SPECIES CONSERVATION BILLS:DR. JOSHUA R. GINSBERG From: Congressional Testimony | Date: September 6, 2007 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Congressional Testimony

09-06-2007

reasonable data exist on all of the felids, 6 species of canids,
or nearly 20% of the known species are listed by the IUCN as
``Data Deficient.`` Such a listing indicates that there is so
little known about a species that classifying it is impossible.
Of the 37 wild felid species worldwide, all are currently
recognized as species in need of protection under at least one of
the following: the IUCN...

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