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Law designed to protect species in danger of extinction; passed by U.S. Congress in 1973
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Mass extinction
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the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals
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Areas of high species diversity that are most at risk
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the process during which a large expanse of habitat is transformed into a number of smaller patches
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A species that is very important to the stability of the ecosystem
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Species native to and found in a limited area
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The different genes contained within members of a population
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occurs when natural habitats are no longer able to support the species present
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Species that is nonnative to an area and is harmful to the ecosystem
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