastern subspecies of the elk Cervus elaphus canadensis were being hunted. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Endangered Species]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-D6PQ10MZ-5

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