Giant+Palouse+Earthworm

**Common Names:** Giant Palouse Earthworm
 * Scientific Name:** //Driloleirus americanus//
 * Phyla:** Annelida
 * Class:** Clitellata
 * Size:** Can grow as much as 3 feet long.


 * Description of Habitat:** Around 15 feet underground.
 * Living Requirements:** They constantly recycle the earth itself.
 * Interesting Facts:**
 * It is said that they smell like lilies when handled.
 * The giant Palouse earthworm is still among the Northwest's rarest inhabitants.

**Human Impact:** Both the giant gippsland earthworm and the giant palouse earthworm are only classed as vulnerable in the threatened category of the IUCN Red List, simply because they are hard to count. This is despite the extreme measures taken to save some and to try and just find a live specimen of others.

//** Work Cited **//
 * Zookeeper:** James Kanthachack
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