3D Earth Day by MÒNICA MACIÀ CALMET

NAME OF THE ANIMAL

monicamacia2 — 2023-04-24 18:32:10 UTC

Technical File:
Name:
Population:
Habitat:
Causes of endangerment:
Interesting Facts:

WWF endangered species: https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/directory?direction=desc&sort=extinction_status

Catalan Endangered Species: http://mediambient.gencat.cat/ca/05_ambits_dactuacio/patrimoni_natural/fauna-autoctona-protegida/gestio-especies-protegides-amenacades/

Amur Leopard

ayoubdehaira2019 — 2023-04-25 06:25:19 UTC

Name: Panthera Pardus Orientalls.
Population: The Amur leopard, also known as the Far Eastern leopard, is one of the rarest and critically endangered subspecies of leopard. It is estimated that there are less than 100 individuals remaining in the wild.

Historically, the population of Amur leopards has declined due to habitat loss, poaching, and hunting.

Habitat: The Amur leopard is native to the temperate forests of the Russian Far East and northeastern China, specifically in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia and the Jilin Province of China.

These forests are characterized by coniferous and broadleaf trees, and are located in a region with a continental climate, which means that there are distinct seasons with cold winters and warm summers.

Causes of endagerment: The Amur leopard is critically endangered due to a combination of factors, including habitat loss, poaching, and low genetic diversity.

Habitat loss is one of the major causes of endangerment of the Amur leopard. Logging, mining, and infrastructure development have destroyed or fragmented the leopard's forest habitat, making it more difficult for the animal to find prey, mate, and maintain its genetic diversity.

Interesting facts:

The Amur leopard is one of the rarest and most endangered big cats in the world, with only about 100 individuals left in the wild.
This leopard has a unique, thick coat of fur that can grow up to 7.5 centimeters long to protect it from the harsh winter climate of its habitat.
The Amur leopard can run up to speeds of 37 miles per hour (60 kilometers per hour), making it one of the fastest land animals.
Amur leopards are solitary and territorial animals, and they typically mark their territory using urine, feces, and scratch marks on trees.
These leopards are apex predators and feed mainly on deer, wild boar, and other small to medium-sized prey.

Butan - Nepal - Southern China

chukwubelijemezeomedo2048 — 2023-04-25 06:26:58 UTC

Red Panda (Belijem)

Sunda Tiger leo

leocabrera2021 — 2023-04-25 06:27:13 UTC

Name: Panthera tigris sondaica
Population: Less than 400
Habitat: Tropical forests, freshwater swamp forests
Causes of endangerment: Poaching. The destruction of their natural habitat. The decrease of their prey because of men
Interesting facts: They have a web between their toes, which when extended makes them very fast swimmers.

Swift Fox

onabervis2094 — 2023-04-25 06:29:17 UTC

Name: Vulpes velox
Population: Approximately 870 individuals.
Habitat: Great Plains of North America
Causes of endangerment: Habitat destruction and eradication efforts for predators.
Interesting Facts:
-Swift Foxes are characteristically nocturnal animals
-The swift fox lives up to its name, being able to run at speeds of over 50 km/h.

Bornean Orangutan

polcastellano2042 — 2023-04-25 06:31:22 UTC

Status: Critically Endangered
Population: About 104.700
Scientific Name: Pongo Pygmaeus
Height: 3.3 Meters.
Weight: 66-220 Pounds
Habitat: Lowland rainforests and tropical, swamp and mountain forests.

FACTS-
-Orangutan are the heavyest three-dwelling animal.
-They've got very long arms.

-They don't mind eating with their feet.
-They learn everything they need to know from mum.
-They build nests to sleep in

WWF: https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/bornean-orangutan

Arctic Fox

adriatorres2021 — 2023-04-25 06:37:42 UTC

Vulpes lagopus
120 adult individuals
Tundra
Due to the demand for its precious white fur

They live in some of the harshest places on the planet.
They change their fur colour depending on the season.

Monarch butterflies

ghitabounou2050 — 2023-04-25 06:40:15 UTC

Technical file: Danaus plexippus
Name: Monarch butterflies
Population: 2,800 M
Habitat: Forests, mountains
Causes of endangerment: Climate change threatens to disrupt the monarch butterfly’s annual migration pattern by affecting weather conditions in both wintering grounds and summer breeding grounds
Interesting facts: Adult monarch butterflies possess two pairs of brilliant orange-red wings, featuring black veins and white spots along the edges.

Ghita Bounou

Red Pand

ikerabad2059 — 2023-04-25 06:44:18 UTC

Name: Ailurus fulgens

Population: Less than 10,000 individuals
Habitat: Temperate forests

Causes of endangerment: Its population has begun to decline due to habitat destruction, the removal of its territory in China, and poaching.
Interesting Facts: Red panda is slightly larger than a domestic cat with a bear-like body and thick russet fur.

Artic Wolf

onabervis2094 — 2023-04-25 06:44:48 UTC

Name: Canis lupus arctos
Population: About 200,000.
Habitat: Tundra
Causes of endangerment: Industrial Development
Interesting Facts:
-The Arctic wolf is smaller than the gray wolf.
-Arctic wolves tolerate complete darkness.
-Arctic wolves live in packs of 5 to 7.

Arctic Wolf

alexbarranco2019 — 2023-04-25 06:48:24 UTC

Canis lupus arctos
About 200,000
Tundra
Industrial development threatens the Arctic wolf as an increasing number of mines,roads, and pipelines encroach on its territory and interrupt its food supply.
The arctic wolf is the only sub-species of wolf that is not threatened.

Snow Leopard

rauldiaz2081 — 2023-04-25 06:48:57 UTC

The Uncia uncia, or the Snow leopard, is a Mammal animal that lives in the zone of Mongolian.

Measure 1,20 m and Weight 80 kg

Its cause of extinction is the great hunting of animals in the area And the great climatic impact

African wild dogs

imane2050 — 2023-04-25 06:51:02 UTC

Technical file
Name: His scientific name is Lycaon Pictus
Population: There are 1409 African wild dogs.
Habitat: The habitat of the African wild dogs are deserts, forest and grasslands
Causes of endangerment:
-Killings by humans
-Disease like rabies and distemper
-Habitat loss
-Competitions with larger predator like lions
Interesting facts:
-They are opportunistic predators
-Can reach speeds of more than 44 miles per hour
-Wild dogs are social
-Gather in packs of around ten individuals, but some packs number more than 40

Imane Aboussaoud

HECTOR'S DOLPHIN

ayniabarranco2024 — 2023-04-25 06:55:20 UTC

Name: halorhynchus hectori
Population: Estimated at, 7,000
Habitat: Oceans. Found only in shallow coastal waters.
Causes of endangerment:

They live near the coast, that is a problem because they can hunt it, apart from that they collide with ships, pollution and mining at the bottom of the sea.

Interesting Facts:

They are the smallest and rarest in the world. They have distinctive black facial markings, short stocky bodies, and a dorsal fin shaped like a Mickey Mouse ear.

HECTOR'S DOLPHIN

ayniabarranco2024 — 2023-04-25 06:58:27 UTC

Name: halorhynchus hectori
Population: Estimated at, 7,000
Habitat: Oceans. Found only in shallow coastal waters.
Causes of endangerment:

They live near the coast, that is a problem because they can hunt it, apart from that they collide with ships, pollution and mining at the bottom of the sea.

Interesting Facts:

They are the smallest and rarest in the world. They have distinctive black facial markings, short stocky bodies, and a dorsal fin shaped like a Mickey Mouse ear.

Black-footed Ferret

kevingarcia2089 — 2023-04-25 07:10:16 UTC

Technical File:
Name: Mustela nigripes

Population: Around 350
Habitat: Grasslands
Causes of endangerment: Much of the shortgrass prairie habitat on which the ferrets depend has been plowed for crops
Interesting Facts:
-Are very playful
-Once thought extinct
-Are North America's only native ferret species.
-Are nocturns
-They spend most of their time underground in prairie dog burrows,spending only a few minutes above ground each day.

-A baby ferret weighs 0.2-0.3 ounces.
-They are solitaires

https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/black-footed-ferret

AFRICAN FOREST ANIMAL

joeltomasevic2037 — 2023-04-25 07:14:51 UTC

Technical File:
Name: Loxodonta africana
Population: 415,000
Habitat: dense tropical forests
Causes of endangerment: Habitat loss, killed by the human
Interesting Facts:
African forest elephants are smaller than African savanna elephants, their weight is from 2 to 5 tons and they are 8 to 10ft tall. They are critically endangered.
There are people who kill them only to make fun or for selling their tusk. Tens of thousands are killed each year.
Their dick is 100cm (1M) large.

WWF:
https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/african-forest-elephant

Blue whale

joanperez2079 — 2023-04-25 07:29:26 UTC

Technical File:
Name: Balaenoptera musculus
Population:10,000-25,000 individuals
Habitat: oceans
Causes of endangerment: blue whales are threatened by environmental change including habitat loss and toxics. Blue whales can also be harmed by ship strikes and by becoming entangled in fishing gear.
Interesting facts : there are very big, they can live around 90 years. Their weight are around 130.000 – 150.000 kg.

Saola

elisendaponsa2028 — 2023-04-25 07:38:30 UTC

Name: Pseudoryx nghetinhensis
Population: Unknow, a few hundred at a maximum and possibly only a few dozen at a minimum.
Habitat: Evergreen forests with little or no dry season
Couses of endangerment: Hunting and fragmentation of its range through habitat loss.
Interesting facts: The saola was discovered in May 1992 and it's one of the most spectacular zoological discoveries of the 20th century.
Saola is pronounced: sow-la.
They are found only in the Annamite Mountains of Vietnam and Laos.

Tapir

joanperez2079 — 2023-04-25 07:40:57 UTC

Technical File:
Name: Tapirus terrestris
Polulation: There are between 3,000 and 4,500 depending upon the species of Tapir.
Habitat: Tapirs inhabit humid jungle regions and, in the case of the mountain tapir, the Andean páramos.
Causes of endangerment: illegal hunting for human consumption, habitat loss and competition with livestock.
Interesting facts:

They can live up to 30 years.
They eat mainly plants and fruit. They love bananas!
They talk to each other by whistling!

Dugogn

emmanueljamauca2047 — 2023-04-25 07:42:02 UTC

Population:There are 14,000 Dugogons in the world.
Habitat:The habitat of this animal is the bottom of the sea

causes of endangerment:This animal is threatened by fishing, boat strikes, and habitat loss caused by human activity. This animal is threatened by fishing, boat strikes, and habitat loss caused by human activity.
Interesting Facts:Eat seaweed from the coasts

Samaruc

firdawsfaouzi2047 — 2023-04-25 07:42:22 UTC

Name:

Hispanic Valencia

Population: Currently, in Catalonia in L'Ametlla de Mar, on the Island of Buda and a nucleus in Ullals de Baltasar.

Habitat: It lives in small coastal lagoons with brackish water and abundant aquatic vegetation, which communicate with the sea at water table or through storm surges.

Interesting facts:

· Loss of its natural habitat due to the transformations of human origin due to agricultural and urban interests that the Mediterranean coastal environments have suffered (desiccation, canalization, infrastructure works, etc.).
· Pollution of lagoons and coastal wetlands.
· Introduction of exotic species, such as gambusia, rasbora, catfish etc.
· Capture of specimens for aquariophilia.
· Isolation of populations and loss of genetic variability.

Interesting facts: It is a small fish that barely reaches 8 cm. It is characterized by a mouth equipped with mandibular teeth with a single point, arranged in several rows, and a color between light brown and yellow (the males also have orange fin edges.

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Saola

martinasantamaria2034 — 2023-04-25 07:42:55 UTC

Technical File:
Name: Pseudoryx nghetinhensis
Population: Unknouwn
Habitat: Greater Mekong
Causes of endangerment: There is a lot of hunting danger.
Interesting Facts: Eat small bushes,

The saolas are the largest enigmatic animals.

COMMON VULTURE

sadiyamunni2042 — 2023-04-25 07:47:25 UTC

Technical File:
Name: Gyps fulvus
Population: The breeding populaion in Spain is currently between 31.000 - 37.000 pairs and the number of specimens could be between 95.000 and 122.000.
Habitat: They can be found all over the world except Australia and Antarctica.

Causes of endangerment: For the loss of their natural habitat, food shortage, lead poisoning and caused or accidental poisoning,...

Interesting Facts: Vultures have no head plumage because the absence of head feathers keeps vultures clean, especially when eating. And it is that they put their heads inside the corpses they feed on.

Giant Panda

ikramikne2096 — 2023-04-25 07:58:03 UTC

Name: Ailuropoda melanoleuca

Population: There are 1,864 pandas of this species.

Habitat: Mountains of southwest China
Causes of endangerment: their cause of being in danger is POACHING

Interesting Facts:
-WEIGHT 220–330 lbs (100–150 kg)

-HEIGHT. Adults can grow to over four feet (1.22 m)
-They live for 20 years
-Pandas eat bamboo
-This bear also has a special meaning for the WWF because it has been its logo since its founding in 1961.

-A newborn panda is about the size of a stick of butter.