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Oregon Wildlife

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The US state of Oregon on the west coast has mountains, deserts, and thick forests. A large variety of wildlife has made their home here among them 139 species of mammals with 4 species native to Oregon. These four species include Baird’s shrew, Pacific shrew, camas picket, gopher, and the red tree vole.

Among the best-known animals in Oregon are elk, black bears, burrowing owls, gray wolves, and beavers.
The Offical State Animal is the American beaver. Beavers help the environment and their habitats including rivers, streams, and lakes where they love to build dams. The dams slow down the flow of water and create floodplains and ponds which then serve as habitats for other animals, Beavers also cut down on excessive soil erosion.
The area around and near the Willamette River is the place where many animals make their homes among them beavers, black-tailed deer, mink, and otters.
The fish that can be found in the river include rainbow trout, walleye, crappie and catfish among others.
In the desert region of Oregon, you can find such mammals as mule deer, cottontail rabbits, elks, red foxes, and cougars.
Some of the birds include yellow warblers, sage grouse, quail, swallows, and Western meadowlarks.
Desert rodents include Ord’s kangaroo rat, canyon mouse, and the California vole.
In the forest, there are black bears, coyotes, Western toads, Douglas squirrels, mountain lions, hoary bats, Western rattlesnakes, and Northern spotted owls among others.

Endangered Animals in Oregon
Oregon silverspot butterflies have been decreasing in population since 1980. They are rust-brown butterflies with distinctive silver spots. Their decrease is due to habitat loss.
Taylor’s checkerspot butterflies are black butterflies with orange and white checkered patterns on their wings. Decreasing also due to habitat loss.
Short-tailed albatrosses are seabirds with strange, curved beaks and huge wingspans. They are categorized as vulnerable. These birds become entangled in commercial fishing nets and die as a result.
Lost River Suckers were the first fish categorized as endangered in 1988. The reasons are water pollution and habitat loss.

Oregon giant earthworms are among the rarest earthworms. In Oregon, they can be found in the Willamette Valley. They are endangered due to habitat loss.

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