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Animal Diversity Web: Pongo Pygmaeus (Orangutan)

For Students 9th - 10th
Site contains information on the Pongo Pygmaeus (Orangutan). Includes geographic range, habitat, physical description, reproduction, behavior, food habits, and conservation status as well as other information and pictures.
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Animal Diversity Web: Order Primates

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a larger site on the animal kingdom, this page provides a detailed overview of primates. Click on the various links throughout the page for more descriptions and explanatory pictures.
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Animal Diversity Web: Cougar

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed information about the cougar, including geographic range and habitat, physical features, behavior, lifespan, and the positive and negative economic impact they have on humans.
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Animal Diversity Web: Caribou

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive reference information about the caribou. Includes taxonomic classification, specimens, and other details about this endangered animal.
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Animal Diversity Web: Salamandra Salamandra (Fire Salamander)

For Students 9th - 10th
Site contains information on the Salamandra Salamandra (Fire Salamander). Includes geographic range, habitat, physical description, reproduction, behavior, food habits, and conservation status as well as other information and pictures.
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Animal Diversity Web: Arctic Shrew

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed overview of the Arctic shrew's characteristics, physical features and how it lives. Included are photos and classification information.
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Animal Diversity Web: Masked Shrew

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed overview of the masked shrew's characteristics, physical features and how it lives. Included are photos and classification information.
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Animal Diversity Web: Pygmy Shrew

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed overview of the pygmy shrew's characteristics, physical features and how it lives. Included are photos and classification information.
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Animal Diversity Web: Water Shrew

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed overview of the water shrew's characteristics, physical features and how it lives. Included are photos and classification information.
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Animal Diversity Web: Ostrich

For Students 9th - 10th
Topics delved into in this effective site are geographic range, habitat, physical description reproduction, behavior, diet, economic importance and conservation status.
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Animal Diversity Web: American Badger

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive reference information about the American badger. Includes taxonomic classification, specimens, and other details about this powerful, solitary predator.
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Animal Diversity Web: Butler's Garter Snake

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed overview of the Butler's garter snake's characteristics, physical features, behavior, and habitat. Included are photos and classification information.
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Animal Diversity Web: Bongo

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed information about the bongo, an African antelope, including geographic range and habitat, physical features, behavior, reproduction, and the economic impact they have on humans.
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Animal Diversity Web: Gray Fox

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive reference information about the gray fox. Includes taxonomic classification, specimens, and other details about this solitary omnivore's relationship with the environment.
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Animal Diversity Web: Brown Bear

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive reference information about the brown bear. Includes taxonomic classification, specimens, and other details about this endangered animal.
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Animal Diversity Web: Polar Bear

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed overview of the polar bear's characteristics, physical features, behavior, and how it lives. Included are photos and classification information.
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Animal Diversity Web: Red Fox

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive reference material on the red fox: its habitat, physical features, diet, reproduction, behavior, communication, economic importance to humans, and conservation status.
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Animal Diversity Web: American Black Bear

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive reference about the American black bear. Includes taxonomic classification, specimens, and other details about this curious, intelligent omnivore.
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Animal Diversity Web: Class Polychaeta

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides a general description of marine worms, including sand worms, tube worms and clam worms.
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Animal Diversity Web: Arabian Oryx

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed information about the Arabian oryx: geographic range and habitat, physical features, behavior, reproduction, economic impact on humans, and population.
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Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Marbled Salamander

For Students 9th - 10th
The marbled salamander lives in forests and woodlands in the eastern part of the United States, where it is an endangered species in certain states. Students and teachers will find the content to include a look at the species' life...
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University of Michigan

Animal Diversity Web: Subclass Hirudinea [Leeches]

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource gives a brief description of the subclass Hirudinea and the role they have played in medicine.
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Animal Diversity Web: Emperor Penguin

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed overview of the Emperor Penguin. Content includes a focus on this bird's physical characteristics, geographic range, natural history, economic importance for humans, and more.
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Animal Diversity Web: Phylum Arthropoda

For Students 9th - 10th
This general overview of the arthropod phylum, which includes insects and arachnids, looks at such topics as body symmetry, appendages, movement, respiratory and nervous systems, and reproduction.