In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.... which is likely to become endangered
Endangered species
An endangered species is a population of an organism which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in numbers, or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters.... unless the circumstances threatening its survival and reproduction improve. The following is a very small, non-representative fraction of the 8,565 species listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List
IUCN Red List
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species , created in 1963, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global Conservation movement status of plant and animal species.... .
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.... which is likely to become endangered
Endangered species
An endangered species is a population of an organism which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in numbers, or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters.... unless the circumstances threatening its survival and reproduction improve. The following is a very small, non-representative fraction of the 8,565 species listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List
IUCN Red List
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species , created in 1963, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global Conservation movement status of plant and animal species.... .
The order Afrosoricida contains the golden moles of southern Africa and the tenrecs of Madagascar and Africa, two families of small mammals that have traditionally been considered to be a part of the order Insectivora....
The Robust Golden Mole is a species of mammal in the Chrysochloridae family. It is Endemism to South Africa. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, arable land, pa... (Amblysomus robustus)
Arend's Golden Mole is a species of mammal in the Chrysochloridae family. It is found in Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, arable land, pastureland, plantations, r... (Carpitalpa arendsi)
Duthie's Golden Mole is a species of mammal in the Chrysochloridae family. It is Endemism to South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, temperate grassland, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, and introduced vegetation.... (Chlorotalpa duthieae)
The Rough-haired Golden Mole is a species of mammal in the Chrysochloridae family. It is Endemism to South Africa. Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland, temperate grassland, arable land, pastureland, plantations , rural gardens, and urban areas.... (Chrysospalax villosus)
The Dryad Shrew Tenrec , also known as the Tree Shrew Tenrec, is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is Endemism to Madagascar.... (Microgale dryas)
The Montane Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is Endemism to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.... (Microgale monticola)
The dibatag, or Clarke's gazelle, Ammodorcas clarkei, is an antelope found in sandy grasslands of Ethiopia and Somalia. Not a true gazelle, it is similarly marked, with a long, furry black tail which is raised in flight.... (Ammodorcas clarkei)
The North Sulawesi Babirusa, Babyrousa celebensis, is a pig-like animal native to northern Sulawesi and the nearby Lembeh Islands in Indonesia.... (Babyrousa babyrussa)
The Marsh Deer, Blastocerus dichotomus , is the largest deer species from South America reaching a length of 2 meters and a height of 1.2 meters at the rump.... (Blastocerus dichotomus)
The gaur is a large, dark-coated bovine animal of South Asia and Southeast Asia. The biggest populations are found today in India. The gaur is the largest species of wild cattle, bigger than the African Buffalo, Wild Asian Water Buffalo and bison.... (Bos frontalis)
The yak is a long-haired bovine found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia, the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia.... (Bos grunniens)
The 'Takin' is a Caprinae found in the Eastern Himalayas. There are four subspecies: B. taxicolor taxicolor, the Mishmi Takin; B. taxicolor bedfordi, the Shensi or Golden Takin; B.... (Budorcas taxicolor)
The wild goat is a widespread species of Capra , with a distribution ranging from Europe and Asia Minor to central Asia and the Middle East.... (Capra aegagrus)
The East Caucasian Tur is a mountain dwelling goat found only in the eastern half of the Caucasus Mountains.East Caucasian Turs stand up to tall at the shoulder and weigh around .... (Capra cylindricornis)
Jentink's Duiker, Cephalophus jentinki, also known as Gidi-Gidi in Sierra Leone Krio language and Kaikulowulei in Mende language, is a forest dwelling duiker found in the southern parts of Liberia, south-western C?te d'Ivoire, and scattered enclaves in Sierra Leone.... (Cephalophus jentinki)
Abbott's Duiker is a large forest dwelling Duiker found only in a couple of scattered enclaves in Tanzania. It is believed by some to be a subspecies of the Yellow-backed Duiker.... (Cephalophis spadix)
The Zebra Duiker is a small antelope found in Ivory Coast, and Liberia.Zebra Duikers have gold or red-brown coats with distinctive zebra-like stripes, dark markings on their upper legs and russet faces.... (Cephalophus zebra)
The Barasingha or Barasinga is a species of deer, native to India and Nepal. In Assam in the North-East India, Barasingha is traditionally known as Dolhorina similar to its English name as dol in Assamese language means swamp.... (Cervus duvaucelii)
The Eld's Deer , also called the Thamin or Brow-antlered Deer, is a deer indigenous to Southeast Asia. There are 3 recognised subspecies.... (Cervus eldii)
The Beira is a small antelope that inhabits arid regions of Somalia, Djibouti, and eastern Ethiopia.The Beira stands 1.5 to high at the shoulder and weighs between 20-25 pounds.... (Dorcatragus megalotis)
The Dorcas Gazelle ????, also known as the Ariel Gazelle, is a small and common gazelle. The Dorcas Gazelle stands approximately 53 cm tall. The numerous subspecies of the Dorcas Gazelle survive on vegetation in grassland, steppe, wadis, mountain desert and in semi-desert climates of Africa, Arabia and into Iran and northern India.... (Gazella dorcas)
The Mountain Gazelle is a species of gazelle that is widely but unevenly distributed across the Arabian Peninsula. It inhabits mountains, foothills and coastal plains.... (Gazella gazella)
The Red-fronted gazelle is a species of gazelle that is widely but unevenly distributed across the middle Africa from Senegal to north-eastern Ethiopia.... (Gazella rufifrons)
Speke's Gazelle is the smallest of the gazelle species. Partially sympatric with G. gazella pelzini, it is confined to the horn of Africa where it inhabits stony brush, grass steppes, and semi deserts .... (Gazella spekei)
The Goitered, Black-tailed or Persian gazelle is a gazelle found in a large area of central Asia, including part of Iran and southern west Pakistan in the western end of the range, as well as the Gobi desert.... (Gazella subgutturosa)
The Himalayan Tahr is a large ungulate related to the wild goat. Its native habitat is in the rugged wooded hills and mountain slopes of the Himalaya from northern India to Tibet.... (Hemitragus jemlahicus)
The hippopotamus or hippo is a large, mostly herbivore African mammal, one of only two Extant taxon species in the scientific classification Hippopotamidae .... (Hippopotamus amphibius)
The Silver Dik-dik is a small antelope found in the Horn of Africa region, mostly coastal Somalia. It grows up to 50 centimeters in length and weighs up to 3 kilograms when fully grown.... (Madoqua piacentinii)
The Siberian musk deer is a musk deer found in the mountain forests of Northeast Asia. Its is most common in the taiga of southern Siberia, but is also found in parts of Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria and the Korean peninsula.... (Moschus moschiferus)
The Hairy-fronted Muntjac or Black Muntjac is found in Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi and Fujian in South China, also reported in northern Myanmar.... (Muntiacus crinifrons)
The Red Goral is a species of even-toed ungulate in the Bovidae family. It is found in China, India, and Myanmar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.... (Naemorhedus baileyi)
The argali, or the mountain sheep is the globally endangered wild ovis, which roams the highlands of Central Asia . It is also the biggest wild sheep, standing as high as 120 cm and weighing as much as 140 kg.... (Ovis ammon)
The mouflon , sometimes known as the Cyprus mouflon, is a subspecies group of the wild ovis Ovis orientalis. Populations of Ovis orientalis can be partitioned into the mouflons or milligans and urials or arkars .... (Ovis orientalis)
The Philippine Warty Pig, Sus philippensis, is one of four known pig species Endemism to the Philippines. The other three endemic species are the Visayan Warty Pig , Mindoro Warty Pig and the Palawan Bearded Pig , also being rare members of the Suidae family.... (Sus philippensis)
The Four-horned Antelope also known as the chousingha is an antelope found in open forest in South Asia. Its primary distribution is in India extending South of the Gangetic plains down till the state of Tamilnadu.... (Tetracerus quadricornis)
The cheetah is an atypical member of the cat family that is unique in its speed, while lacking climbing abilities. Therefore it is placed in its own genus, Acinonyx.... (Acinonyx jubatus)
The Juan Fern?ndez Fur Seal is a fur seal that breeds on the Juan Fern?ndez Islands off the coast of Chile. It is the second smallest of the pinnipeds .... (Arctocephalus philippii)
The Guadalupe Fur Seal is a fur seal. It is one of six members of the Arctocephalus genus. Sealers reduced the population to just a few dozen by the late 19th century, but the species had recovered to 10,000 in number by the late 1990s.... (Arctocephalus townsendi)
The Jackson's Mongoose is the least known and possibly rarest of all African carnivores, known only from a few observations and museum specimens.... (Bdeogale jacksoni)
The Northern Fur Seal, Callorhinus ursinus, is an eared seal found along the north Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk. It is the largest member of the fur seal subfamily and the only species in the genus Callorhinus.... (Callorhinus ursinus)
|- style = "text-align:center"|style="background: pink;" |Breed standards |- style = "text-align:center"||}The Dingo also known as Warrigal, Maliki, Mirigung, Decker Dog, Boololomo, Repeti, or Australian Native Dog, is a feral dog which mostly lives independently from humans.... (Canis lupus dingo)
Owston's Palm Civet is a civet that lives in the forests and wooded lowland river basins of northern Vietnam, northern Laos, and southern China.... (Chrotogale owstoni)
The Hose's Palm Civet , is a member of the Viverridae family. It was named for zoologist Charles Hose. It is known only from the forests of Borneo in East Malaysia and Brunei.... (Diplogale hosei)
The black-footed cat is a small wild Felidae distributed over South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and marginally into Zimbabwe. The Habitat s of this cat species are arid semi-desert and savannah, like the Karoo and parts of the highveld, but it is only sparsely distributed in the Kalahari Desert.... (Felis nigripes)
The Ring-tailed mongoose is an Eupleridae that lives on the island of Madagascar. There is actually much disagreement about the placement of Madagascar's carnivores including the Ring-tailed mongoose, within the phylogenetic tree.... (Galidia elegans)
The 'Broad-striped Malagasy Mongoose' is a species of mongoose. It is a forest-dweller native to eastern Madagascar. The species contains two known subspecies: G.... (Galidictis fasciata)
The wolverine is the largest land-dwelling species of the Mustelidae or weasel family in the genus Gulo . It is also called the Glutton or Carcajou.... (Gulo gulo)
The Kodkod , alternatively spelled Codcod and also known as the Gui?a, is the smallest felidae in the Americas. It is found only in Central and South Chile and Argentina, in the Andes Mountains.... (Leopardus guigna)
The Smooth-coated Otter is a species of otter, the only extant representative of the genus Lutrogale. The species is found from India east to Southeast Asia, and there is a disjunct population in Iraq.... (Lutrogale perspicillata)
Sulawesi Palm Civet (Macrogalidia musschenbroekii)
The Bornean Ferret-badger , also known as the Everett's Ferret-badger or Kinabalu Ferret-badger, is a member of the Mustelidae family.... (Melogale everetti)
The Sloth Bear , also known as the Lip Bear, is a mammal of the biological family Ursidae which is native to the lowland forests of India, Nepal,Pakistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.... (Melursus ursinus)
The Back-striped Weasel is one of the most enigmatic mammals in the north-east Oriental region, even though it occurs from Nepal east through north east India, Myanmar and southern China to Vietnam, and south to central Laos at altitudes from 1000m to 2500m.... (Mustela strigidorsa)
The Palawan stink badger is a small skunk that lives on the Philippine Islands of Palawan and Busuanga. They live primarily in the grasslands and in cultivated areas on these islands.... (Mydaus marchei)
The Clouded Leopard is a medium-sized felidae, 55 to 110 cm long and weighing between 15 and 23 kilograms . It has a tan or tawny coat, and is distinctively marked with large, irregularly-shaped, dark-edged ellipses which are said to be shaped like clouds, hence both its common and original scientific name.... (Neofelis nebulosa)
The lion is a member of the family Felidae and one of four big cats in the genus Panthera. With exceptionally large males exceeding 250 kg in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger.... (Panthera leo)
Jerdon's Palm Civet , also called the Brown Palm Civet, is a civet endemism to Western Ghats, India.It is distributed in the Palni, Nilgiri and Anamalai hills, Travancore and Coorg particularly at an altitude ranging between 500 and 1300 m.... (Paradoxurus jerdoni)
The Marbled Cat is similar in size to the Domestic Cat, with a longer, more thickly furred tail, an indicator of an arboreal life-style, where the tail is used as a counterbalance.... (Pardofelis marmorata)
The New Zealand Sea Lion also known as Hooker's Sea Lion or Whakahao in Maori language is a species of sea lion that breeds around the coast of New Zealand's South Island and Stewart Island/Rakiura to some extent, and to a greater extent around New Zealand sub-antarctic islands, especially the Auckland Islands.... (Phocarctos hookeri)
The Flat-headed Cat is a small wild felidae from forested areas, mainly near water, in Peninsular Thailand, Malaysia , Brunei, and Indonesia . It is considered Vulnerable species by IUCN due to habitat loss and pollution.... (Prionailurus planiceps)
The Rusty-spotted Cat is a very small wild felidae of southern India and Sri Lanka. It is 35-48 cm in length, plus 15-25 cm tail, weighing in at only approximately 1.5 kg .... (Prionailurus rubiginosus)
The Fishing Cat is a medium-sized felidae whose disjunct global range extends from eastern Pakistan through portions of India, Nepal and Sri Lanka, throughout Bangladesh and Mainland Southeast Asia to Sumatra and Java.... (Prionailurus viverrinus)
The African Golden Cat is a medium-sized wild Felidae distributed over the rainforests of West Africa and Central Africa. It is about 80 cm long, and has a tail of about 30 cm in length.... (Profelis aurata)
Caspian seals , one of the smallest members of the "true seal" family, are unique in that they are found exclusively in the brackish Caspian Sea.... (Pusa caspica)
The Brown-tailed Mongoose, Malagasy Brown-tailed Mongoose, or Salano is a species of mammal in the Eupleridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Salanoia.... (Salanoia concolor)
The Bush Dog is a canid found in Central America and South America, including Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru , Ecuador, the Guianas, Paraguay, Ordinal direction Argentina , and Brazil .... (Speothos venaticus)
The Spectacled Bear , also known as the Andean Bear and locally as ukuko, jukumari or ucumari, is the closest living kin of the Arctodus of the Middle Pleistocene to Late Pleistocene age.... (Tremarctos ornatus)
The polar bear is a bear native to the Arctic Ocean and its surrounding seas. The world's largest carnivore found on land, and shares the title of largest land predator with the Kodiak Bear, an adult male weighs around , while an adult female is about half that size.... (Ursus maritimus)
The Asian black bear , also known as the Asiatic Black Bear, Tibetan black bear, the Himalayan black bear, or the Moon bear, is a medium sized, sharp-clawed, black-colored bear with a distinctive white or cream "V" marking on its chest.... (Ursus thibetanus)
The Gal?pagos Sea Lion is a species of mammal in the Otariidae family. It exclusively breeds on the Gal?pagos Islands and ? in smaller numbers ? on Isla de la Plata .... (Zalophus wollebaeki)
The order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Cetus is Latin and is used in biological names to mean "whale"; its original meaning, "large sea animal", was more general....
The Harbor Porpoise is one of six species of porpoise. It is one of the smallest ocean mammals. As its name implies, it stays close to coastal areas or river estuaries and as such is the most familiar porpoise to whale-watching.... (Phocoena phocoena)
The Sperm Whale is the largest of all toothed whales and largest living toothed animal. The whale was named after the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in its head and originally mistaken for sperm or semen.... (Physeter macrocephalus)
Chiroptera
Kitti's Hog-nosed Bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai)
Thyroptera lavali is a species of bat in the Thyropteridae family. It is Endemism to Peru. Category:Fauna of Peru It is threatened by habitat loss.... (Thyroptera lavali)
The Madagascar Sucker-footed Bat, Old World Sucker-footed Bat, or simply Sucker-footed Bat is a species of bat in the family Myzopodidae.... (Myzopoda aurita)
The Banana Bat is a species of bat in the Phyllostomidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Musonycteris. It is Endemism to Mexico.... (Musonycteris harrisoni)
The Ega Long-tongued Bat, Scleronycteris ega, is a bat species from South America. It is found in Brazil and Venezuela.References... (Scleronycteris ega)
The order Dasyuromorphia is made up of most carnivorous marsupials, including quolls, dunnarts, the Numbat, the Tasmanian Devil, and the recently extinct Thylacine....
The Kowari , also known as the Brush-tailed Marsupial Rat, Byrne's Crest-tailed Marsupial Rat, Bushy-tailed Marsupial Rat and Kawiri, is a small carnivorous marsupial native to the dry grasslands and deserts of central Australia.... (Dasyuroides byrnei)
The New Guinean Quoll , also known as the New Guinea Quoll or New Guinea Native Cat, is a carnivorous marsupial mammal native to New Guinea.... (Dasyurus albopunctatus)
The Western Quoll , also known as the Chuditch or Western Native Cat, is a Vulnerable species Australian dasyuromorph, whose distribution is now confined to south-western Western Australia.... (Dasyurus geoffroii)
The Tiger Quoll , also known as the Spotted-tail Quoll, the Spotted Quoll, the Spotted-tailed Dasyure or the Tiger Cat, is a carnivorous marsupial native to Australia.... (Dasyurus maculatus)
The Bronze Quoll is a species of quoll found only in New Guinea. It was discovered in the early 1970s when five specimens were collected, but only described in 1987 when Dr.... (Dasyurus spartacus)
The Numbat , also known as the Walpurti, is a small marsupial endemic to Western Australia. The Numbat is the sole member of the genus Myrmecobius and the Family Myrmecobiidae, one of the three families that make up the order Dasyuromorphia, the generalised marsupial carnivores.... (Myrmecobius fasciatus)
The Alexandria False Antechinus , also known as the Carpentarian False Antechinus, is a small carnivorous marsupial, found only in a number of small, isolated localities in northern Australia.... (Pseudantechinus mimulus)
The Tasmanian Devil is a carnivore marsupial now found in the wild only in the Australian island states and territories of Australia of Tasmania.... (Sarcophilus harrisii)
Didelphimorphia is the order of common opossums of the Western Hemisphere. They are commonly also called possums, though that term is also applied to Australian fauna of the suborder Phalangeriformes....
The Black-shouldered Opossum , also known as the White-eared Opossum is an opossum species from South America. It's found in multistrata evergreen Amazon Forest of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Peru.... (Caluromysiops irrupta)
Rodentia is an Order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing Incisors#The_Rodent_incisor in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing.... ia
The Bolivian Chinchilla Rat is a species of chinchilla rat in the Abrocomidae family . It is found only in Manuel Mar?a Caballero Province, Bolivia.... (Abrocoma boliviensis)
Anderson's Squirrel is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family.It is found in China and Myanmar.It is threatened by habitat loss.... (Callosciurus quinquestriatus)
The Irrawaddy Squirrel is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family.It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal.It is threatened by habitat loss.... (Callosciurus pygerythrus)
The Montane Long-nosed Squirrel is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is Endemism to Indonesia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.... (Hyosciurus heinrichi)
The Lowland Long-nosed Squirrel is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is Endemism to Indonesia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.... (Hyosciurus ileile)
The Mentawi Flying Squirrel is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is Endemism to Indonesia. Category:Mammals of IndonesiaIts natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.... (Iomys sipora)
The Four-striped Ground Squirrel is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is Endemism to Malaysia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.... (Lariscus hosei)
The Menzbier's Marmot is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.... (Marmota menzbieri)
The Secretive Dwarf Squirrel is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is Endemism to Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.... (Prosciurillus abstrusus)
The Indian giant squirrel, Ratufa indica, is a large-bodied Diurnal animal, arboreal, and herbivorous squirrel found in South Asia. Also called the Malabar giant squirrel, the species is Endemism to deciduous, Semi-deciduous, and moist evergreen forests of Indian subcontinent, reaching as far north as the Satpura Range of Madhya Pr... (Ratufa indica)
Grizzled Giant Squirrel , also known as the Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel, is a large species of squirrel found in Sri Lanka and in the forests of southern India.... (Ratufa macroura)
The Forrest's Rock Squirrel is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is Endemism to China. Category:Mammals of China Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland and rocky areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.... (Sciurotamias forresti)
The European ground squirrel , also known as the European Souslik, is a species from the squirrel family Sciuridae and the only European representative of the genus Spermophilus.... (Spermophilus citellus)
Franklin's Ground Squirrel is a species native to tallgrass American prairie, from Canada to the northcentral United States. The species hibernates from early fall to spring, and bears a litter of 6-8 pups at this time.... (Spermophilus franklinii)
The Mohave Ground Squirrel, Spermophilus mohavensis, is a species of ground squirrel found only in the western Mojave Desert, California. It is listed as a threatened species under the California Endangered Species Act, but not under the federal Endangered Species Act.... (Spermophilus mohavensis)
The Speckled Ground Squirrel or Spotted Souslik is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in Poland, Romania, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.... (Spermophilus suslicus)
The Washington Ground Squirrel, Spermophilus washingtoni, is a squirrel found in the Pacific Northwest United States, in the states of Washington and Oregon.... (Spermophilus washingtoni)
Jentink's Squirrel is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.... (Sundasciurus jentinki)
The Palawan Montane Squirrel is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is Endemism to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.... (Sundasciurus rabori)
The Samar Squirrel is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is Endemism to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.... (Sundasciurus samarensis)
The Palmer's Chipmunk is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is Endemism to the United States. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.... (Tamias palmeri)
Sirenia is an order of fully aquatic, herbivore mammals that inhabit rivers, estuaries, coastal marine waters, swamps, and marine wetlands. The order evolved during the Eocene epoch, more than 50 million years ago....
The dugong is a large marine mammal which, together with the manatees, is one of four living species of the order Sirenia. It is the only living representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae; its closest modern relative, Steller's Sea Cow , was hunted to extinction in the 18th century.... (Dugong dugong)
The Amazonian Manatee is a species of manatee that lives in the freshwater habitats of the Amazon basin. They are found in Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana and Venezuela.... (Trichechus inunguis)
The West Indian Manatee is a manatee, and the largest surviving member of the aquatic mammal order Sirenia .The West Indian Manatee, Trichechus manatus, is a species distinct from the Amazonian Manatee, Amazonian Manatee, and the West African Manatee, West African Manatee.... (Trichechus manatus)
The Order Soricomorpha is a biological clade within the Class of mammals. In previous years it formed a significant group within the former Insectivora order....
The Mindanao Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism to the Philippines. Category:Fauna of the Philippines Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.... (Crocidura beatus)
The Canarian Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism to the Canary Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.... (Crocidura canariensis)
The Eisentraut's Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism to Cameroon. Category:Fauna of Cameroon Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.... (Crocidura eisentrauti)
The Glass's Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism to Ethiopia. Category:Fauna of Ethiopia Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and swamps.... (Crocidura glassi)
The Luzon Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism to the Philippines. Category:Fauna of the Philippines It is threatened by habitat loss.... (Crocidura grayi)
The Kivu Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism to Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is swamps.... (Crocidura kivuana)
The Kivu Long-haired Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and swamps.... (Crocidura lanosa)
The Lucina's Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism to Ethiopia. Category:Fauna of Ethiopia Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland and swamps.... (Crocidura lucina)
The MacMillan's Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism to Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and moist savanna.... (Crocidura macmillani)
The Manenguba Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism to Cameroon. Category:Fauna of Cameroon Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.... (Crocidura manengubae)
The Nimba Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.... (Crocidura nimbae)
The Oriental Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism to Indonesia. It is threatened by habitat loss.... (Crocidura orientalis)
The Palawan Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism to the Philippines. Category:Fauna of the Philippines It is threatened by habitat loss.... (Crocidura palawanensis)
The Pale Gray Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism to India. Category:Mammals of India It is threatened by habitat loss.... (Crocidura pergrisea)
The Guramba Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism to Ethiopia. Category:Fauna of Ethiopia Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.... (Crocidura phaeura)
The Kahuzi Swamp Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Its natural habitat is swamps.... (Crocidura stenocephala)
The Tanzanian Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism to Tanzania. Category:Fauna of Tanzania Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.... (Crocidura tansaniana)
The Tarella Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.... (Crocidura tarella)
The Timor Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism to Indonesia. Category:Mammals of Indonesia It is threatened by habitat loss.... (Crocidura tenuis)
The Cretan Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism to Greece. Its natural habitat is temperate shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.... (Crocidura zimmermanni)
The Honduran Small-eared Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in Honduras, possibly El Salvador, possibly Guatemala, and possibly Nicaragua.... (Cryptotis hondurensis)
The Russian Desman is a small semi-aquatic mammal that inhabits the Volga river, Don River, Russia and Ural River basins in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.... (Desmana moschata)
The Pyrenean Desman is a small semi-aquatic mammal that lives in the Pyrenees to the Iberian peninsula. The Pyrenean Desman is the only species within the genus Galemys.... (Galemys pyrenaicus)
The Babault's Mouse Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda.... (Myosorex babaulti)
The Montane Mouse Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism to Uganda. Category:Fauna of Uganda Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and swamps.... (Myosorex blarina)
The Long-tailed Forest Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism to South Africa. Category:Fauna of South Africa Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation and swamps.... (Myosorex longicaudatus)
The Sclater's Mouse Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism to South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and swamps.... (Myosorex sclateri)
The Kilimanjaro Mouse Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism to Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and swamps.... (Myosorex zinki)
The Ruwenzori Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Ruwenzorisorex. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda.... (Ruwenzorisorex suncoides)
The Paramushir Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism to Russia. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.... (Sorex leucogaster)
The Chinese Shrew or Dusky Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism to China. Category:Mammals of China Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.... (Sorex sinalis)
The Day's Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism to India. Category:Mammals of India Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.... (Suncus dayi)
The Bornean Pygmy Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It was named for zoologist Charles Hose. It is Endemism to Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.... (Suncus hosei)
The Asian Highland Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in India and Sri Lanka. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.... (Suncus montanus)
The Aberdare Mole Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism to Kenya. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.... (Surdisorex norae)
The Mt. Kenya Mole Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism to Kenya. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.... (Surdisorex polulus)
The Howell's Forest Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism to Tanzania. Category:Fauna of Tanzania Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.... (Sylvisorex howelli)
The Mt. Cameroon Forest Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism to Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.... (Sylvisorex morio)
The Greater Bilby is the largest of the bandicoots. At 1 to 2.4 kg, the male is about the same size as a rabbit; although male animals in good condition have been known to grow up to 3.7 kg in captivity.... (Macrotis lagotis)
The Onager is a large mammal belonging to the genus Equus of the family Equidae and native to the deserts of Syria, Iran, Pakistan, India, Israel, and Tibet.... (Equus hemionus)
The Mongolian Wild Ass is a subspecies of the Onager. It may be synonymous with the Gobi Kulan or Dziggetai . It is found in Mongolia and northern China, and was previously found in Kazakhstan before it became extinct due to hunting.... (Equus hemionus hemionus)
The Malayan Tapir , also called the Asian Tapir, is the largest of the four species of tapir and the only one native to Asia. The scientific name refers to the East Indies, the species' natural habitat.... ("Tapirus indicus")
The Mountain Tapir is the smallest of the four species of tapir and is the only one to live outside of tropical rainforests in the wild.The Mountain Tapir is referred to as Sacha Huagra by Quechua speakers, danta cordillerana and danta lanuda by Spanish-speakers in Colombia, danta negra by Spanish-speaking Ecuadorians, a... ("Tapirus pinchaque")
The South American Tapir , or Brazilian Tapir or Lowland Tapir or Anta, is one of four species in the tapir family, along with the Mountain Tapir, the Malayan Tapir, and the Baird's Tapir.... ("Tapirus terrestris")
The order Anseriformes contains about 150 living species of birds in three extant families: the Anhimidae , Anseranatidae , and the Anatidae, which includes over 140 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, goose, and swans....
The Lesser White-fronted Goose is a goose closely related to the larger White-fronted Goose .It breeds in northernmost Asia, but it is a scarce breeder in Europe.... (Anser erythropus)
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick forest....
Craveri?s Murrelet is a small seabird which breeds on offshore islands in both the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California off the Baja peninsula of Mexico.... (Synthliboramphus craveri)
Xantus's Murrelet is a small seabird found in the California Current system in the Pacific Ocean. This auk breeds on islands off California and Mexico.... (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus)
The Japanese Murrelet, Synthliboramphus wumizusume also known as Crested Murrelet is a small bird that inhabits rocky islets and reefs in the warm waters of Japan, Russia and South Korea.... (Synthliboramphus wumizusume)
The bird order Columbiformes includes the very widespread and successful doves and pigeons, classified in the family Columbidae, and the extinct Dodo and the Rodrigues Solitaire, long classified as a second family Raphidae....
The Western Crowned Pigeon, also known as the Common Crowned Pigeon or Blue Crowned Pigeon, Goura cristata, is a large, turkey -sized, approximately 75cm long, blue-grey pigeon with blue lacy crests over the head and dark blue mask feathers around its eyes.... (Goura cristata)
The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that include the diurnal bird of prey. Most species end in falcon, such as the peregrine falcon, but kites, such as the red kite, are also Falcinoformes but do not end in falcon....
The Spanish Imperial Eagle, Iberian Imperial Eagle or Adalbert's Eagle is closely related to the Eastern Imperial Eagle . It occurs only in the south and west of Spain, Portugal and possibly northern Morocco.... (Aquila adalberti)
Bruijn's Brush-turkey, Aepypodius bruijnii is a large, approximately 43cm long, brownish-black megapode with a bare red facial skin, red comb, maroon rump and chestnut brown below.... (Aepypodius bruijnii)
The White-breasted Guineafowl, Agelastes meleagrides is a medium-sized, up to 45cm long, terrestrial bird of the guineafowl family. It has a black plumage with a small, bare red head, white breast, long black tail, greenish brown Beak and greyish feet.... (Agelastes meleagrides)
The Greater Prairie Chicken, Tympanuchus cupido, is a large bird in the grouse Family . This North American species was once abundant, but has become extremely rare or extinct over much of its range due to habitat loss.... (Tympanuchus cupido)
The polyphyletic order Gruiformes contains a considerable number of living and extinct bird family with little in common. They are morphologically diverse and geographically widespread....
The Calayan Rail is a flightless bird of the Rallidae that inhabits Calayan Island in the Philippines. Though well-known to natives of the island as the "piding", it was first observed by ornithologist Carmela Espa?ola in May 2004 and the discovery officially announced on August 16, 2004.... (Gallirallus calayanensis)
The Bicknell's Thrush, Catharus bicknelli, is a medium-sized Thrush .Adults are olive-brown on the upperparts, slightly redder on the tail.... (Catharus bicknelli)
The Abbott's Starling is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family.It is found in Kenya and Tanzania.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.... (Cinnyricinclus femoralis)
The Dwarf Jay is a species of bird in the Corvidae family.It is Endemism to Mexico.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.... (Cyanolyca nana)
The Moustached Antpitta is a species of bird tentatively placed in the family Formicariidae; it might belong to a more distinct lineage though.... (Grallaria alleni)
The Rudd's Lark is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family. It is Endemism to South Africa.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.... (Heteromirafra ruddi)
The Atlantic Royal Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is often considered a subspecies of Onychorhynchus coronatus.... (Onychorhynchus swainsoni)
The Peruvian Martin is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family. It is found in Chile and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, pastureland, and urban areas.... (Progne murphyi)
The Hoary-throated Spinetail is a bird species in the family Furnariidae. It is found in Brazil and Guyana.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.... (Synallaxis kollari)
The Rock Wren, , is a small New Zealand wren Endemism to the South Island of New Zealand. It is sometimes known as the South Island Wren, a name used to separate it from the unrelated Rock Wren of North America.... (Xenicus gilviventris)
The White-winged Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. It is the only member of the genus Xenoligea. It is found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.... (Xenoligea montana)
The Pelecaniformes are an order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. They are distinguished from other birds by the possession of feet with all four toes webbed ....
The Ascension Frigatebird breeds only on the tiny Boatswainbird Island near Ascension Island in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. It formerly bred on the larger island, but was exterminated by introduced cats, Brown Rats, and human persecution.... (Fregata aquila)
The King Shag , also known as New Zealand King Shag or Rough-faced Shag, is a rare bird endemic to New Zealand.Description ... (Phalacrocorax carunculatus)
The Auckland Shag or Auckland Islands Shag is a species of cormorant from New Zealand. The species is endemism to the Auckland Islands archipelago.... (Phalacrocorax colensoi)
The Bounty Island Shag is a species of bird in the Phalacrocoracidae family.It is Endemism to New Zealand.Its natural habitats are open seas and rocky shores.... (Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi)
Six family of largely arboreal birds make up the Order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives....
The Fernandina's Flicker is a species of bird in the woodpecker family. Endemism to Cuba, its small population of 600–800 birds makes it one of the most endangered species of woodpecker in the world; only the possibly-extinct Ivory-billed Woodpecker is known to have a smaller population.... (Colaptes fernandinae)
Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that comprises four family : the albatrosses, Procellariidae, storm-petrels and diving petrels. Formerly called Tubinares and still called tubenoses in English, they are often referred to collectively as the petrels, a term that has been applied to all Procellariiformes or more commo...
The Antipodean Albatross, Diomedea antipodensis, is a large seabird, from the albatross family . Antipodean Albatrosses are smaller than Wandering Albatrosses, and breed in predominantly brown plumage, but are otherwise difficult to distinguish from Wanderers.... (Diomedea antipodensis)
The Southern Royal Albatross, Diomedea epomophora, is a large seabird from the albatross family . At an average wingspan of almost , it is the second largest albatross, behind the Wandering Albatross.... (Diomedea epomophora)
The Wandering Albatross, Snowy Albatross, or White-winged Albatross, Diomedea exulans, is a large seabird from the family Diomedeidae which has a circumpolar range in the Southern Ocean.... (Diomedea exulans)
The Laysan Albatross, Phoebastria immutabilis, is a large seabird that ranges across the North Pacific. This small two-tone gull-like albatross is the second most common seabird in the Hawaiian Islands, with an estimated population of 2.5 million birds, and is currently expanding its range to new islands.... (Phoebastria immutabilis)
The White-chinned Petrel is large shearwater in the family Procellariidae.It ranges around the Southern Ocean as far north as South Australia, Peru and Namibia, and breeds seabird colony on scattered islands; South Georgia, Prince Edward Islands, Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands, Auckland Island, Campbell Island and Antipodes Islands.... (Procellaria aequinoctialis)
The Parkinson's Petrel or Black Petrel, Procellaria parkinsoni, is a large, black petrel, the smallest of the Procellaria. The species is an endemism breeder of New Zealand, breeding only on islands off the North Island, on Great Barrier Island and Little Barrier Island.... (Procellaria parkinsoni)
The Westland Petrel is a rare seabird that nests in New Zealand's forests. It is one of the largest petrels that nest in burrows, and is threatened by species introduced species to New Zealand.... (Procellaria westlandica)
Gould's Petrel is a species of seabird in the Procellariidae family. It is a small petrel, 30 cm long with a wingspan of about 70 cm. It is largely grey above and white below with a blackish crown and hindneck and a black M-shaped band across the wings and rump.... (Pterodroma leucoptera)
The Providence Petrel is a species that burrows in one location; isolated Lord Howe Island, some 800km from the Australian mainland in the Tasman Sea.... (Pterodroma solandri)
Heinroth's Shearwater is a poorly known seabird in the family Procellariidae. Probably a close relative of the Little Shearwater or Audubon's Shearwater , it is distinguished by a long and slender bill and a brown-washed underside.... (Puffinus heinrothi)
Buller's Albatross or Buller's Mollymawk, Thalassarche bulleri, is a small mollymawk in the albatross family . It breeds on islands around New Zealand, and feeds in the seas off Australia and the South Pacific.... (Thalassarche bulleri)
The Grey-headed Albatross, Thalassarche chrysostoma, also known as the Grey-headed Mollymawk, is a large seabird from the albatross family .... (Thalassarche chrysostoma)
The Campbell Albatross or Campbell Mollymawk, Thalassarche impavida, is a medium sized mollymawk in the albatross family . It breeds only on Campbell Island and the associated islet of Jeanette Marie, a small New Zealand island group in the South Pacific.... (Thalassarche impavida)
Salvin's Albatross, or Salvin's Mollymawk, Thalassarche salvini, is a large seabird that ranges across the Southern Ocean. A medium sized mollymawk in the albatross family , it was long considered to be a subspecies of the Shy Albatross.... (Thalassarche salvini)
The Moluccan Cockatoo, Cacatua moluccensis also known as Salmon-crested Cockatoo is a cockatoo Endemism in birds to south Moluccas in eastern Indonesia.... (Cacatua moluccensis)
The Red-crowned Parakeet, Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae, is a small species of parrot from New Zealand. The species was once lumping and splitting with several other parrots from New Zealand's outlying islands, New Caledonia and Norfolk Island, but these have now been afforded full species status.... (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae)
The Rusty-faced Parrot is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.... (Hapalopsittaca amazonina)
The Pesquet's Parrot, Psittrichas fulgidus, also known as the Vulturine Parrot , is the only member of its genus, and its genus is the only member of the tribe Psittrichadini.... (Psittrichas fulgidus)
The Southern Rockhopper Penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome, is a species of penguin. It occurs in subantarctic waters of the western Pacific and Indian Oceans, as well as around the southern coasts of South America.... (Eudyptes chrysocome)
The Macaroni Penguin is a species of penguin that is closely related to the Royal Penguin. There are about 18 million Macaroni Penguins in existence, and the number is decreasing, due to unideal environmental conditions and their many predators.... (Eudyptes chrysolophus)
The Fiordland Crested Penguin , also known as Tawaki , is a species of crested penguin from New Zealand. It breeds along the Fiordland coast and its outlying islands as well as on Stewart Island/Rakiura.... (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus)
The Snares Penguin , also known as the Snares Crested Penguin and the Snares Islands Penguin, is a penguin from New Zealand. It breeds on The Snares, a group of islands off the southern coast of the South Island.... (Eudyptes robustus)
The Royal Penguin inhabits the waters surrounding Antarctica. Royals look very much like Macaroni Penguins, but have a white face and chin instead of the Macaronis' black visage.... (Eudyptes schlegeli)
The African Penguin , also known as the Black-footed Penguin or Jackass Penguin is found on the south-western coast of Africa, living in colonies on 24 islands between Namibia and Algoa Bay, near Port Elizabeth, South Africa, with the largest colony on Gansbaai, near Kleinbaai.... (Spheniscus demersus)
The Humboldt Penguin is a South American penguin, breeding in coastal Peru and Chile. Its nearest relatives are the African Penguin, the Magellanic Penguin and the Gal?pagos Penguin.... (Spheniscus humboldti)
The Cinnabar Hawk Owl a Ninox endemism to the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. It was described as a new species to science by United States ornithologist Pamela C.... (Ninox ios)
The Little Spotted Kiwi or Little Gray Kiwi, Apteryx owenii, is a small species of kiwi originally from New Zealand's South Island that, around 1890 and 1910 was captured and later released on Kapiti Island.... (Apteryx owenii)
The Great Spotted Kiwi, Great gray kiwi, or Roroa, Apteryx haastii, is a species of kiwi endemism to the South Island of New Zealand.... (Apteryx haastii)
The Tokoeka, Brown kiwi, or Common kiwi, Apteryx australis, is a species of kiwi from New Zealand's South Island. Until 2000 it was considered Conspecificity with the North Island Brown Kiwi, and still is by some authorities.... (Apteryx australis)
The Northern Cassowary, Casuarius unappendiculatus, also known as the Single -wattled Cassowary or Gold-neck Cassowary, is a large, stocky flightless bird.... (Casuarius unappendiculatus)
The Southern Cassowary, Casuarius casuarius, also known as Double-wattled Cassowary, Australian Cassowary or Two-wattled Cassowary, is a large flightless black bird.... (Casuarius casuariusy)
Malus sieversii is a Malus native to the mountains of Central Asia in southern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Xinjiang, China. It has recently been shown to be the sole ancestor of most cultivars of the domesticated apple ....
The Venus Flytrap,Dionaea muscipula, is a carnivorous plant that catches and digests animal prey—mostly insects and arachnids. Its trapping structure is formed by the terminal portion of each of the plant's leaves and is triggered by tiny hairs on their inner surfaces....
Sequoiadendron giganteum is the sole species in the genus Sequoiadendron, and one of three species of coniferous trees known as Redwood , classified in the family Cupressaceae in the subfamily Cupressaceae#Classification, together with Sequoia and Metasequoia ....
