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- Hippopotamus (6778 bytes)
15: ...rge, plant-eating [[Africa]]n [[mammal]], one of only two living and three (or four) recently extinct ...
41: ...//www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/sgs/pphsg/APchap3-1.htm IUCN Pigs, Peccaries and Hippopotamus Specialist group... - Giraffe (8140 bytes)
16: ... separate family, the [[Giraffidae]], consisting only of the giraffe and its closest relative, the [[o...
34: ...ertebrae, but each of the seven bones is greatly enlarged. Bone constitutes the bud-like horns called ...
38: ...ern provides a certain degree of [[camouflage]]. Only 25 to 50 percent of giraffe calves reach adultho...
64: ...w.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php?species=9194 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species] - Cheetah (6461 bytes)
20: ...nce to the mane found in cheetah cubs. It is the only cat that cannot completely retract its claws. Ev...
25: ...rth. The cheetah can live over twenty [[year]]s. Unlike other felines, the adult [[female]]s do not ha...
32: Cheetahs are found in the wild only in [[Africa]], but in the past their range exten...
49: Cheetahs are included on the [[IUCN]] list: [[vulnerable species]] (African subspecie... - Albatross (4372 bytes)
17: ...ly allied to the [[petrel]]s. They were once commonly known as '''Goonie birds''' or '''Gooney birds''...
23: ...(or more threatened than that) according to the [[IUCN Red List]]. Part of the blame can be put on long...
28: ...rey|birds of prey]] and many others in a greatly enlarged order [[Ciconiiformes]], whereas in Europe, ...
34: The [http://www.albatross.org.nz/ world's only mainland royal albatross colony] is within the city lim...
48: ...irds/albatross.htm Albatross resources from Bird Online] (North America) - Boto (5572 bytes)
19: The [[IUCN]] lists '''Amazon Dolphin''', '''Boto Vermelho'''...
42: ...family. Nevertheless, the [[1994]] and [[2000]] [[IUCN]] [[Red List of Threatened Species]] classified i...
57: ... Specialist Group 2003, Reeves et al. [http://www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/actionplans/cetaceans/cetaceans.pd...
59: ....iniidae.inia.html Walker's Mammals of the World Online - Amazon Dolphins] - Bottlenose Dolphin (16802 bytes)
33: The species is commonly known for its friendly character and curiosity. ...
40: Their diet consists mainly of small fish, occasionally also [[squid]], [[cr...
52: ...almost exclusively shown by females. This is the only known case of tool use in marine mammals. An ela...
57: ...t and is inserted into the vagina. The act lasts only 10-30 seconds, but is repeated numerous times, w...
78: ... precisely because of this issue. See [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php?species=22563]. - Endangered species (12553 bytes)
2: ...s from development, etc.) to prevent extinction. Only a few of the many truly endangered species actua...
10: ...wn worldwide conservation status listing is the [[IUCN Red List]], but many more specialized lists exist...
12: ... this encyclopedia. They are loosely based on the IUCN categories. - Extinction (15793 bytes)
8: ...[[World Conservation Union]] (WCU, formerly the [[IUCN]]), 784 extinctions have been recorded since the ...
13: ... A species may become functionally extinct when only a handful of individuals survive, which are unab...
15: ...living specimens in the wild, and are maintained only in [[zoo]]s or other artificial environments. S...
25: ... when toxic pollution renders its entire habitat unlivable; or may occur gradually over thousands or m...
39: ...pends on dense shade for protection from direct sunlight can no longer survive with no forest to house... - Yellowstone National Park (23738 bytes)
22: <tr><td>''[[IUCN]] category'' </td>
114: ...jor tourist areas were affected. Some areas have only recently recovered fully from the blaze.
129: ...tone/index-en.html Yellowstone page on Stromboli online] - Ocelot (4489 bytes)
19: ...most felines, they are solitary, usually meeting only to mate. However, during the day they rest in tr...
23: ...gered species]] in many countries, although the [[IUCN]] lists them as "Least Concern".
25: ...in Arizona. In the United States, they now range only in several small areas of dense thicket in South... - Whale shark (5019 bytes)
20: ...ut ?30 ° latitude. The shark is solitary and only rarely seen in groups. It is believed to be migr...
28: ... for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources|IUCN]]. Whale sharks are known to frequent the waters ... - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
3: ...h]] to exploit minor local bonanzas of gold. The only long-term profitable ore to be mined, however, w...
5: ...of [[ice age]]s, with [[lake]]s, such as [[Lake Manly]].
31: <tr><td>''[[IUCN]] category'' </td>
41: ... [[lake]] that once filled Death Valley ([[Lake Manly]]) was the last stop for water flowing in the re...
51: ... - remnants of the once huge lakes [[Lake Manly|Manly]] and [[Lake Panamint|Panamint]]. A much milder... - Black Rhinoceros (5853 bytes)
14: ... in many countries. Contrary to popular opinion, only small amounts of the horns are consumed as an ap...
29: ...ross most of the west African savanna. Nowadays, only a few individuals survive in northern Cameroon.
51: ...ica. According to the [http://www.rhinos-irf.org/ IUCN/SSC African Rhino Specialist Group], the populati... - Pilot Whale (5993 bytes)
21: ...hynchus'' was described, from skeletal materials only, by [[John Edward Gray]] in [[1846]]. He presume...
32: ... southern edge and from [[Newfoundland]] to [[Greenland]], Iceland and northern [[Norway]] at is north...
41: ...d in its [[Red List of Threatened Species]] the [[IUCN]] lists both the Long-finned and Short-finned as ...
43: ...alkland Islands]] but details are sketchy. It is unlikely to effect the stability of the southern popu... - Beluga Whales (10188 bytes)
15: ...s of [[cetacean]]. This marine [[mammal]] is commonly referred to simply as the '''Beluga''' - the wor...
27: ...lon by blowing air around its [[sinus]]es. Again unlike many whales, the [[vertebra]]e in the neck are...
29: ... of the species - ''apertus'' is the Latin for "finless". The evolutionary preference for a dorsal rid...
33: ... process is not properly understood. Mating certainly does occur during the winter or early spring, wh...
36: ...mmer grounds - bays, estuaries and other shallow inlets. These summer sites are detached from one anot... - Cheetahs (6461 bytes)
20: ...nce to the mane found in cheetah cubs. It is the only cat that cannot completely retract its claws. Ev...
25: ...rth. The cheetah can live over twenty [[year]]s. Unlike other felines, the adult [[female]]s do not ha...
32: Cheetahs are found in the wild only in [[Africa]], but in the past their range exten...
49: Cheetahs are included on the [[IUCN]] list: [[vulnerable species]] (African subspecie... - Pilot Whales (6380 bytes)
23: ...hynchus'' was described, from skeletal materials only, by [[John Edward Gray]] in [[1846]]. He presume...
34: ... southern edge and from [[Newfoundland]] to [[Greenland]], Iceland and northern [[Norway]] at is north...
43: ...d in its [[Red List of Threatened Species]] the [[IUCN]] lists both the Long-finned and Short-finned as ...
45: ...alkland Islands]] but details are sketchy. It is unlikely to effect the stability of the southern popu... - Right Whales (11436 bytes)
25: ...gle worldwide species, as two species (one found only in the northern hemisphere, the other found in t...
42: ...y all the following titles: The Whale; the '''Greenland Whale'''; the '''Black Whale'''; the '''Great ...
48: ...h made them easy to catch, even for men equipped only with frail wooden boats and hand-held harpoons. ...
50: ...n. Today the whaling station is restored and the only Whale Museum of South America tells the story of...
53: Its diet consists mainly of plankton and tiny crustaceans like copepods, ... - Snow Monkeys (3542 bytes)
26: ...es are classified as Data Deficient by the 2000 [[IUCN Red List]].
28: ...se Macaques are highly intelligent. They are the only animals other than [[human]]s and [[raccoon]]s t... - Vicunas (3821 bytes)
15: ...imals are still classified as vulnerable by the [[IUCN]] and endangered by the [[Department_of_the_Inter...
26: ...t an altitude of 4000 to 5500 m. In these areas, only nutrient poor tough bunch grasses and festuca gr...
29: ... will also drink salt water. Its diet consists mainly of low grasses which grow in clumps on the groun...
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