Provides an overview of the world's most endangered species.

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ENDANGERED SPECIES
A Pressing Synopsis

2. 3079 animals
and 2655 plants classified as
There are
Endangered worldwide, compared with
1998 levels of 1102 and 1197, respectively.[1]

3. Penguins
"
are telling us a story that
we need to hear:
11 of the 18 species
of penguins are listed as
Vulnerable or
Endangered by IUCN.“
―Pablo Garcia Borboroglu
President of the Global
Penguin Society
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Loggerhead sea turtles currently face threats from
commercial fisheries, habitat destruction, and climate change along our
coasts and throughout the Gulf of Mexico - http://bit.ly/Uk230S

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Sawfish - The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has
completed comprehensive status reviews under the Endangered Species
Act (ESA), and has determined that five foreign species of sawfish meet
the definition of “endangered” under the Act - http://bit.ly/100Emim

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Yangtze Finless Porpoise population nosedives to
1,000, suggesting it might be endangered - http://yangtzefinlessporpoise.weebly.com/

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Mexican Gray Wolf - The Mexican gray wolf is the
smallest, southern-most occurring, rarest, and most genetically distinct
subspecies of gray wolf in North America - http://bit.ly/VPcKKH

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Giant Pandas - Almost their entire diet consists of bamboo, a
potential shortage of which is threatening their subsistence, suggesting it
might be endangered (unless alternative food sources become
available) - http://bit.ly/TJhmu5

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Bornean Orangutan - An estimated 49% of the
orangutan distribution will be lost if all forest outside of protected areas
and logging concessions is lost - http://bit.ly/TQNHBt

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Monkeys - Several species of which are listed on the International
Union for the Conservation of Nature's Species Survival Commission list of
100 most threatened species - http://huff.to/RJblNF http://bit.ly/T85SQN

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Rhinos - Listed on the International Union for the Conservation of
Nature's Species Survival Commission list of 100 most threatened species http://huff.to/RJblNF http://bit.ly/T85SQN http://bit.ly/WzVjKu

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Butterflies - Listed on the International Union for the Conservation
of Nature's Species Survival Commission list of 100 most threatened
species - http://huff.to/RJblNF http://bit.ly/T85SQN

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Birds - Several species of which are listed on the International Union
for the Conservation of Nature's Species Survival Commission list of 100
most threatened species - http://huff.to/RJblNF http://bit.ly/T85SQN

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Turtles - Several species of which are listed on the International
Union for the Conservation of Nature's Species Survival Commission list of
100 most threatened species - http://huff.to/RJblNF http://bit.ly/T85SQN

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Fish - Several species of which are listed on the International Union for
the Conservation of Nature's Species Survival Commission list of 100 most
threatened species - http://huff.to/RJblNF http://bit.ly/T85SQN

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Lizards - Several species of which are listed on the International
Union for the Conservation of Nature's Species Survival Commission list of
100 most threatened species - http://huff.to/RJblNF http://bit.ly/T85SQN

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Frogs - Several species of which are listed on the International Union
for the Conservation of Nature's Species Survival Commission list of 100
most threatened species - http://huff.to/RJblNF http://bit.ly/T85SQN

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Bees - Listed on the International Union for the Conservation of
Nature's Species Survival Commission list of 100 most threatened species http://huff.to/RJblNF http://bit.ly/VwGevj

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Bats - Several species of which are listed on the International Union for
the Conservation of Nature's Species Survival Commission list of 100 most
threatened species - http://huff.to/RJblNF http://bit.ly/UKJRJg

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