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A black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center near Wellington, CO.

This is a female named Elizabeth Ann, and she’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

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A black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center near Wellington, CO.

This is a female named Elizabeth Ann, and she’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

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An endangered and federally endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) named Elizabeth Ann at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colorado. She’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

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An endangered and federally endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) named Elizabeth Ann at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colorado. She’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

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An endangered and federally endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) named Elizabeth Ann at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colorado. She’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

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An endangered and federally endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) named Elizabeth Ann at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colorado. She’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

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An endangered and federally endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) named Elizabeth Ann at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colorado. She’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

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An endangered and federally endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) named Elizabeth Ann at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colorado. She’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

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Two female western sitatungas (Tragelaphus spekii gratus) at the North Carolina Zoo.

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A female western sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii gratus) at the North Carolina Zoo.

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A female western sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii gratus) at the North Carolina Zoo.

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An eastern bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci) at the North Carolina Zoo.

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A 10-week-old black bear cub (Ursus americanus americanus) at the North Carolina Zoo.

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A 10-week-old black bear cub (Ursus americanus americanus) at the North Carolina Zoo.

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Two 10-week-old black bear cubs (Ursus americanus americanus) at the North Carolina Zoo.

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Two 10-week-old black bear cubs (Ursus americanus americanus) at the North Carolina Zoo.

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Two 10-week-old black bear cubs (Ursus americanus americanus) at the North Carolina Zoo.

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A greater mastiff bat (Eumops perotis californicus) named Cloud at Lindsay Wildlife Experience in California.

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A pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus pacificus) named Vesper at Lindsay Wildlife Experience in California.

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A pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus pacificus) named Vesper at Lindsay Wildlife Experience in California.

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A pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus pacificus) named Vesper at Lindsay Wildlife Experience in California.

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A pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus pacificus) named Vesper at Lindsay Wildlife Experience in California.

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A pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus pacificus) named Vesper at Lindsay Wildlife Experience in California.

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A pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus pacificus) named Vesper at Lindsay Wildlife Experience in California.

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A greater mastiff bat (Eumops perotis californicus) named Cloud at Lindsay Wildlife Experience in California.

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A greater mastiff bat (Eumops perotis californicus) named Cloud at Lindsay Wildlife Experience in California.

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A greater mastiff bat (Eumops perotis californicus) named Cloud at Lindsay Wildlife Experience in California.

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A greater mastiff bat (Eumops perotis californicus) named Cloud at Lindsay Wildlife Experience in California.

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An owl-faced monkey (Cercopithecus hamlyni) at Zoo Leipzig in Germany.
This species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.

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An owl-faced monkey (Cercopithecus hamlyni) at Zoo Leipzig in Germany.
This species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.

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A male, endangered eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus) at Zoo Leipzig in Germany.

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A male, endangered eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus) at Zoo Leipzig in Germany.

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A male, endangered eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus) at Zoo Leipzig in Germany.

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A male, endangered eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus) at Zoo Leipzig in Germany.

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A male common hamster (Cricetus cricetus) from the wild near Thuringia, Germany. This individual was photographed at Leipzig Zoo in Leipzig, Germany. This species is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN.

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A male common hamster (Cricetus cricetus) from the wild near Thuringia, Germany. This individual was photographed at Leipzig Zoo in Leipzig, Germany. This species is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN.

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