Endangered Animals
| Animal | Range | Biomes/Habitats | Diet | Description | Class and Family | Reason for endangered status |
| CONIFEROUS FORESTS | ||||||
 Siberian Tiger (sub-species of Tiger) |
Eastern Asia | snow-covered coniferous and deciduous forests with dense conver |
carnivorous large hooved mammals mountain goats |
Cat; retracting paws, long tail, black stripes, white coat | Mammalia Felidea
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 Snow Leopard |
Russia, Mongolia, China, Tibet, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India | Alpine; High Mountains | carnivorous wild sheep, wild boar, hares, mice, deer, marmots, and other small mammals |
Cat; retracting paws, long tail, black spots, white under belly | Mammalia Carnivoria Felidea
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 Caribou, Woodland |
Canada | Taiga, Deciduous Forest | Mammalia Hoofed mammals |
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 Wolf, Grey |
Mammalia Carnivoria Canidea |
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 Bear, Grizzly |
Taiga | |||||
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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 |
 Wombat, Northern Hairy-nosed |
| GRASSLAND OR SAVANNAH | |||||||||
 Grevy's Zebra |
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| California Condor | |||||||||
 Addax |
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| Yangtze River Dolphin | |||||||||
| Assam Rabbit | |||||||||
| Rhinoceros | |||||||||
Golden Lion
Tamarin |
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| Eastern Barred Bandicoot | |||||||||
| Giant Stick Insect |
| Animal | Range | Biomes/Habitats | Diet | Description | Class and Family | Reason for endangered status |
| DESERT | ||||||
Bactrian Camel |
Mammal | |||||
 Wallaby, Yellow-Footed Rock |
Australia | desert or dune grassland or savannah Cliffs and rocky ledges on mountain tops |
herbivorous browse and graze grasses and leaf fall |
Small kangaroo-like; average 4 feet in hiehgt. | Mammalia Marsupial |
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| Waterfall Frog Torrent Frog |
Amphibian | |||||
| Coelacanth | Fish | |||||
| Iriomote Cat | Mammal | |||||
| Abingdon Island Tortoise
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Reptile | |||||
| Northern Right Whale
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North Atlantic and North Pacific | zooplankton; 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 | |||
| Wild Yak | tundra | Mammal |
| DECIDUOUS FORESTS | |||||||||
| Ethiopian Wolf
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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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| Dwarf Water Buffalo | Mammal | ||||||||
 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 |
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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