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  • Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Australian gazetteers offer up dozens of topographical features that carry the name of the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus).

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • Persistent organic pollutants have negative effects on the immune system of polar bears, glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus), and northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus), and peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) have suffered eggshell thinning.

    Human impacts on the biodiversity of the Arctic 2009

  • Vervet monkey Cercopithecus aethiops and chacma baboon Papio ursinus are common round the falls and lion Panthera leo (VU) and leopard P. pardus are occasionally seen.

    Mosi-oa-Tunya Victoria Falls, Zambia 2009

  • The mammals include a number of well-known animals such as the eastern grey kangaroo Macropus giganteus, the red-necked wallaby M. rufogriseus, wallaroo M. robustus, koala Phasocarctos cinereus and wombat Vombatus ursinus, the greater glider Petaurus volans, the squirrel glider P. norfolcensis, mountain brushtailed possum Trichosurus caninus; also the rarer spotted-tailed quoll Dasyurus maculatus (VU), long-nosed potoroo Potorous tridactylus (VU), yellow-bellied glider Petaurus australis and brush-tailed rock wallaby Petrogale penicillata (VU).

    Greater Blue Mountains Area, Australia 2009

  • These range from agreements on northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) harvests and Canada/US fisheries for Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) and Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis), to the multilateral International North Pacific Fisheries Convention for the development and use of scientific information for managing fisheries on the high seas [7].

    Fisheries and aquaculture in the North Pacific (Bering Sea) 2009

  • On the other hand, northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) and Steller sea lions remained on the island throughout the winter.

    Aleutian and Pribilof Islands region climate change case study 2009

  • The North Pacific Fur Seal Treaty regulated harvesting of the northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) between Japan, Russia, United States, and Great Britain (for Canada) from early in the 1900s until 1985, when the commercial hunt was terminated.

    Management and conservation of marine mammals and seabirds in the Arctic 2009

  • Behavioural ecology of the sloth bear (Melursus ursinus).

    Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal 2009

  • Particularly in the foothills and mountains, larger mammals such as Chacma baboon Papio ursinus, honey-badger Mellivora capensis, clawless otter Aonyx capensis, leopard Panthera pardus, aardvark Orycteropus afer, eland Taurotragus oryx, the regional endemic bontebok Damaliscus dorcas dorcas anddiverse mustelids and viverrids occur.

    Cape Floral Protected Areas, South Africa 2009

  • Status of the northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) population on the Commander Islands.

    Fisheries and aquaculture in the North Pacific (Bering Sea) 2009

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