How many endangered species do you know?

Question

Name them

Answer 1

There are a lot of questions in this section regarding endangered species.  There are state and federal listings, and they don't always agree.  There are other categories, too, such as threatened and species of special concern.  Any species in any of those categories is endangered, in my book, because the process of listing a species is politically tinged and laborious.

Peninsular Bighorn Sheep

Little Kern Golden Trout

Pitkin Marsh Lily

Valley Elderberry Longhorn Borer

Delta Green Ground Beetle

California Condor (this poster child for endangered species recently received a boost when the governor FINALLY signed a bill banning lead shot in condor habitat!!)

Way to many to memorize or list here.  Bottom line, California's biodiversity is being seriously impacted, and more habitat-based protection programs are needed to protect the states precious natural resources.

California Tiger Salamander,

California Least Tern

San Joaquin Kit Fox

.. and so on, and so on, and so on.

Answer 2

I fear that man may join the list very soon if we don't make a concerted effort to recycle and clean up our environment. Recycling can be as simple as dividing used items into plastics, aluminum and all others to start, but municipalities must be required to do so. Without clean air and consumable water we are as good as dead anyway.

Answer 3

I know one. His name is bart,he is a california condor.I dont think he is on the list anymore.But he is an all around funny bird with tasty tunes playing.

Answer 4

I know a couple but this site edge is great! It provides a top 100 endangered species list!

http://www.edgeofexistence.org/species/t...

Answer 5

An endangered species is a population of an organism which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in number, or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters. An endangered species is usually a taxonomic species, but may be another evolutionary significant unit. The World Conservation Union (IUCN) has calculated the percentage of endangered species as 40 percent of all organisms based on the sample of species that have been evaluated through 2006.[2] (Note: the IUCN groups all threatened species for their summary purposes.) Many nations have laws offering protection to these species: for example, forbidding hunting, restricting land development or creating preserves. Only a few of the many species at risk of extinction actually make it to the lists and obtain legal protection. Many more species become extinct, or potentially will become extinct, without gaining public notice.

The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that endangered species not living. Many factors are taken into account when assessing the conservation status of a species; not simply the number remaining, but the overall increase or decrease in the population over time, breeding success rates, known threats, and so on. The IUCN Red List is the best known conservation status listing.

Internationally, 189 countries have signed an accord agreeing to create Biodiversity Action Plans to protect endangered and other threatened species. In the U.S. this plan is usually called a species Recovery Plan

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species uses the term endangered species as a specific category of imperilment, rather than as a general term. Under the IUCN Categories and Criteria, endangered species is between critically endangered and vulnerable. Also critically endangered species may also be counted as endangered species and fill all the criteria

The more general term used by the IUCN for species at risk of extinction is threatened species, which also includes the less-at-risk category of vulnerable species together with endangered and critically endangered.

IUCN categories include:

Extinct: the last remaining member of the species had died, or is presumed beyond reasonable doubt to have died. Examples: Thylacine, Dodo, Passenger Pigeon

Extinct in the wild: captive individuals survive, but there is no free-living, natural population. Examples: Alagoas Curassow

Critically endangered: faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the immediate future. Examples: Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Arakan Forest Turtle, Javan Rhino

Endangered: faces a very high risk of extinction in the near future. Examples: Cheetah, Blue Whale, Snow Leopard, African Wild Dog

Vulnerable: faces a high risk of extinction in the medium-term. Examples: Gaur, Lion

Least Concern: no immediate threat to the survival of the species. Examples: Norway Rat, Nootka Cypress Hawaiian Hawk