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    Collared, grayish-tan wolf in open field

    Gray Wolf

    Canis lupus
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    Endangered

    Land Snails and Slugs

    Approx. 150 species of land snails and slugs in Missouri
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    Little Brown Myotis (Little Brown Bat)

    Myotis lucifugus
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    More than 12,000 species in North America north of Mexico
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    Dasypus novemcinctus
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    More than 8,000 species globally
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    Mephitis mephitis
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    Catocala spp., more than 100 species in North America north of Mexico
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