Illustration Showing Animal Extinction Risks from Small to Large Body Sizes (IMAGE)

Oregon State University

Illustration Showing Animal Extinction Risks from Small to Large Body Sizes

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Extinction risks are greater for animals at the small and large ends of the scale.

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Illustration: Oliver Day, Oregon State University

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