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4 pages in length. The writer discusses climate, plant/animal species of and threats to the Pacific Northwest rain forests. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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what readily categorizes Pacific Northwest rain forests as some of the most opulent collections of flora and fauna on the planet. Combined with a temperate climate, Pacific Northwest rain
forests provide a copiousness amount of plant and animal life indigenous primarily to North America. Trees and other vegetation grow rapidly in the warm, wet environment, providing substantial opportunity
as shelter for the myriad animals that live within the forest setting (Anonymous rainf.htm). II. ANIMAL SPECIES The Pacific Northwest rain forests
are teeming with innumerable animal species ranging from mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates. Some of the common indigenous fish include coho, pink and Chinook salmon, as well
as steelhead and cutthroat trout. The endangered Pacific giant salamander, Western red-backed salamander, endangered tailed Frog, Western toad and Pacific tree frog comprise approximately one-third of the amphibious and
frog populations. Northwestern, common and wandering garter snakes represent the majority of the reptile population, while black-capped chickadees, snow geese and Peregrine falcon designate the more than one hundred
bird species found in the Pacific Northwest rain forests. The jumping spider, crane fly and giant water bug are indicative of the invertebrate family. The mammals who inhabit
the rain forests - including beaver, coyote, bear, cougar, lynx, mink, raccoon, deer, skunk and squirrel - help to round out a well balanced system of predator/prey interaction (Anonymous rainf.htm).
The red fox is but one of dozens of mammals found in the Pacific Northwest rain forests. It has been readily established
that the red fox is a direct descendent of the forty-million-year-old five-toed, weasel-like animal called Miacis. Indeed, dog bones are regularly found in campsites dating back to the late
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