| Animal | Range | Biomes/Habitats | Diet | Description | Class and Family | Reason for endangered status |
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Yellow-Footed Rock Wallaby Photo credit: "Wallaby Animal Replica" by Carol J Fox, 2007 |
Australia | cliff faces and rocky ramparts on mountain tops; | Mammalia Marsupial |
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 Snow Leopard |
Russia, Mongolia, China, Tibet, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India | Biomes: mountain steppes and coniferous forest scrub at
altitudes ranging from 2000 to 6000 meters.
grassland; scrub forest; mountain |
Cat; retracting paws, long tail, black spots, white coat | Mammalia Carnivoria Felidea
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Grand Cayman Island, West Indies | Forest Dry evergreen forest, scrub forest |
herbivores: leaves, flowers, fruit | up to 5 feet long, can live 50 years, turns blue during mating season or when excited | Reptilia Lizards
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fewer than 5-30 left in the wild cars, dogs, cats, habitat loss restoration program has had some success |
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Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat
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sole population of the hairy-nosed wombat is now in the Epping Forest National Park, northwest of Clermont in Central Queensland, Australia. | savannah or grassland |
| California Condor | ||||||
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Addax |
desert regions in Northeastern Niger, North Central Chad, Northwestern Mali, Eastern Mauritania, Southern Libya, and Northwestern Sudan | desert or dune; savannah or grassland | ||||
| Yangtze River Dolphin | ||||||
| Hispid Hare; Assam Rabbit | northwestern Assam, and a few areas in Nepal | savannah or grassland | ||||
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Rhinoceros "Schleich Animal Replica-Black Rhinoceros. Photo by Carol J. Fox, 2007. |
Five species of rhinoceros are still alive. Three of these species are found in south-central Asia and the other two live in Africa south of the Sahara. | Savannah grassland; scrub forest; dense forest; near water tropical forest? |
All species of Rhinoceros are endangered. Sumatran, Javan, |
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Golden Lion Tamarin |
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| Eastern Barred Bandicoot | ||||||
| Giant Stick Insect |
| Animal | Range | Biomes/ Habitats |
Diet | Description | Class | Reason for endangered status |
| Dwarf Water Buffalo | Mammal | |||||
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Bactrian Camel |
deserts and dunes; | Mammal | ||||
| Waterfall Frog Torrent Frog |
Amphibian | |||||
| Coelacanth | Aquatic | Fish | ||||
| Iriomote Cat | Mammal | |||||
| Pinta (Abingdon) Island Tortoise
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Galapagos Islands, Pinta Island | savannah or grassland, forest or forest scrub
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herbivores | Giant tortoise; grow up up 1.1 meters long and live to be 100 years old. | Reptile | Many tortoises lived on these islands. Introduced rats, dogs, cats and other animals from ships and slaughter of these animals for sailing ship food have caused them to become nearly extinct. Lonesome George is the only Pinta Island tortoise left in the world. When he dies there will be no more Pinta Island Tortoises. |
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Northern Right Whale |
North Atlantic and North Pacific
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Aquatic; Northern Pacific Ocean; shoreline and lagoons | zoo-plankton; shellfish, krill |
Mammal | Critically endangered fewer than 300 left hunted to near extinction; these whales like to feed and breed in coastal areas, near the surface of the ocean. They are often caught in ship propellers. |
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 Alpine Ibex |
Mammal | |||||
| Gharial, Indian Crocodile | Reptile | |||||
| Whooping Crane |
Bird | |||||
| Chinese Alligator | China; Yangtze River basin | Subtropical Freshwater Aquatic: Swamps, rivers, lakes and ponds |
invertebrates, fish, and shelled animals | Small alligator, about 5 feet, yellowish color, blunt teeth | Reptile | Critically endangered Habitat loss from farming |
 Spotted owl |
Canada, Mexico, Western United States | Temperate forests; old-growth forests | Bird | |||
| Range | Biomes/ Habitats | Diet | Description | Class | Reason for Endangered Status | |
 Grevy's Zebra
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Mammal | |||||
| Wild Yak
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Tundra: Mountain | Mammal | ||||
| Ethiopian Wolf |
Ethiopia, Africa | Mountain grasslands | Mammal | |||
| Columbia, Brazil, Peru South America |
Tropical Rainforest Arboreal |
New World monkey, bald red face, short tail | Mammal | Vulnerable: Habitat loss from logging, hunting, pet trade |
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 Andean Flamingo |
Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile Andes Mountains South America |
Mountain high plateau, cold desert, brackish water lakes |
long yellow legs, pale pinkish feathers, curved bill is yellow and black | Bird | Vulnerable Human habitat invasion mining, egg harvesting, tourism |
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 Blue duck Photo Credit:: New Zealand Biodiversity Website. For educational purposes only. |
New Zealand | Temperate forests wetlands, rivers, streams |
Endangered Habitat loss, new predator |
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 Crested Ibis |
China, Japan, Korea | Temperate forests, lakes, streams, |
Crest on head and neck white feathers, red face, black curved beak, red legs |
Bird | Only forty birds in the wild.
pollution, habitat loss Exists now only in one province in China |
| Animal | Range | Biomes/ Habitats |
Diet | Description | Class | Reason for Endangered Status |
| Arabian Oryx | ||||||
| Black_Footed Ferret* |
Western United States: northeastern Montana, western South Dakota, and southeastern Wyoming. | savannah or grassland | ||||
Photo credit: "Cheetah Replica" by Carol Fox, 2005. |
Sub-Saharan Africa and northern Iran | Grassland and savannahs with elevated points for lookout | ||||
| Southeast Asia | Tropical rainforest; grassland, scrublands, wetlands | |||||
| Red Panda | ||||||
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Giant Panda Cub Replica: Photo by Carol Fox, 2007. |
| Animal | Range | Biomes/ Habitats |
Diet | Description | Class | Reason for Status |
 Gorilla |
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 Jaguar |
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| Malayan Tapir | ||||||
| Okapi | ||||||
| Orangutan | ||||||
| Philippine Tarsier | ||||||
| Polar Bear | ||||||
| Red Panda | ||||||
| Ruffed Lemur | Madagascar | Rainforest | ||||
| Rusty-Spotted Cat | Southern parts of India and Sri Lanka |
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Sri Lanka, these cats are found scattered through dense tropical forests at
slightly higher altitudes. They are absent from the northern, dry parts of
Sri Lanka. In central India, the rusty-spotty cat is seen mostly scattered
throughout dry grasslands, scrubland, and open forests. ADW |
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 Walrus |
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 Quoll |
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 Tiger |
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Resources:
McLomans, David. Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet. New York: Walker, 2006.
Jenkins, Steve. Almost Gone: The World's Rarest Animals. New York: Harper Collins, 2006.
Animal Diversity Web (online). University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Accessed 3/10/07 at http://animaldiversity.org. 2006.
Photo credits:
Except where otherwise noted, all photos and illustrations are from Microsoft Clip Art, 2006.
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