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  • The Green River, also a host to a plethora of dams, is the home of 21 species of imperiled freshwater mussels with names like rough pigtoe, fanshell and ring pink.

    All Today's News - Sightline Daily 2009

  • Resident endangered animal species include Indiana bat Myotis sodalis (EN), gray bat M. grisescens (EN), fanshell mussel Cyprogenia stegaria (CR), crackling pearly mussel Hemistema lata (CR), ring pink mussel Obovaria retusa (CR), rough pigtoe mussel Pleurobema plenum (CR), and clubshell mussel P. clava (CR). 45 other mussel species also inhabit the caves.

    Mammoth Cave National Park, United States 2008

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    October 18, 2008