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Animals and their Georgia Habitats Thriving, endangered and extinct animals that have called Georgia home Gray bat • Lives in the Mountain Habitat of Georgia • Currently on the endangered animal list • Usually live in caves along rivers Black Bear • Thrives in the mountain habitat of Georgia Carolina Parakeet • Only species of parakeet native to the USA • Declared extinct in 1939 • Made the mountain and piedmont regions of Georgia its home Hadrosaur • Fossil remains of the duck-billed hadrosaur were found in the piedmont and mountain habitats of Georgia • Lived in Georgia 65 to 100 million years ago • Now extinct Gray wolf • On the endangered species list • Lives in piedmont region of Georgia all the way up to Maine Great Horned Owl • Found in the piedmont habitat • Currently thrives in Georgia • Largest species of owls commonly found in Georgia • Eats skunks frequently because they have no sense of smell Passenger Pigeon • Was native to the piedmont and coastal plains of Georgia • This is species of birds is now extinct. • This is a picture of Martha, the last passenger pigeon, who died in 1914 Eastern Indigo Snake • Listed as endangered because of habitat loss since 1979 • Populations continue to decline • Found in the coastal plains of Georgia Brown thrasher • Thrives in Georgia • Officially made the state bird by the Georgia legislature in 1970 • Can be found in the coastal plains and piedmont regions of Georgia Sherman’s Pocket Gopher • Spend most of their lives underground • Was found in Chatham County, Georgia • Became extinct in 1950 in the coastal plains of Georgia Flatwoods Salamander • Small, dark colored salamander • Found in or near ponds in southeast Georgia • Lives near the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia Alligator • Thriving in the Okefenokee Swamp habitat in Georgia • Hunted in the 1950’s and 1960’s until it was almost extinct • Government protected the species, so now the population has increased to thriving Harelip Sucker • Freshwater fish species that is now extinct • Found near the Tennessee River Basin in the mountain region of Georgia • This picture is a relative of the harelip sucker Manatees • Lives in the Atlantic Ocean • Can be spotted most frequently from April through October • Has been on the Endangered Species list since 1973 Right Whale • Like the manatee, has been on the Endangered species list since 1973 • Called “Right Whale” because it was the right whale to kill because it yielded lots of oil to make things like soap • Lives in the Atlantic Ocean habitat Seagulls • Thriving in the Atlantic Ocean habitat of Georgia • Live on the water searching for food