10 Species on the Brink

10 Species on the Brink : 

10 Species on the Brink By, Ashley Corcoran

BLACK-FOOTED FERRET : 

BLACK-FOOTED FERRET NUMBER REMAININING: about 1,000 habitat: NORTH AMERICAN GREAT PLAINS STATUS: the continent’s only native ferrets and one of its most endangered mammals. In 1986, there were only 18 individuals left, but the species is clawing back.

Giant panda : 

Giant panda Number remaining: fewer than 25,000 Habitat: china, Burma, Vietnam Status: loss and fragmentation of habitat are to blame for the panda’s perilous state. Captive breeding and species protection are helping the panda hang on-barely

Sumatran Tiger : 

Sumatran Tiger Number remaining: fewer than 600 Habitat: sumatra, in indonesia Status: has lived only in sumatra for a million years, making it hard to escape human expansion. Most surviors are in protected reserves, but about 100 aren’t.

Golden-Headed Langur : 

Golden-Headed Langur Number remaining: fewer than 70 Habitat: vietnam Status: all but wiped out, the primate was placed under protection in 2000. its is still in grave danger, but in 2003 its number rose for the first time in decades.

Cross River Gorilla : 

Cross River Gorilla Number remaining: fewer than 300 Habitat: nigeria and cameroon Status: throught to be extinct in the 1980, the species is holding on, for now. Hunted for bush meat and crowed out by development, it may not last long.

Borneo Pygmy Elephant : 

Borneo Pygmy Elephant Number remaining: about 1,500 Habitat: northern borneo status: shorter than the asian elephant by about 20 inches, it is also more docile. Palm plantations have reduced its range, leaving it crowed for space.

Javan Rhinoceros : 

Javan Rhinoceros Number remaining: fewer than 60 Habitat: indonesia and Vietnam Status: perhaps the planet’s rarest large mammals. Its horn is prized by poachers, and its forest are prized by developers. Both could spell doom for the species.

Vaquita : 

Vaquita Number remaining:200 to 300 Habitat: gulf of california Status: one of the rarest cetaceans in the world, it is endangered by both its limited range and the ease with witch it gets caught in fishing nets.

Mekong Giant catfish : 

Mekong Giant catfish Number remaining: hundreds Habitat: mekong redion of southeast asia Status: prized for it enormous size (the largest ever caught as 645 lb.) it is now protected in thailand, laos and cambodia, but fishing goes on.

Aye-aye : 

Spectacularly strange, it uses its long middle finger to dig grubs from trees. Aye-aye

Fossa : 

Fossa The catlike carnivore is among the fiercest animals left in Madagascar.

Lowland Streaked Tenrec : 

The spiny worm eater is so far still plentiful Lowland Streaked Tenrec

Three Reasons Why The Animals Are In Danger In Madagascar : 

Three Reasons Why The Animals Are In Danger In Madagascar 80% of its original vegetation cut down or burned since humans arrived at least 1,500 years ago. Fragmenting habitats and leaving animals effectively homeless. Unchecked hunting wiped out a number of large species, and today mining, logging and energy exploration threaten those that remain.

Three Things That We Can Do To Help Prevent The Animals From Becoming Extinct : 

Three Things That We Can Do To Help Prevent The Animals From Becoming Extinct Control global warming Ban on hunting Stop cutting down the trees