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    Tennessee Warbler

    Oreothlypis peregrina
    5 omnivore3
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    • Oreothlypis peregrina has a FLIGHT of 2.


    • Despite its common name, Oreothlypis peregrina neither breeds nor over-winters in the state of Tennessee.



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    The Tennessee Warbler, Oreothlypis peregrina, is a New World warbler. It breeds in northern North America across Canada and the northern USA. It ismigratory, wintering in southern Central America and northern Colombia and Venezuela, with a few stragglers going as far south as Ecuador. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. This bird was named from a specimen collected in Tennessee where it may appear [...]

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    White Tiger

    Panthera tigris
    8 carnivore4
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    • Panthera tigris has a MOVE of 2.

    • The white tiger is not a separate subspecies of tiger. Its white fur is the result of a genetic colour morph.
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    White tigers are a color morph of any subspecies of tiger whose fur is white or almost white with black to light ash-grey stripes, though it is not a separate subspecies itself. To date, the only known white tigers have been from the Bengal tiger subspecies.[1] Compared to normal coloured tigers without the white gene, white tigers [...]

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    Horned Puffin

    Fratercula corniculata
    5 carnivore3
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    Fratercula corniculata has a FLIGHT of 2.


    Fratercula corniculata nest in bluffs of fractured rock or crevices in cliff faces near the shoreline.

     

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    The Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata) is an auk, similar in appearance to the Atlantic Puffin; this bird’s bill is yellow at the base and red at the tip. It is a pelagic seabird that feeds primarily by diving for fish. It nests in colonies, often with other auks. The yellow bill plate grows before the breeding season and is shed [...]

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    West Indian Manatee

    Trichechus manatus
    8 omnivore3
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    Trichechus manatus has as MOVE of 2.


    Trichechus manatus uses its large tail to propel itself forward.

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    As its name implies, the West Indian manatee lives in the West Indies, or Caribbean, generally in shallow coastal areas. However, it is known to withstand large changes in water salinity, and so has also been found in shallow rivers and estuaries. They can live in fresh water, saline water, and even brackish water. It is limited to the [...]

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    Pool Frog

    Pelophylax lessonae
    5 carnivore3
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    • Pelophylax Lessonae has a MOVE of 2.


    Pelophylax Lessonae is common in Poland, the Baltic Republics, Moldova, Russia and the Ukraine.


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    The Pool Frog (Pelophylax lessonae) is a European frog. It is one of only four amphibian species recognized by the UK government as protected under its Biodiversity Action Plan. The reasons for declining populations are decreased pond habitat from human encroachment and also air pollution leading to over-nitrification of pond waters. Its specific name was [...]

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    American Bison

    Bison bison
    8 herbivore2
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    • Bison bison has a MOVE of 2.


    • The American Bison is one of the largest land mammals in North America.

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    The American bison (Bison bison), also commonly known as the American buffalo, is a North Americanspecies of bison that once roamed the grasslands of North America in massive herds. Their range once roughly comprised a triangle between the Great Bear Lake in Canada‘s far northwest, south to the Mexican states ofDurango and Nuevo León, and east along the western boundary of the Appalachian Mountains.[2] Because ofcommercial [...]

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