Click me
Transcribed

World's Top 10 Critically Endangered Species

mogw WORLD'S TOP 10 AMÄR CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES 4. 2. 3. Sumatran Tiger Javan Rhinoceros Cross River Gorilla Region where they are found: Nigeria and Cameroon Region where they are found: Sumatra, in Indonesia Vaquita Region where they are found: Indonesia and Vietnam Region where they are found: Gulf of California 60 Number remaining: 200 to300 Number remaining: Fewer than "600 Number remaining: Fewer than Number remaining: Fewer than 300 Description: Perhaps the planet's rarest large mammal. Its horn is prized Description: One of the rarest cetaceans by poachers, and its forests are prized by developers. Both could spell doom for the species. Description: This small tiger has lived only in Sumatra for a million years, making it hard to escape human expansion. Most survivors dwell in reserves, but about 100 live beyond the borders of the protected areas. Description: Thought to be in the world, the Vaquita is endangered by both its limited range and the ease with which it gets caught in fishing nets. extinct in the 1980s, the species is holding on, for now. Hunted for bush meat and crowded out by development, it may not last long. 20 Rhinocaros -50 Voquitas 5. Golden-Headed Langur Region where they are found: Vietnam 6. - 100 Tigers = 50 Gorilla Number remaining: Fewer than0 Black-Footed Ferret Description: All but wiped out, this primate was placed under protection in 2000. It is Region where they are found; North American Great Plains still in grave danger, but in 2003 its numbers rose for the first time in decades. 1,000 Number remaining: About Description: The continent's only native ferret is one of its most endangered mammals. In 1986, there were only 18 individuals left, but the species is clawing back. R- 10 Langur 1. Borneo Pygmy Elephant 8. 1,500 Region where they are found: Northern Borneo - 100 Ferret Giant Panda Number remaining: About Region where they are found: China, Burma, Vietnam Description: Shorter than the Asian elephant by about 20 in. (50 cm), the Borneo pygmy elephant is also more docile. Palm plantations have reduced its range, leaving it crowded for space. 2,000 Number remaining: Fewer than Description: 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. A- 100 Elephant Polar Bear 9. 10. = 100 Panda Region where they are found: The circumpolar Arctic Mekong Giant Catfish Number remaining: Fewer than Region where they are found: Mekong region of Southeast Asia 25,000 Number remaining: 0 Description: Human development and poaching have long threatened the polar bear, but climate change and the loss of sea ice are now pushing it onto the critical list. Description: Prized for its enormous size (the largest ever caught was 646 lb., or 293 kg), it is now protected in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, but fishing goes on. - 20 Catfish PR- 1000 Bear Source: http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1888702,00.html#ixzz1vwSY43r8 Designed by : InfoGraphic DESIG N TEAMŲ mogw WORLD'S TOP 10 AMÄR CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES 4. 2. 3. Sumatran Tiger Javan Rhinoceros Cross River Gorilla Region where they are found: Nigeria and Cameroon Region where they are found: Sumatra, in Indonesia Vaquita Region where they are found: Indonesia and Vietnam Region where they are found: Gulf of California 60 Number remaining: 200 to300 Number remaining: Fewer than "600 Number remaining: Fewer than Number remaining: Fewer than 300 Description: Perhaps the planet's rarest large mammal. Its horn is prized Description: One of the rarest cetaceans by poachers, and its forests are prized by developers. Both could spell doom for the species. Description: This small tiger has lived only in Sumatra for a million years, making it hard to escape human expansion. Most survivors dwell in reserves, but about 100 live beyond the borders of the protected areas. Description: Thought to be in the world, the Vaquita is endangered by both its limited range and the ease with which it gets caught in fishing nets. extinct in the 1980s, the species is holding on, for now. Hunted for bush meat and crowded out by development, it may not last long. 20 Rhinocaros -50 Voquitas 5. Golden-Headed Langur Region where they are found: Vietnam 6. - 100 Tigers = 50 Gorilla Number remaining: Fewer than0 Black-Footed Ferret Description: All but wiped out, this primate was placed under protection in 2000. It is Region where they are found; North American Great Plains still in grave danger, but in 2003 its numbers rose for the first time in decades. 1,000 Number remaining: About Description: The continent's only native ferret is one of its most endangered mammals. In 1986, there were only 18 individuals left, but the species is clawing back. R- 10 Langur 1. Borneo Pygmy Elephant 8. 1,500 Region where they are found: Northern Borneo - 100 Ferret Giant Panda Number remaining: About Region where they are found: China, Burma, Vietnam Description: Shorter than the Asian elephant by about 20 in. (50 cm), the Borneo pygmy elephant is also more docile. Palm plantations have reduced its range, leaving it crowded for space. 2,000 Number remaining: Fewer than Description: 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. A- 100 Elephant Polar Bear 9. 10. = 100 Panda Region where they are found: The circumpolar Arctic Mekong Giant Catfish Number remaining: Fewer than Region where they are found: Mekong region of Southeast Asia 25,000 Number remaining: 0 Description: Human development and poaching have long threatened the polar bear, but climate change and the loss of sea ice are now pushing it onto the critical list. Description: Prized for its enormous size (the largest ever caught was 646 lb., or 293 kg), it is now protected in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, but fishing goes on. - 20 Catfish PR- 1000 Bear Source: http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1888702,00.html#ixzz1vwSY43r8 Designed by : InfoGraphic DESIG N TEAMŲ

World's Top 10 Critically Endangered Species

shared by infographicdesi... on Feb 08
5,460 views
6 shares
1 comment
Industrialization and man's desire to expand rapidly has effected our ecosystem and natural habitat of wild animals. So many species of animals are gradually getting extinct. Unrestricted hunting is a...

Source

Unknown. Add a source

Category

Animals
Did you work on this visual? Claim credit!

Get a Quote

Embed Code

For hosted site:

Click the code to copy

For wordpress.com:

Click the code to copy
Customize size