What are endangered animals?
A snow leopard cub
Endangered animals or species are animals that are facing a high risk of extinction. The main causes for an animal species to become extinct or endangered are: habitat destruction, extinction of all animals that provide food for one species, over exploitation, and over-hunting. The nature conservation status shows weather an animal is:
Some critically endangered animals are the:
American alligator, Black-billed amazon, Red-tailed amazon, Asian black bear, Banana Bat, Bearded screech owl, Atlantic cod, Atlantic Whitefish, Bilby, Bigeye Tuna, Black pond turtle, Cainarachi poison frog, Cairns rainbow fish, Fruit dove, Dingo,and Devil's river minnow.
- 1 = critically imperiled
- 2 = imperiled
- 3 = vulnerable
- 4 = apparently secure
Some critically endangered animals are the:
- Cuban crocodile: Currently restricted to two small areas of Cuba.
- Grenada dove: The national bird of Grenada is threatened by habitat loss.
- Florida bonneted bat: Thought to be extinct in 2002; a small colony has since been discovered.
- Green-eyed frog: Only a few hundred of these small amphibians are left.
- Hirola: Also called Hunter's hartebeest; the hirola is a highly threatened African antelope.
- Ploughshare tortoise: With only 400 left, the ploughshare tortoise is threatened by the illegal pet trade.
- Island gray fox: Living on the California Channel Islands, this is the smallest fox in the United States.
- Sumatran orangutan: This population has declined 80 percent during the past 75 years.
- Vaquita: This small ocean porpoise is drowning in fishing nets.
- White-headed langur: Only 59 of these monkeys remain on a small island off Vietnam.
American alligator, Black-billed amazon, Red-tailed amazon, Asian black bear, Banana Bat, Bearded screech owl, Atlantic cod, Atlantic Whitefish, Bilby, Bigeye Tuna, Black pond turtle, Cainarachi poison frog, Cairns rainbow fish, Fruit dove, Dingo,and Devil's river minnow.