Endangered?

Question

can anyone tell em 5 different endangered aimals with a bit of info about them plz....

Answer 1

5 Endangered Species

1.Panda

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panda

2. Siberian Tiger

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_ti...

3.Orangutan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangutan#C...

4. Polar bear

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_bear

5. Chinese Pink Dolphin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_bear

Answer 2

San Francisco garter snake-due to habitat destruction and dieing of the red legged frog.  Snake has black tips on the tongue to catch fish.

Tiger slamander-due to pollution.

Red Legged frog-due to habitat destruction.

dessert tortoise-road kill and habitat destruction.

Spider tortoise-pet collection and used as food plus habitat destruction.  Comes from madagascar

Chinchillas-due to hunting.  THey live in the Andies mountains and have about 50-80 hairs per follicle.

Answer 3

1. LEATHER BACK SEATURTLE

STATUS:

ESA -- ENDANGERED

IUCN -- ENDANGERED

SIZE:

Length:

Up to 5 feet (1.5 m)

Weight:

800 pounds (365 kg) average

HABITAT:

Warm and temperate oceans

POPULATION:

100,000 females worldwide, males unknown

CURRENT RANGE":

Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans

CONSERVATION: Use of Turtle Excluder Devices and protection of critical nesting habitats; CITES trade restrictions

# Any leatherback that survives to adulthood has overcome enormous odds. Females may lay more than 100 eggs in a nest, but many of these are eaten by predators (including humans) before they hatch. Of the hatchlings that do make it out of the nest, the vast majority are eaten by predators (primarily gulls and other birds) on the beach or in the ocean. A nest of 100 eggs will probably produce no more than one or two adults.

# After leatherback females lay their eggs, they immediately return to the sea. The moon's reflection on the water may help them find their way but artificial lights disorient them and can cause them to crawl the wrong way and die of exhaustion and dehydration. Lights can also mislead hatchling leatherbacks when they begin their frantic rush across the beach to the surf. In the southeastern U.S., coastal communities are encouraged to turn off exterior lights during the hatching period so the hatchlings can find their way home.

# Leatherbacks have been on the Endangered Species List since 1970. But because they are so difficult to count, it's impossible to determine how leather-back pop-ulations are affected by loss of nesting sites, plastic ingestion, egg poaching, and commercial fisheries. Before any conclusions are reached, additional research is required.

2.ORA( KOMODO DRAGON )

STATUS:

ESA -- ENDANGERED

IUCN -- VULNERABLE

SIZE:

Length:

Up to 10 feet (3 m)

Weight:

Up to 300 pounds (135 kg)

HABITAT:

Dry savanna, woodland thickets, forest fringes

CURRENT RANGE:

Komodo Island, western Flores Island, and nearby islands in Indonesia

CONSERVATION: CITES trade restrictions; although not in immediate danger of extinction, the small range of oras indicates that some management is required

# Oras caught in the wild don't survive well in captivity. They don't reproduce readily, and often die from infections and parasitic diseases. But some hatchlings born in zoos (including one born in 1992 at the National Zoo in Washington, DC) have done well.

# Young oras live in trees, feeding on insects, until they're about a year old and three feet long. Then they move permanently to the ground. This strategy helps preserve the species; small oras on the ground are sometimes preyed on by adults.

# The ora's yellow tongue and repulsive mouth odor may have been the inspiration for legends of fire-breathing dragons.

# Legal protection of oras has reduced commercial hunting, but they are sometimes poisoned by villagers to protect children and domestic animals.

# In 1926, W. Douglas Burden, a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History, organized an expedition to Komodo to capture oras and bring them back to the U.S. It was he who first called them "dragons." Burden came back with two living lizards and some preserved specimens for study at the Museum. The live ones survived for only a short time at the Bronx Zoo. In the Hall of Reptiles on the third floor of the Museum, you can see some of the preserved specimens Burden brought back.

The Lizard King...

Among the thousands of small islands of Indonesia is one called Komodo -- a mountainous stretch of volcanic rock covered with grass, palms, and small pockets of jungle. This little island, 22 miles (35 km) long, along with a few others nearby, is the sole habitat of the world's largest lizard. The people of Komodo call this animal "ora." Elsewhere it is known as the Komodo Island monitor or more popularly, the Komodo dragon.

Oras can reach 10 feet in length and weigh 300 pounds or more -- particularly after a meal. They are the top predators in their habitat, feeding on wild boar, deer, water buffalo, dogs, goats, rats, snakes, birds, other oras, and -- once in a great while -- humans. They hunt by ambush, hiding in the scrub brush along trails and in the tall grass of the savannas. Despite their lumbering appearance, oras can move with alarming speed when they want to, lunging from their hiding places and sprinting toward their startled victims. They can't sustain a long chase, but often all they need to subdue their prey is one bite. Oras carry poisonous bacteria in their mouths so even if they don't immediately catch their prey, the attack is often fatal. Using their long forked tongues (oras and other monitor lizards are closely related to snakes), they track the scent of their prey as the wounded animal slowly weakens from the infected bite -- a process that can take several days. When the victim can no longer flee, the ora moves in for the kill. Oras are voracious eaters. They devour every bit of their prey -- bones, fur, hooves -- ripping off huge chunks with their razor-sharp serrated teeth and swallowing the pieces whole. Like all predators, oras serve an important ecological function: they preserve ecological stability by ensuring that prey species (deer, for example) don't overpopulate and degrade their island habitat.

...A Crowded Kingdom

Oras are reptiles. They don't need to eat as often as big mammalian predators, such as tigers. As a result, the small island of Komodo can support quite a few of these giant monitor lizards -- their total population on the island is estimated at about 4,000 to 5,000 animals. This same amount of territory could only support a few dozen tigers. Still, these numbers don't tell the whole story. The ora population includes only about 350 breeding females. And as human populations grow, the ora's limited habitat shrinks. On some islands, the coexistence between people and giant lizards is an increasingly uneasy one. Komodo Island is now a popular ecotourist attraction. The Indonesian government is attempting to regulate this traffic so that disruption of the oras is kept to a minimum.

3.INDIAN PYTHON

STATUS:

ESA -- ENDANGERED

(as subspecies molurus)

IUCN -- NEAR THREATENED

SIZE:

Length:

Up to 21 feet (6.5 m)

HABITAT:

Scrubland, rocky hillsides

POPULATION:

Unknown

CONSERVATION: CITES trade restrictions

# The wonderful patterns seen on snake skins are formed like a mosaic: each pattern element is made up of hundreds of separate scales, each of which is a single color.



The popularity of python-skin boots, belts, wallets, and other popular fashion accessories has also contributed to population decline. The animals are also prized as a food item and source of medicine in some Asian cultures.

4.BENGAL TIGER

STATUS:

ESA -- ENDANGERED

IUCN -- ENDANGERED

SIZE:

Weight:

395-570 pounds (180-260 kg)

Length:

4.5-9 feet (1.4-2.75 m)

Shoulder height:

up to 3.5 feet (1.1 m)

HABITAT:

Varied; tropical rain forest, mixed deciduous forest

CURRENT RANGE:

Indian subcontinent (Bengal tiger); other subspecies in eastern Asia from Indochina to southeastern Siberia, western Indonesia

CONSERVATION:

Captive-breeding programs; reserves to protect suitable habitat; Species Survival Plan; CITES trade restrictions

#  To better estimate tiger populations, researchers are now using "camera traps." Automatic cameras are linked to a beam-triggering mechanism. When a tiger (or any other animal) passes through the beam, the camera takes its picture. This is effective for counting tigers because every tiger has a unique pattern of stripes, so individuals can be identified. This approach also helps count tiger prey species, a vital factor in determining how many tigers a given area can support.

# Tigers give birth every 2-2.5 years. Litters are usually two to four cubs. Cubs stay with the mother (who teaches them to hunt) until she has her next litter. Only about half of the cubs survive to adulthood.

# Tiger colors range from reddish-orange to reddish-ochre, with creamy or white under parts and black, gray or brown stripes on the head, body, tail, and legs.

5.GRAY WOLF

STATUS:

ESA -- ENDANGERED

SIZE:

Weight:

45-176 pounds (20-80 kg)

Length:

40-63 inches (102-160 cm)

HABITAT:

In North America, forest, mountain, and tundra

POPULATION:

In lower 48 states of the United States: 2,500 In Alaska: 6,000-7,000 In Canada: 30,000

CURRENT RANGE:

Parts of northern North America and Eurasia (map shows N. American range only); becoming more common in Lake Superior states and northern Rockies

CONSERVATION:

reintroduction plans in Yellowstone, Idaho, and Montana; IUCN specialist groups recommend reintroduction programs for parts of Europe; CITES trade restrictions

# The gray wolf had the greatest natural range of any living terrestrial mammal other than humans.

# The gray wolf has recently been downlisted to "lower risk" by the IUCN.

# Wolves inevitably prefer wild game to livestock. In North America, bison, deer, elk, moose, and beaver head the wolf's menu. This underlines the importance of reintroducing natural prey in areas where wolves are being restored.

# In accounts from the last two centuries, wolves were often begrudgingly admired by their human executioners. Many stories portray them avoiding traps, refusing bait, and dodging bullets. Wolves can make themselves vomit at the first sign of nausea or irritation. Until the development of strychnine, they were considered almost impossible to poison.

# Wolf-pack size varies with the size of prey. Packs that feed primarily on deer, for example, will usually number seven or fewer. Packs that feed on larger game, such as moose, may consist of 15 to 20 animals.

# Wolves once inhabited all of New York State. Not until the arrival of the colonial

Answer 4

The mountain gorilla:  Some of these where found murdered execution style. http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/se...

The Javan rhinoceros  is the rarest mammal and is the most endangered  rhino on earth. http://www.rhinos-irf.org/

Answer 5

California Condor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_...

Dhole

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhole

Blue Whale http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Whale

Red-crowned crane http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-crowned...

Tiger http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger