Our Vanishing Wild Life - Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday
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OKLAHOMA:
Records for birds insufficient. Mammals: bison, elk, antelope, mule deer, puma, black bear. OREGON: The only species known to have been wholly exterminated during recent times is the California condor and the bison, both of which were rare stragglers into Oregon; but a number of species are now close to extinction. PENNSYLVANIA: Heath hen, pigeon, parrakeet, Labrador duck; bison, elk, moose, puma, gray wolf, Canada lynx, wolverine, beaver.--(Witmer Stone, Dr. C.B. Penrose and Arthur Chapman.) RHODE ISLAND: Heath hen, passenger pigeon, wild turkey, least tern, eastern willet, Eskimo curlew, marbled godwit, long-billed curlew.--(Harry S. Hathaway); puma, black bear, gray wolf, beaver, otter, wolverine. SOUTH CAROLINA: Ivory-billed woodpecker, Carolina parrakeet; bison, elk, puma, gray wolf.--(James H. Rice, Jr.) SOUTH DAKOTA: |
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