3. The Top 10 Most Endangered Animals
1. Mountain Gorilla
2. Javan Rhinoceros
3. Komodo Dragon
4. Koala Bear
5. Giant Panda
6. Kagu
7. Snow Leopard
8. Siberian Tiger
9. African Wild Dog
10. California Condor
4. Mountain Gorilla
๏ต There are about 700 Mountain Gorillas left on the Earth.
๏ต They live in dense forests in Africa.
๏ต In a lifespan of 50-60 years a female Mountain Gorilla
might only
have 2-6 living
young.
๏ต Mountain Gorillas
are herbivores. They
eat over 100 different
species of plants.
5. Javan Rhinoceros
๏ต There are about 60
Javan Rhinos left in
the world.
๏ต They only live in two
known locations,
Indonesia and Vietnam.
๏ต The females give birth every 1-3 years.
๏ต They are herbivore browsers and eat things like twigs, foliage, and fallen fruit.
6. Komodo Dragon
๏ต There are 4,000 Komodo Dragons left in the world but there
are only 400 breeding females.
๏ต The Komodo
Dragons live
on Komodo
Island.
๏ต The female lays
up to 30 eggs.
๏ต They are
scavengers and
eat almost any
kind of meat.
7. Koala Bear
๏ต There are less than
100,000 Koala Bears
left in the world.
๏ต Their range is all
across Australia,
especially in Eucalyptus
forests.
๏ต They breed (have a baby)
once a year.
๏ต They only eat Eucalyptus Trees which makes them
endangered because people cut their food down.
8. Giant Panda
๏ต There are only about 1,000 Giant Pandas left in the world.
๏ต They mostly live in China.
๏ต They can have 1-2
babies every year.
๏ต They are mostly
known to eat Bamboo
but they also eat
flowers, vines, tufted
grasses, green corn, honey, and rodents.
9. Kagu
๏ต There are only 700
Kagu left in the
world.
๏ต They are found in
the mountains of
New Caledonia in
the South Pacific.
๏ต They lay 10-28 eggs a year.
๏ต They eat only small snails and insects.
10. Snow Leopard
๏ต There are only about 6,000 Snow Leopards left in the
world.
๏ต They live in Afghanistan to Kazakhstan and Northern
Russia and
Eastern China.
๏ต They have 2-3 cubs
a year.
๏ต They eat wild sheep,
goats, rodents,
hares, and game birds.
11. Siberian Tiger
๏ต There are about 700
Siberian Tigers left
in the world.
๏ต They are found in the
coniferous forests of
eastern Russia.
๏ต There are 3-4 cubs born in a litter.
๏ต They eat mostly deer and wild pig but they also eats fish.
