How many endangered animals do you know?
May 22nd is 'World Biodiversity Day', aiming to raise public awareness of the protection of biodiversity. However, with the increasing degradation of the ecological environment, many species in the world are facing a crisis. Currently, about 34,000 species of plants and 5,200 species of animals are endangered.
Editor summarizes several endangered and rare animals, let's take a look together!
NO1: Giant Panda
The giant panda is known as 'the national treasure', it is lively and cute, with a charming appearance, and has been widely loved by people all over the world. It is not only rare, endangered and a local specialty, but also very ancient, and known as 'living fossil'.
NO2: Downy Snow Monkey
The Downy Snow Monkey is a first-class rare and endangered protected animal in China, and is also a vulnerable species listed in the IUCN Red List. Like the giant panda, it is known as China's 'national treasure'. The Downy Snow Monkey is only distributed in the narrow area between the Jinsha River and the Lancang River, with a current population of about 3,000 individuals.
NO3: Chinese White Dolphin
The Chinese White Dolphin is known as 'the marine giant panda', it belongs to the dolphin family, and is a rare and endangered species together with the South Asian tiger and the South Asian rhinoceros. From being visible year-round to only remaining 4,000 heads. They and humans alike can maintain constant body temperature, breathe with the lungs, give birth and nurture their young with milk. Belong to the first-level protected animals in the country.
NO4: Saiga Antelope
The Saiga Antelope is one of the 23 species of crocodiles in the world, and is unique to China. It is also one of the most endangered crocodile species. China has listed it as a first-level protected animal, and the World Conservation Organization lists it as an endangered species and prohibits its trade. In 1999, the Sino-US joint investigation group found that the wild population of Saiga Antelope was less than 150, and it has declined at a rate of 4% to 6% per year.
NO7: Polar Bear
Global warming leads to the shrinking of Arctic sea ice. Currently, the global population of polar bears is only 26,000 heads, and the IUCN also marks the protection status of polar bears as 'vulnerable', and polar bears are very 'fragile', and are likely to become extinct.
NO8: Reeves's Pheasant
The Reeves's Pheasant was once considered extinct, but in 1981, Chinese scientists discovered 7 Reeves's Pheasants in Xiaoying County, and cultivated generations of Reeves's Pheasants. Currently, the wild population of Reeves's Pheasants in China is about 1,800, and about 700 are raised artificially.
NO5: Cranes
The Cranes have three long traits - long beaks, long necks and long legs. The feathers are almost all pure white. The head and eyes have a small area of black feathers; the throat, cheeks and neck are mostly dark brown; the secondary and tertiary flight feathers are black and elongated and curved into an arch. The tail feathers are short and white. The beak is gray-green, and the feet are gray-black. Cranes have been listed in the 'World Natural Protection Alliance' endangered species list.
NO6: Alligator
The Alligator is one of the 23 species of crocodiles in the world, and is unique to China. It is also one of the most endangered crocodile species. China has listed it as a first-level protected animal, and the World Conservation Organization lists it as an endangered species and prohibits its trade. In 1999, the Sino-US joint investigation group found that the wild population of Alligator was less than 150, and it has declined at a rate of 4% to 6% per year.
NO11: White Rhinoceros
The White Rhinoceros is one of the most rare and endangered animals in the world. There are only 3 heads of the northern White Rhinoceros. The White Rhinoceros is divided into two subspecies, the southern White Rhinoceros and the northern White Rhinoceros. Currently, the total number is less than 30,000, and is strictly protected.
NO12: Shoebill Stork
The Shoebill Stork is distributed in East Africa, and usually lives in swamps. It can grow to more than 5 feet (about 1.5 meters) tall, with a wingspan of about 10 feet (about 3 meters). Shoebill Storks often feed in shallow water, feeding on fish, frogs, etc. Shoebill Storks have been listed as endangered species, with an estimated total population of 5,000 to 8,000 individuals.
NO13: Long-tailed Macaque
The Long-tailed Macaque belongs to the red protected list vulnerable species. The Long-tailed Macaque's main feature is its large and long nose. Male Long-tailed Macaques have larger noses as they grow older, and finally form a large red nose like a pumpkin. Female Long-tailed Macaques have normal noses.
NO14: Northern Pallas's Bear
The Northern Pallas's Bear is a rare and large mammal unique to Queensland, Australia. It is one of the most rare species of bears. It is distributed in the central part of Queensland, Australia, and is closely related to the endangered Tasmanian devil and South Asian brown bear. Due to human land development, dog predation, etc., the population of Northern Pallas's Bear has decreased by more than 20%.
NO15: San Esteban's Salamander
The San Esteban's Salamander has a very cute and innocent look. It is one of the most rare salamanders in the world. It is listed as a critically endangered species by the IUCN in 2008. It is an omnivorous, with a fine tooth, able to eat small fish, loach and other aquatic animals, even beef and chicken.
Everyone thinks which animal is the rarest and cutest?
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