Information on endangered species

1. ( Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, 2009)

2. (@ Doug88888, 2011)
The Siberian Tiger
Population: Around 3,500 subspecies
Faces extinction due to illegal hunting
and habitat loss

3. (Henderson, 2008)
The Amur Leopard
Population: less than 40
individuals left
Faces extinction from
illegal hunting, habitat
loss, and lack of
diversity due to small
population size

4. (Richardson, 2008)
The Florida Panther
Population: Around 80
Faces extinction from habitat loss,
Fragmentation, and mortality due to
automobile strikes

5. (Cloudtail, 2012)
The Polar Bear
Population: 20,000-
25,000
Faces extinction due to
declining habitat and
climate change

6. (Gunther, 2004)
The Giant Panda
Population: 1,000-2000
Faces extinction due to
decreasing
habitat

7. (Luna, 2009)
The Cheetah
Population: 7,000-10,000
Faces extinction from habitat loss

8. The Grizzly Bear
Population: more than 500 in
the U.S. lower 48
States
Faces extinction from illegal
hunting and habitat loss
(Calleja, 2011)

9. International Union for Conservation of
Nature (IUCN) Red List
A list established in 1994 that contains
explicit criteria and categories to classify
the conservation status of individual
species on the basis of their extinction.

10. Red List Criteria
• The rate of population decline
• The geographic range
• Whether a species already possesses a small
population size
• Whether a species is very small or lives in a
restricted area
• Whether the results of quantitative analysis
indicates a high probability of extinction in the
world

11. The Endangered Species Act of 1973
Obligates federal and state governments to protect all
threatened life with extinction and this process is aided by the
creation and continued maintenance of an endangered species
list. It also promotes the protection of critical habitats essential to
the survival of a given species.

12. Works Cited: Text
“10 Recently Extinct Animals.” LISTVERSE. 25 July 2009. Web. 17 July
2013.
“IUNC Red List of Threatened Species.” Encyclopedia Britannica. n.d. Web. 17
July 2013.
“Endangered Species Population Numbers.” All About Wildlife. 2 Nov. 2009.
Web. 17 July 2013.

13. Works Cited: Images
@Doug88888. “Tiger.” Photograph. Flickr.Yahoo. 9 March 2011. Web. 17
July 2013.
Calleja, Steve. “Grizzly Bear.” Photograph. Flickr.Yahoo. 15 Oct. 2011.
Cloudtail. “Polar Bear.” Photograph. Flickr.Yahoo. 5 Apr. 2012. Web. 17 July
2013.
Gunther, Michael. “Giant Panda, Sichuan Province, China.” Flickr.Yahoo. 9
June 2004. Web. 17 July 2013.
Henderson, Gary. “Amur Leopard.” Flickr.Yahoo. 25 May 2008. Web. 17 July
2013.

14. Works Cited
Luna, Mauro. “Cheetah.” Photograph. Flickr.Yahoo. 14 June 2009. Web. 17
July 2013.
“Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine).” Photograph. Flickr.Yahoo. 23 July 2009. Web.
17 July 2013.
Richardson, Larry. “Florida Panther.” Photograph. Flickr. Yahoo. 29 Apr.
2008. Web. 17 July 2013.