2. DEFINITION
• A SPECIES THAT IS IN DANGER OF
EXTINCTION THROUGHOUT ALL OR A
SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF ITS RANGE.
THREATENED SPECIES IS A
RELATED TERM REFERRING TO
SPECIES LIKELY TO BECOME
ENDANGERED WITHIN A SHORT SPAN
OF TIME.
4. ATELOPUS VARIUS
• IT IS A KIND OF
TOAD WHICH
BELONGS TO
KINGDOM ANIMALIA
AND CLASS
AMPHIBIA.
• IT WAS ONCE
ABUNDANT IN
COSTA RICA &
WESTERN PANAMA.
5. ORANGUTAN
• ITS LEGS ARE
SHORT & BOWED.
• ADULT MALES ARE
4.5 FT TALL AND
WEIGH UPTO 82 KG.
• IT MOSTLY EATS
FRUITS WHICH
MAKES UP 60 % OF
ITS DIET.
6. SEA OTTER
• IT HAS THE
THICKEST FUR IN
THE ANIMAL
KINGDOM,
RANGING FROM
250000 TO A
MILLION HAIR PER
SQ INCH.
• IT DOESN’T HAVE A
LAYER OF BLUBBER
TO KEEP IT WARM.
7. POLAR BEAR
• THEY HAVE WHITE
FUR, WHICH MAY BE
CREAMY YELLOW OR
LIGHT BROWN IN THE
SUMMER.
• THE FUR HELPS THEM
TO STAY WARM.
• THEY MAY WEIGH
ABOUT 800 KGS & MAY
BE 10 FT LONG.
8. VULTURE
• VULTURES ARE DARK
WITH SILVERY WHITE
PATCHES NEAR WING
TIPS WHICH HELP
THEM IN FLIGHT.
• THEY HAVE BARE
HEAD, GREYISH IN
COLOUR.
• THEY LIVE FOR ABOUT
100 YEARS.
12. HAWKSBILL SEA TURTLE
• IT IS A MARINE
TURTLE , HAVING
AN ELONGATED
OVAL SHELL.
• IT HAS SMALL HEAD
WITH A HAWK LIKE
BILL.
• IT FEEDS ON
SPONGES.
13. SIBERIAN TIGER
• IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS
AMUR, MANCHURIAN
OR NORTH CHINA
TIGER.
• ITS FUR GROWS
LONGER & THICKER
THAN THAT OF OTHER
TIGERS.
• THE PAWS HAVE
EXTRA FUR TO
PROVIDE INSULATION
AGAINST SNOW.
14. ISLAND FOX
• IT IS THE SMALLEST
FOX SPECIES IN
THE U.S.
• IT HAS GREY FUR
ON ITS HEAD.
• IT IS GENERALLY
NOCTURNAL.
15. GIANT PANDA
• IT HAS WHITE COAT
WITH BLACK FUR
AROUND THEIR
EYES, ON THEIR
EARS, LEGS &
SHOULDERS.
• IT HAS ADAPTED
VEGETERIAN DIET
& DEPEND ON
BAMBOO AS A
FOOD SOURCE.
16. PALILA (Loxiodies bialleui)
• IT FEEDS
PRIMARILY ON
MAMANE SEEDS,
FLOWERS &
INSECTS.
• IN DROUGHT
YEARS, MOST
BIRDS DO NOT
ATTEMPT
BREEDING.
