According to the scientists and the discovered fossils, animals exists in the world since millions of years ago. Till now millions of the species are discovered, many are yet to be discovered and thousands of them are extinct now.
Nowadays, there are thousands of species of land, sea and flying animals that are endangered and very less individuals of these species are left because of hunting, deforestation, habitat loss or their low reproduction processes. Many of them are protected by the local governments or some international Zoos in the areas and environments specially designed for them.
In this post, we are going to list 10 beautiful and amazing endangered animals that are reducing day by day and we may not see them in near future.
Red Panda (Also known as the shining cat)
Image credit: Flickr photoverulam
Family: Ailuridae
Found in: India and China
Individuals left in the world: 10,000
Reasons: Deforestation
Blakiston’s Fish Owl
Image credit: Flickr Hiyashi Haka
Family: Strigidae
Found in: Japan & Russia
Individuals left in the world: 1000-2000
Reason: Less reproduction, hit by cars.
Markhor (A species of wild goat)
Image credit: Flickr OZinOH
Family: Bovidae
Found in: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
Individuals left in the world: Less than 2,500
Reasons: Hunting
Blue-headed Pitta
Image credit: Flickr charles.leavell
Family: Pittidae
Found in: Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia
Individuals left in the world: Unknown
Reasons: Habitat loss
Siberian Tiger or Amur Tiger
Image credit: Flickr saucy_pan
Family: Pantherinae
Found in: Siberia, Russia
Individuals left in the world: Less then 500
Reasons: Hunting
Kakapo Parrot (The only species of flightless parrot)
Image credit: Flickr Kathrin Marks
Family: Strigopidae
Found in: New Zealand
Individuals left in the world: 126
Reasons: Limited Geographical Ranges
Diana Monkey
Image credit: Flickr Udo Schröter
Family: Cercopithecidae
Found in: Sierra Leone, Liberia and Cote d’Ivoire
Individuals left in the world: Unknown but reduced by 30% in last 30 years.
Reasons: Deforestation and Hunting
Fishing Cat
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Family: Felidae
Found in: Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka a
Individuals left in the world: Less than 10,000
Reasons: Habitat loss and limited geographical regions
Chinese Alligator
Image credit: Flickr Keith T. Robinson
Family: Alligatoridae
Found in: China
Individuals left in the world: 300
Reasons: Hunting for food purposes
Red Siskin
Image credit: Flickr Ornitologia Lodato
Family: Fringillidae
Found in: Guyana, Colombia & Venezuela
Individuals left in the world: Less than 12000
Reasons: Hunting and trapping for trade purpose
Hopefully you guys liked this post, we’ll try to gather some more endangered species of animals for our fans so we can guess how beautiful is our world and creation of the Creator and how we are destroying it with our hands.
ICUN is the international authority that can declare a species of animal/plant endangered based on their calculations. For more info, click here.
Well one of the reason behind this danger is our selfishness. We just talk about them and the dangers they have, but what to do to save them? How can we stop this danger? No one of us work on that.
@Mark
I agree. There are many individuals who are doing an awesome job in spreading awareness.
I mean, check us. We did our part by writing a blog post and create awareness and now everyone reading this post, should share it. That’s their part.
Red siskin is awesome…
Thanks Ahsan,
I love them all and wish we stop hunting them down.
Mark Green is right, we must spread awareness about how to save them. I know about many animals and birds that are endangered and I wish to see them but unfortunately we can’t access them easily like Panda.