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    Pike

    Pike is the common name for the group of 5 species of predaceous freshwater fish with elongated snouts, sharp teeth, cylindrical bodies and forked tails, belonging to family Esocidae, order Esociformes, class Actinopterygii.

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    Pipit

    Pipit is the common name for some birds of the family Motacillidae, which also includes wagtails. 

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    Plankton

    Plankton [Gk planktos, "drifting"], plants and animals, phytoplankton and zooplankton, respectively, that float freely or drift with currents in oceans, freshwater ponds and lakes.

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    Plover

    Plover is the common name for a family (Charadriidae) of shorebirds with 2 subfamilies: Charadriinae, including true plovers; and Vanellinae, including lapwings.

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    Pocket Gopher

    Pocket Gopher (Geomyidae), family of medium-sized, solitary, nonhibernating, subterranean rodents. 

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    Pocket Mouse

    Pocket Mouse, small, jumping rodent of the North American family Heteromyidae.

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    Polar Bear

    The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is the largest living species of bear. They are found throughout the circumpolar Arctic. In Canada, this means polar bears live in parts of the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Manitoba,Ontario, Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador. Polar bears are both culturally and economically significant to the Inuit. As climate change continues to reduce their sea ice habitat, polar bears are increasingly threatened.

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    Porcupine

    Of the world's 23 species, only the North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) occurs in Canada, throughout mainland forests and thickets.

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    Prairie Dog

    The prairie dog is a highly gregarious, diurnal, terrestrial ground squirrel that lives in colonies or "towns."

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    Pronghorn

    The pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) is a small, very fleet ungulate of the order Artiodactyla. It is the last surviving species of a once abundant and diverse North American family of ruminants, known as Antilocapridae. Although sometimes called pronghorn antelope, it is not a true antelope.

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    Pseudoscorpion

    Pseudoscorpion and false-scorpion are the common names for tiny creatures in the class Arachnida, order Pseudoscorpiones (or Pseudoscorpionida).

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    Ptarmigan

    Ptarmigan are distinguished from other members of the grouse subfamily by their all-white wings.

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    Puffin

    Puffin is a common name for 3 species of medium-sized seabirds of the Auk family.

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    Purple Martin

    The purple martin (Progne subis), is the largest (14.4-14.9 cm) and most urbanized of Canadian swallows, and is the northernmost representative of an otherwise tropical New World genus.

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    Quail

    Quail is the name most commonly applied to an Old World species, Coturnix coturnix, of chickenlike birds.

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