PPT on Endangered species made by Dhruv Rana , Class - 8th

1. Submitted BY
Dhruv Rana
VIII-B

2. What does endangered species
mean?
• When a species is likely to become endangered, it
is called a threatened species.
• When a species is in danger of extinction, it is
called an endangered species.
• When a species is no longer existing or living, it is
called being extinct.
• The first step (in Kansas) is called SINC,
• Species in need of conservation

3. Why are species endangered?
• Endangered animals are animals that are in
danger of becoming extinct.
• Causes include:
– Habitat destruction / population pressure
– Collection and hunting / poaching
– New plants and animals being introduced that don’t
belong there
– Pollution
• See HIPPO

4. What kinds of endangered are
species?
• Animals in all groups can become endangered.
• Plants can also become endangered.
Cheetahs are one animal that is currently endangered.
Agueweed is one plant that is currently endangered.

5. Endangered Animals
Indigo Snake
American Alligator
Gila Monster

6. Endangered Animals
Bald Eagle
Spix’s Macaw
Spanish Imperial Eagle
California Condor

7. Endangered Animals
Topeka Shiner
Devil’s Hole pupfish
White River springfish
Woundfin

8. Endangered Animals
Corsican Snail
Kentucky Cave Shrimp
Queen Conch
Tooth Cave
Spider
Spotted Tree Frog

9. Endangered Plants
Abutilon menziesii, the
flowering maple from
Hawaii
The Lupine, in
Palo Alto, CA
The purpurea,
found all over North
America
Mead’s Milkweed

10. Endangered Plants
Dwarf Mountain Pine Camellias
Blagay Daphne
Small Whilte
Lady’s Slipper

11. Endangered Animals
African Elephant
Giant Panda
Koala Bear

12. Endangered Plant
Indigenous fern
Ferns in the Mangrove Forest

13. Green-cheeked parrot

14. Big leaf mahogany

15. Goldenseal

16. Tiger

17. Giant panda

18. Hawksbill Turtle

19. Endangered Animal Numbers
• Currently, there are over
– 342 mammals
– 271 birds
– 115 reptiles
– 30 amphibians
– 125 fish
– 48 insects
– 21 crustaceans
that are endangered in the world today.

20. Endangered Plant Numbers
• Currently, there are over
– 714 flowering plants
– 5 kinds of conifers and cyads
– 26 kinds of ferns
– 2 kinds of lichens
The Black Lace Cactus is one plant
that is currently on the endangered
list.

21. Why should we save these species?
• They serve medicinal purposes.
– All kinds of plants and animals
contribute to some kind of
prescription medication.
– About 40% of all prescriptions
written today are made from the
natural compounds of different
species.
– Digitalis, a heart medication which
saves more than 3 million heart
disease sufferers, is made from the
purple foxglove, an endangered
plant. The purple foxglove is a
medicinal plant that is currently
endangered.

22. Why should we save these species?
• They serve agricultural purposes.
– Wild relatives of common crops such as wheat and corn
contain disease-resistant material essential to humans.
– These plants also provide people with ways to develop
new crops for lands that don’t normally grow crops well.

23. Why should we save these species?
• These animals are very important to the ecology
of out earth.
– Since people depend on many different ecosystems for
food and water, when a species is in trouble, it is a sign
that the ecosystem isn’t doing well.
– The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that losing
one plant species can trigger the loss of up to 30 other
insect, plant, and other higher animal species.

24. Why should we save these species?
• These animals also serve recreational purposes.
– Zoos and other animal exhibits often help bring in
tourism, while helping to educate about these
animals.

25. MORAL
• A Moral obligation to…
• The people that depend on those species and
• Future generations
• If we don’t help to save these animals, they will
soon die out, and then they’d be gone forever,
leaving future generations without the chance to
get to see and learn about all these creatures.

26. Thank You