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Endangered Animals 2013

Cross River Gorilla

Photograph thanks to WWF
STATUS
Critically Endangered
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POPULATION
200 to 300 individuals
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Gorilla gorilla diehli
HEIGHT
4 to 5 ½ feet when standing on two feet
WEIGHT
up to 440 pounds

from WWF

The population risks inbreeding and a loss of genetic diversity because there are so few Cross River gorillas and they live in groups that interact infrequently if at all.

Where these endangered animals live it is illegal to hunt Gorillas but the wildlife laws are lax. The killing of just one of the few remaining can be detrimental in this already small population.

Cameroon and Nigeria

 
 

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Hawkbill Turtle

STATUS
Critically Endangered
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SCIENTIFIC NAME
Eretmochelys imbricata
WEIGHT
90-150 pounds
LENGTH
less than 3 feet
HABITATS
Oceans

Threats

FISHERIES BYCATCH

Hawksbills are particularly susceptible to entanglement in gill nets and accidental capture on fishing hooks. Marine turtles need to reach the surface to breathe, and therefore many drown once caught. Known as bycatch, this is a serious threat to hawksbill turtles. As fishing activity expands, this threat is more of a problem.

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Saola

STATUS
Critically Endangered
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POPULATION
Unknown
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Pseudoryx nghetinhensis
HEIGHT
Average 33 inches at the shoulder
WEIGHT
176-220 lbs
HABITATS
Evergreen forests with little or no dry season

South China Tiger

South China tigers – the reminder that the threat against the world’s tiger is an urgent one.
The only living South China tigers are found in zoos and in South Africa.
There are plans with the hopes of reintroducing captive-bred tigers back into the wild.
They were hunted as pests and their habitat was destroyed
South China Tiger

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STATUS
Critically Endangered
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POPULATION
believed to be extinct in the wild
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Panthera tigris amoyensis
HABITATS

Southeast China-Hainan Moist ForestsThis list saddens me I will add more soon. Visit the World Wildlife Fund for more information.

See more of this list at  Animal Cognizance

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