Endangered Animals Information

Animals that are in the verge of getting extinct are termed as endangered animals. These animals are killed most often for human needs and hunted on a regular basis. The fact that their population keeps on depleting at a very alarming rate, without any increase in their population, makes us aware that some are falling into the endangered species list. As per studies, endangered animals are those animals which can get extinct in the next 20 years. Whereas critically endangered animals might get extinct in the next 10 years. The endangered animals' information is very critical to humans as we can take the right actions to stop its extinction by promoting its breed as well as avoiding unnecessary killings. The animals, getting extinct in the wild, can be tamed for some time to promote their reproduction. Animals getting endangered are a threat not only to the environment but also to humans.

Here's the list of animals that are endangered:

• Dhole: Dhole is a native of Southeast Asia. The International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has declared dhole as endangered owing to their sudden fall in numbers and they are in the verge of extinction.

• Siberian Tiger: They are also known as Amur, Altaic, Korean, and North Chinese or Ussuri tiger. Researches in 2009 revealed that the population of the current Siberian tigers is almost the same as Caspian tigers that are extinct now.

• Blue Whale: Blue whale and its few species are found in the Indian Ocean, North Atlantic, North Pacific and South Pacific oceans. They were abundant in almost all the oceans of the earth before the beginning of the twentieth century. For years they have been hunted and are at the verge of extinction.

• Giant Panda: Giant panda or panda literally means, "black and white cat-foot". Panda is a bear and a native of central western and south western China. It can be recognized easily with its large black patches around the eyes. Although there is a fall in the number of pandas, certain reports also show that their number is on a rise. However the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is not yet certain to reclassify these species from Endangered to Vulnerable.

• Ethiopian Wolf: They are also known as Abyssinian wolf, Abyssinian fox, red jackal, Simien fox, or Simien jackal and are a native of Africa. It is termed to be most endangered with only some remaining.

• Bonobo: Bonobo, which was previously called as Pygmy Chimpanzee, is a great ape. Bonobos are most endangered and found only in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Apart from this, we also have Snow Leopard, African Wild Dog, Tiger, and Indian Rhinoceros, for a few to name. The critically endangered animals include: Mountain Gorilla, Arakan Forest Turtle, Darwin's Fox, Javan Rhino, Brazilian Merganser, Gharial, Vaquita, among others. In order to maintain the ecological cycle, we need to make sure that animal species are conserved or else the future of mankind will not know much about them, and this will also lead to deforestation. In short, a threat to mankind.