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Endangered Species
Most Endangered Wildlife List
The trouble with Top 10 Endangered Species lists is that the people putting them together always have to decide which species to leave off. In the end, there’s always a…
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American Wildlife
Siberian Tiger
The Amur, or Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) is the largest big cat in the world, weighing up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds). Unlike the other tiger subspecies, which are…
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Dolphins & Whales
Northern Right Whale
The most endangered of all the world’s whale species, the northern right whale (Eubalena glacialis) numbers around 350 individuals that travel the Atlantic coasts of Canada and the US. During…
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Monkeys
Mountain Gorilla
The mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei) is the largest of the four gorilla subspecies. Its natural range in the highlands of east-central Africa consists of two relatively small areas, a factor…
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Amazon Wildlife
Leatherback Sea Turtle
The leatherback sea turtle (Demochelys coriacea) is the earth’s biggest turtle and has the largest range of any species, swimming all over the globe from the tropics to the sub-polar…
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Asian Wildlife
Javan Rhinoceros
The Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus) is the most endangered of the world’s five rhinoceros species, with an estimated 40-60 animals remaining on the western tip of the Island of Java…
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American Wildlife
Hawaiian Monk Seal
Although Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schaulinislandi) tend to live far from humans on remote beaches throughout the Hawaiian Island chain, fewer than 1,000 of them remain and their numbers continue…
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