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Manatees, which live in the
waters around South Florida, have been threatened by
hurricanes and violent storms that destroy the delicate
balance of the warm waters they live in. (Brian Skerry/National
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A long-eared jerboa of the
zoo of Magdeburg eats an insect in the eastern town of
Halle. British scientists have filmed the kangaroolike
mammal; they believe it's the first time the jerboa has been
caught on tape. The jerboa was deemed one of the world's
most endangered mammals by the Zoological Society of London
earlier this year.
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The pika was named the second cutest endangered animal
in North America in a recent World Wildlife Fund. This
one is seen at Denali National Park in Alaska. The pika
faces extinction as global warming is forcing the
animals to move higher up in the mountains, leaving them
with fewer housing options. |
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Six-week-old cheetah cubs cuddle with their mother Tonya
as they inspect their enclosure for the first time at
the zoo in Hannover, northern Germany, Oct. 31, 2006.
The World Conservation Union estimates there are fewer
than 10,000 mature breeding cheetahs, making them
vulnerable to extinction. |
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The World Wildlife Fund rates koalas as a lower risk for
extinction, as it has lost some of its habitat. This one
is sitting in a eucalyptus tree in Queensland,
Australia.
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An endangered Hawaiian monk seal spends a second day
napping on a beach near Banzai Pipeline on the north
shore of Oahu at Sunset Beach, Hawaii.
(Phil Mislinski/Getty Images) |
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The
Red Panda is a mostly herbivorous mammal, with bamboo as one of its
primary foods. It is slightly larger than a domestic cat. The Red
Panda lives in the Himalayas in Bhutan, southern China, India, Laos,
Nepal, and Burma. There is an estimated population of less than
2,500 mature individuals. Their population continues to decline due
to habitat fragmentation. |
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The white lion is occasionally found in wildlife reserves in South Africa. White lions are not a separate subspecies and they have never been common in the wild. Regarded as divine by locals, white lions first came to public attention in the 1970s in Chris McBride's book The
White Lions of Timbavati. |
