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Animals on the verge of extinction (15 photos)
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has published the report "Priceless or worthless?" About one hundred most in need of protection of animal species. According to biologists, these species will disappear from the face of the earth until 2020 if we do not take appropriate measures to restore their populations.
Angonoka tortoise. Number: 440-770 individuals. The area of 12 square meters. km northeast of Madagascar.
Araripsky Manakin. Population: 779 individuals. The area of 28 square meters. km plateau Araripe, Ceará, Brazil.
Reddish monkey. Population: less than 1 000 individuals. Habitat: tropical forest north-east Brazil.
Spotted harlequin. Population: unknown. Range: Ecuadorian province of Azuay, Cañar and Guayas.
Pygmy three-toed sloth. Population: less than 500 individuals. Range: 1, 5 square. km, the island of Isla Escudo de Veraguas, Panama
Frog Bullock. Population: unknown. Range: less than 500 square meters. km, the province of Arauco, Chile.
Spoon-billed sandpiper. Population: less than 100 pairs of mushrooming. The area of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in Russia, flies to winter in Southeast Asia
Singapore freshwater crab. Population: unknown. Range: Bukit Timah Nature Reserve and streams near Bukit-Batoka, Singapore
Javan rhino. Population: less than 100 individuals. The area of National Park Ujung Kulon, the island of Java, Indonesia
Northern bald ibis. Number: 200-250 individuals. The area: three separate groups in Morocco, Turkey and Syria. Syrian population winters in northern Ethiopia
Great Indian bustard. Number: 50-250 individuals. The area: 570 sq. M. km wasteland India
Rafetus pile. Population: 4 specimens. Range: Hoan Kiem Lake and Dongmen in Vietnam, China Suzhou Zoo
Kaiser's spotted newt. Population: less than 1 000 individuals. The area of 10 square meters. km, the Zagros Mountains in Iran
Krasnoplavnikovaya Sisyrinchium. Number: 2000-4000 individuals. Range: Reserve Edgbaston in Australia
Saola. Population: unknown. Range: Mountain Chyongshon in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
Angonoka tortoise. Number: 440-770 individuals. The area of 12 square meters. km northeast of Madagascar.
Araripsky Manakin. Population: 779 individuals. The area of 28 square meters. km plateau Araripe, Ceará, Brazil.
Reddish monkey. Population: less than 1 000 individuals. Habitat: tropical forest north-east Brazil.
Spotted harlequin. Population: unknown. Range: Ecuadorian province of Azuay, Cañar and Guayas.
Pygmy three-toed sloth. Population: less than 500 individuals. Range: 1, 5 square. km, the island of Isla Escudo de Veraguas, Panama
Frog Bullock. Population: unknown. Range: less than 500 square meters. km, the province of Arauco, Chile.
Spoon-billed sandpiper. Population: less than 100 pairs of mushrooming. The area of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in Russia, flies to winter in Southeast Asia
Singapore freshwater crab. Population: unknown. Range: Bukit Timah Nature Reserve and streams near Bukit-Batoka, Singapore
Javan rhino. Population: less than 100 individuals. The area of National Park Ujung Kulon, the island of Java, Indonesia
Northern bald ibis. Number: 200-250 individuals. The area: three separate groups in Morocco, Turkey and Syria. Syrian population winters in northern Ethiopia
Great Indian bustard. Number: 50-250 individuals. The area: 570 sq. M. km wasteland India
Rafetus pile. Population: 4 specimens. Range: Hoan Kiem Lake and Dongmen in Vietnam, China Suzhou Zoo
Kaiser's spotted newt. Population: less than 1 000 individuals. The area of 10 square meters. km, the Zagros Mountains in Iran
Krasnoplavnikovaya Sisyrinchium. Number: 2000-4000 individuals. Range: Reserve Edgbaston in Australia
Saola. Population: unknown. Range: Mountain Chyongshon in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
