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Picture of a slender madtom (Noturus exilis) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

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Slender madtom (Noturus exilis) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

Picture of a slender madtom (Noturus exilis) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

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Slender madtom (Noturus exilis) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

Picture of a slender madtom (Noturus exilis) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

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Slender madtom (Noturus exilis) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

Picture of a slender madtom (Noturus exilis) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

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Slender madtom (Noturus exilis) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

A federally endangered Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi) named Lucy at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo.

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A federally endangered Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi) named Lucy at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo.

A federally-endangered Key Largo wood rat, Neotoma floridana smalli, Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Key Largo, Florida. There are approximately 250 or fewer of these animals left.

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A federally-endangered Key Largo wood rat, Neotoma floridana smalli, Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Key Largo, Florida. There are approximately 250 or fewer of these animals left.

A black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery and Aquarium.

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A black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery and Aquarium.

A stonecat (Noturus flavus) at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery and Aquarium.

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A stonecat (Noturus flavus) at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery and Aquarium.

Photo: A Key Largo woodrat (Neotoma floridana) (US: Endangered) at Disney's Animal Kingdom.

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A Key Largo woodrat (Neotoma floridana) (US: Endangered) at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Fewer than 250 adults are believed left in the wild, in just two parcels of public land on Key Largo. Captive breeding efforts are underway at both Disney’s Animal Kingdom and the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, thought the captive population still numbers less than 50 animals.

Photo: A Key Largo woodrat (Neotoma floridana) (US: Endangered) at Disney's Animal Kingdom.

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A Key Largo woodrat (Neotoma floridana) (US: Endangered) at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Fewer than 250 adults are believed left in the wild, in just two parcels of public land on Key Largo. Captive breeding efforts are underway at both Disney’s Animal Kingdom and the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, thought the captive population still numbers less than 50 animals.

Photo: A Key Largo woodrat (Neotoma floridana) (US: Endangered) at Disney's Animal Kingdom.

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A Key Largo woodrat (Neotoma floridana) (US: Endangered) at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Fewer than 250 adults are believed left in the wild, in just two parcels of public land on Key Largo. Captive breeding efforts are underway at both Disney’s Animal Kingdom and the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, thought the captive population still numbers less than 50 animals.

Photo: A Key Largo woodrat (Neotoma floridana) (US: Endangered) at Disney's Animal Kingdom.

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A Key Largo woodrat (Neotoma floridana) (US: Endangered) at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Fewer than 250 adults are believed left in the wild, in just two parcels of public land on Key Largo. Captive breeding efforts are underway at both Disney’s Animal Kingdom and the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, thought the captive population still numbers less than 50 animals.

An endangered Malayan tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni) at the Omaha Zoo.

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An endangered Malayan tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni) at the Omaha Zoo.

Photo: A Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) around Puerto Egas, Santiago Island in Galapagos National Park.

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A Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) around Puerto Egas, Santiago Island in Galapagos National Park.

Portrait of a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus).

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Portrait of a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus).

Portrait of a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus).

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Portrait of a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus).

A young male California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) that was injured severely in the wild after being entangled in discarded ropes and garbage in the sea.

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A young male California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) that was injured severely in the wild after being entangled in discarded ropes and garbage in the sea.

Portrait of a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus).

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Portrait of a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) at the Houston Zoo.

Picture of a vulnerable binturong (Arctictis binturong) at the Houston Zoo

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A binturong (Arctictis binturong) at the Houston Zoo. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

Picture of a vulnerable binturong (Arctictis binturong) at the Houston Zoo.

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A binturong (Arctictis binturong) at the Houston Zoo. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

Picture of a vulnerable binturong (Arctictis binturong) at the Houston Zoo.

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A binturong (Arctictis binturong) at the Houston Zoo. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

Picture of a vulnerable binturong (Arctictis binturong) at the Houston Zoo.

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A binturong (Arctictis binturong) at the Houston Zoo. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

Picture of a vulnerable binturong (Arctictis binturong) at the Houston Zoo.

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A vulnerable binturong (Arctictis binturong) at the Houston Zoo.

Picture of a vulnerable binturong (Arctictis binturong) at the Houston Zoo.

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A binturong (Arctictis binturong) at the Houston Zoo. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

Picture of a vulnerable binturong (Arctictis binturong) at the Houston Zoo.

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A binturong (Arctictis binturong) at the Houston Zoo. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

Picture of a vulnerable binturong (Arctictis binturong) at the Houston Zoo.

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A binturong (Arctictis binturong) at the Houston Zoo. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

Picture of a vulnerable binturong (Arctictis binturong) at the Houston Zoo.

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A binturong (Arctictis binturong) at the Houston Zoo. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

Picture of a vulnerable binturong (Arctictis binturong) at the Houston Zoo.

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A binturong (Arctictis binturong) at the Houston Zoo. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

Photo: A Key Largo woodrat (Neotoma floridana) (US: Endangered) at Disney's Animal Kingdom.

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A Key Largo woodrat (Neotoma floridana) (US: Endangered) at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Fewer than 250 adults are believed left in the wild, in just two parcels of public land on Key Largo. Captive breeding efforts are underway at both Disney’s Animal Kingdom and the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, thought the captive population still numbers less than 50 animals.

A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally threatened beluga sturgeon (Huso huso).

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A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally threatened beluga sturgeon (Huso huso).

A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas.

A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas.

A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas.

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