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North Fork Salt River Basin - Plants and Animals Nearly 70 species of wild mammals live in Missouri, but another six species no longer occur there, including gray and red wolves, bison, white-tailed jackrabbit, Ozark big-eared bat and elk. The smallest mammal in Missouri are the masked shrew and least shrew at 2 3/4 inches long; they each weigh the same as a penny. The largest is the black bear at 6.5 feet long and a weight of up to 600 pounds. The paragraphs that follow attempt to describe briefly the major groups of mammals in Missouri. For more information, you are encouraged to visit Missouri's Department of Conservation, either in person or via their website, http://www.conservation.mo.gov/nathis/mammals/ |
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Page last updated August 26, 2008 |
