ENDANGERed SPECIES

ENDANGERed SPECIES

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What meant by endangered species ?1

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Ways To Prevent 4

What is IUCN Red List ?

10 Most Endangered Animals List And Causes

What meant by endangered species ?What meant by endangered species ?

An endangered species is a native species that faces a significant risk of extinction in the near future throughout all or a significant portion of its range. Such species may be declining in number due to threats such as habitat destruction, climate change, or pressure from invasive species.

What is IUCN Red List ?What is IUCN Red List ?

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List

or Red Data List), founded in 1963, is the world's most comprehensive

inventory of the global conservation status of biological species.

Headquarters United Kingdom

Region served International

Official languages English

Parent organization International Union for Conservation of Nature

Affiliations

Species Survival Commission, Birdlife International, Conservation International, NatureServe, Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Royal Botanic Gardens, Texas A&M University, Sapienza University of Rome, Zoological Society of London, Wildscreen

Website http://www.iucnredlist.org

The percentage of species in several groups which are listed as  critically

endangered,  endangered, or vulnerable on the 2007 IUCN Red List.

GRAPH FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES IN YEAR 1998 AND 2012

GRAPH FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES IN YEAR 1998 AND 2012

10 Most Endangered Animals List And Causes

10 Most Endangered Animals List And Causes

The most critically endangered animals is the ivory-

billed woodpecker, which lives—or lived—in the

Southeastern part of the US as well as Cuba.

This huge woodpecker was considered extinct until

2004, when a handful of tantalizing reports of

sightings in Arkansas and Florida began to trickle in.

However, definitive proof for the ivory-bill’s

continued existence has remained elusive, and if a

population does exist, it is likely to be tiny and

extremely vulnerable.

The ivory-billed woodpecker owes its near- or

complete extinction to habitat loss (logging) as well

as over-exploitation by humans, who hunted it for its

feathers.IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER

The Amur leopard (Panthera pardus

orientalis) is a very rare leopard

subspecies that lives only in the

remote and snowy northern forests of

eastern Russian’s Primorye region.

Its former range included Korea and

northern China, but the Amur leopard

is now extinct in those countries.

A 2007 census counted only 14-20

adult Amur leopards and 5-6 cubs.

Threats facing the species include

habitat loss due to logging, road

building and encroaching civilization,

poaching (illegal hunting) and global

climate change.

AMUR LEOPARDAMUR LEOPARD

The Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus)

is the most endangered of the world’s five

rhinoceros species, with an estimated 40-60

animals remaining on the western tip of the

Island of Java (Indonesia) in Ujung Kulon

National Park.

The last member of another tiny population

in Vietnam’s Cat Tien National Park was

killed by poachers in 2011.

The water- and swamp-loving Javan

rhinoceros formerly ranged throughout

Southeast Asia and Indonesia, but has been

hunted to near-extinction for its horn, which

is used to make Asian folk medicines.

Although it is now protected, it may not

have a large-enough breeding population to

prevent the species from going extinct.

JAVAN RHINOCEROSJAVAN RHINOCEROS

It is very difficult to say that one lemur

species is more endangered than

another.

There are around 100 species of these

primates, all of which live on the Island

of Madagascar, off the southeast coast

of Africa.

Virtually all of them are declining

dramatically in population, mostly

because of habitat loss due to logging in

the forests where they live—but also

because of illegal hunting.

Many lemur species are listed as

Endangered or Critically Endangered by

the International Union for the

Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

THE NORTHERN SPORTIVE LEMURTHE NORTHERN

SPORTIVE LEMUR

The most endangered of all the world’s whale

species, the northern right whale (Eubalena glacialis)

numbers around 350 individuals that travel the

Atlantic coasts of Canada and the US.

During the whaling days of the 19th century, the

right whale got its name because whalers considered

it the “right” whale to kill, as it not only was full of

valuable whale oil, but it floated after it was dead,

which made it easy to handle and process.

As a result, it was driven to near extinction.

Although the right whale is now protected, its small

remnant population continues to suffer losses due to

entanglements in commercial fishing gear.

Global climate change, which can affect the

availability of the tiny crustaceans on which right

whales feed, may prove to be another serious threat

to their recovery.

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALENORTHERN RIGHT WHALE

There are two lowland gorillas native to West

Africa: the western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla),

which is the most numerous of the four gorilla

subspecies, with over 100,000 individuals in the

wild, and the Cross River gorilla (Gorilla diehli), of

which only a tiny population of a few hundred

remains.

Both are listed by the IUCN as Critically

Endangered because of the fact that their

populations have declined by over 60 percent

during the past 25 years—and are projected to

continue dropping over the coming decades.

Causes for the increasing scarcity include habitat

loss and illegal commercial hunting by poachers,

who sell gorillas for food in West African markets.

But the largest killer of gorillas has been a deadly

illness—the incurable ebola virus—which has ended

the lives of up to 90 percent of these great apes in

some forest areas.

WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA

WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA

The leatherback sea turtle (Demochelys

coriacea) is the earth’s biggest turtle and has

the largest range of any species.

The leatherback is also critically endangered.

According to the IUCN, in 1982 there were

around 115,000 adult female leatherback turtles

in the world; just 14 years later, there were only

20,000 to 30,000—and the population has

continued to plummet.

The leatherback’s problems include theft of its

eggs by humans, illegal hunting and nesting-

habitat loss due to beach development, and the

erosion of beaches due to global climate change.

In addition, leatherbacks sometimes die after

ingesting plastic debris they find floating in the

ocean, which they mistake for food such as

jellyfish.

LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLELEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE

The Amur, or Siberian, tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)

is the largest big cat in the world, weighing up to

300 kilograms (660 pounds).

Unlike the other tiger subspecies, which are jungle-

dwellers, the Amur tiger lives in the birch forests of

Russia’s frigid and snowy Far East, and formerly

inhabited the colder regions of China and Korea.

In fact, the animal thrives in winter temperatures

that often drop to -50 degrees fahrenheit (-45

celsius).

Due to relentless hunting, Russia’s tiger population

had dropped to around 40 individuals by the 1930′s.

Since then, the animal has been protected, and its

numbers have rebounded to around 500. However,

it is still threatened by illegal hunting and habitat

loss in the form of logging and development.

SIBERIAN TIGERSIBERIAN TIGER

The Chinese giant salamander (Andrias

davidianas) is the world’s largest amphibian,

growing to lengths of up to 6 feet.

It used to be common throughout central,

southwestern and southern China, where it

lives in streams in the forested hills and lays

up to 500 eggs at a time in underwater

burrows guarded by the male.

However, the Chinese giant salamander has

now almost completely disappeared due to

its over-exploitation as a food source.

CHINESE GIANT SALAMANDERCHINESE GIANT SALAMANDER

The little dodo bird goes by other names as well, including

the tooth-billed pigeon, and in it’s native Samoa, the

Manumea bird.

Although just 12 inches (31 cm) in length, the Manumea is, in

fact, a relative of the famous “big” dodo bird, which lived on

the Island of Mauritius until it was hunted to extinction some

400 years ago.

Unfortunately, extinction threatens the little dodo as well: A

few hundred individuals remain on two Samoan islands, and

they are disappearing at an alarming rate due to habitat loss

and illegal hunting.

I’ve chosen the little dodo for inclusion on the Top 10 list

because i think that saving this bird would be a fitting way to

at least partially atone for the extinction of it’s larger cousin.

THE LITTLE DODO BIRDTHE LITTLE DODO BIRD

Ways to prevent :Ways to prevent :1. Learn about endangered species in your area.

2. Visit a national wildlife refuge, park, zoo or other open space.

3. Provide habitat for wildlife by planting native vegetation in your yard.

The spread of non-native species has greatly impacted native populations around the world.

Invasive species compete with native species for resources and habitat. They can even prey on

native species directly, forcing native species toward extinction.

4. Minimize use of herbicides and pesticides.

Pesticides may keep yards looking nice, but they are in fact hazardous pollutants that affect

wildlife at many levels. Many herbicides and pesticides take a long time to degrade, and build up

in the soils or throughout the food chain. Some groups of animals such as amphibians are

particularly vulnerable to these chemical pollutants and suffer greatly as a result of the high

levels of herbicides and pesticides in their habitat.

5. Recycle.

Buy recycled paper to protect forest species. Recycle your cell phones, because a mineral used

in cell phones and other electronics is mined in gorilla habitat.

6. Place decals on windows to deter bird collisions.

7. Slow down when driving.

8. Avoid supporting the market in illegal wildlife including: tortoiseshell, ivory and coral.

Overseas trips can be exciting and fun, and everyone wants a souvenir. But

sometimes the souvenirs are made from species nearing extinction. Avoid

supporting

the market in illegal wildlife, including tortoiseshell, ivory and coral. Also, be careful

of products including fur from tigers, polar bears, sea otters and other endangered

wildlife, crocodile skin, live monkeys or apes, most live birds including

parrots, macaws, cockatoos and finches, some live snakes, turtles and lizards, some

orchids, cacti and cycads, medicinal products made from rhinos, tiger or Asiatic

black

bear.

9. Report any harassment or shooting of threatened and endangered species to your local

state or federal wildlife enforcement office.

10.Protect wildlife habitat.

Laws regarding on endangered animals

Laws regarding on endangered animals

Malaysia officials are urged to enforce its International Trade in Endangered Species Act 2008, a legislation that regulates international trade of wild animals and plants.

Under Section 12 of the Act, any person who is found in possession of a scheduled species commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of up to RM 1 million, or to imprisonment for a term of up to seven years.

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