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Endangered species

1 Examples: Javan Tiger, Thylacine, Dodo, Passenger Pigeon, Tyrannosaurus, Caribbean Monk Seal, Dimetrodon, ________

2 Also, over-exploitation, ________ (Wilcove & Master, 2008, p.

3 ________ is another factor that causes many species to become endangered, especially a large proportion of aquatic life.

4 Internationally, 190 countries have signed an accord agreeing to create ________ to protect endangered and other threatened species.

5 Under the ________ in the United States, "endangered" is the more protected of the two categories.

6 ________ uses the term endangered species as a specific category of imperilment, rather than as a general term.

7 Conservation experts view the effect of China's ________ on the wild turtle populations of China and South-Eastern Asia - many of which are endangered - as "poorly understood".

8 ________, Europe's most endangered mammal

9 Critically endangered: faces an extremely high risk of ________ in the immediate future.

10 ________

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the endangered golden lion tamarin has a long, but not prehensile, tail?
  • the waxcap mushroom Hygrocybe austropratensis (pictured) has been declared an endangered species by the Government of New South Wales?
  • the Anjajavy Forest holds many endangered species including four of the 99 pairs of Madagascar Fish Eagle?
  • the Antioch Dunes Evening Primrose grows only in the Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge, the first wildlife refuge in the U.S. formed to protect endangered plant and insect species?
  • the endangered cui-ui sucker fish was a staple of the Native American Paiute tribe for over a millennium?
  • the endangered American Burying Beetle is one of the only beetle species that exhibits parental care?
  • most of the world's population of Northern Bald Ibis, an endangered species of birds, are found at Souss-Massa National Park in Morocco?
  • the Colombian palm Aiphanes leiostachys is an endangered species, while two other Colombian endemics in the same genus, Aiphanes duquei and Aiphanes lindeniana, are vulnerable to extinction?
  • the endangered subspecies California Clapper Rail, a chicken-sized bird that rarely flies, has chicks that can swim when they are just two hours old?
  • the endangered wildflower Lasthenia conjugens has successfully colonized new vernal pools with human assistance?
  • the Black-winged Starling (pictured) was once considered a potential problem for the threatened Bali Starling but is now an endangered species itself?
  • the DSSAM Model is a computer simulation used to study water quality of the Truckee River, and assisted in conservation of two endangered species?
  • the extensive mangrove destruction in Malaysia and Indonesia is a major threat to the endangered roughnose stingray?
  • the fruit of the pondberry, an endangered wetland shrub, was used by children in the rural Southern United States as ammunition in toy pop guns made from hollowed-out elderberry stems?
  • the habitat of the endangered Whiteray pygmy daisy (illustrated) has been reduced to a narrow strip only six miles long, due to urban development, off-road vehicles and destruction by road maintenance crew?
  • yearly whale counts of the endangered Humpback Whale (pictured) in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary show their numbers are increasing by 7% per year?
  • the Yulupa Creek watershed has been designated as critical habitat for two California endangered species?
  • the San Mateo woolly sunflower is an endangered species that makes its home on serpentine outcrops that are chemically inhospitable for most plant species?
  • the Laguna de Santa Rosa in Sonoma County, California, has several endemic endangered species and is the second-largest freshwater wetland in Northern California?
  • the Aleutian Shield Fern, an endangered species found only on the Aleutian Island, Adak Island, is one of the least known of the world's ferns?
  • the Ropar Wetland, in addition to being home to several endangered and threatened species, was the site of the signing of an 1831 treaty between the English and the Sikhs?
  • the San Francisco garter snake is an endangered species capable of digesting toxic newts but is not found in San Francisco?
  • males of the endangered South Andean Deer have a distinctive black "face mask" that forms an elongated heart-shape?
  • in April 2009, a team of scientists uncovered evidence suggesting that the endangered Visayan Spotted Deer (pictured) survived in a tiny forest in Negros?
  • Piperia yadonii is a rare and endangered species of wild orchid whose survival may be influenced by the demand for increased golfing on the Monterey Peninsula?
  • Sonoma Creek (pictured), a California-designated critical coastal watershed, drains the acclaimed Sonoma Valley Wine Country, and provides a home to many endangered species?
  • Acanthomintha duttonii is an endangered wildflower that is found only in a six mile long strip on the San Francisco Peninsula?
  • Amaranthus brownii, an endangered species of pigweed endemic to the Northwestern Hawaiian Island of Nihoa, was discovered in 1923, but has not been seen in the wild for twenty-five years?
  • phumdis (example pictured), exclusive to Loktak Lake, are masses of decaying vegetation forming Keibul Lamjao National Park, the world’s only floating park and a preservation area for endangered Eld's Deer, in Manipur, India?
  • Yreka phlox, an endangered flowering plant that grows in serpentine soil, is the official city flower of Yreka, California?
  • construction for the bobsleigh, luge, and track to be used for the 2014 Winter Olympics has been delayed due to high downhill grades and location near a World Heritage Site, including near an endangered species of brown bear?
  • conservation reliant species, which require continuing wildlife management interventions for their survival, comprise 80% of endangered species in the US?
  • hydrological transport models are computer simulations analyzing the movement of water pollution in rivers, and have played a role in aiding endangered species?
  • Madagascar dry deciduous forests (such as Anjajavy Forest, pictured right) contain many endangered and endemic species of lemurs, boas, and chameleons?
  • Cirsium fontinale is a species of California thistle that actually represents three taxa, two of which are endangered species with narrow endemic ranges?
  • Lytocaryum weddellianum, an endangered species of palm trees endemic to Brazil, may be saved from extinction as it has become a common potted plant in Europe?
  • although the freshwater snail Valvata piscinalis is widely distributed in some parts of North America where it is non-indigenous, it is endangered in some of its native areas?
  • around 30–40 endangered Sri Lankan elephants (pictured) are present within Kumana National Park?
  • both species of Corroboree frog are critically endangered?
  • in 2008, the IUCN revised the conservation status of the Central American Squirrel Monkey (pictured) from endangered to the lesser risk status of vulnerable?
  • all four remaining species of island raccoons (examples pictured), found only on small Central American and Caribbean islands, are considered endangered?
  • about 22% of all reported species of mammals in Colombia are endangered or critically endangered?
  • Ossubtus xinguense is an endangered species of fish that has an unusual downturned mouth which gives the appearance of a beak?
  • Trillium reliquum is an endangered species that exists at only 21 sites in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina?
  • Horabagrus brachysoma, an endangered species of the genus Horabagrus, has been considered a potential flagship species for media attention to provide a focus for wildlife conservation of inland biodiversity?
  • conifer Torreya taxifolia was one of the first plant species listed as endangered in the United States?
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