15 Most Beautiful Endangered Species
1. Snow Leopard
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The snow leopard (Uncia uncia or Panthera uncia) is a moderately large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central Asia. It is estimated that between 3,500 and 7,000 snow leopards exist in the wild
2. Flamingos
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Flamingos or flamingoes are gregarious wading birds in the genus Phoenicopterus and family Phoenicopteridae. There are four flamingo species in the Americas and two species in the Old World.
3. Giant Panda
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Estimate shows that there are about 1,590 individuals living in the wild
4. Polar Bear
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The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a bear native largely within the Arctic circle encompassing the Arctic Ocean. Of the 19 recognized polar bear subpopulations, 8 are declining, 3 are stable, 1 is increasing, and 7 have insufficient data.
5. Arowana
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Arowanas are freshwater bony fish of the family Osteoglossidae, sometimes known as “bonytongues”.
6. Markhor
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The Markhor (Capra falconeri), is the largest member of the goat family and is found in northeastern Afghanistan, northern India (southwest Jammu and Kashmir), northern and central Pakistan. There are less than 2,500 mature individuals which continued to decline by an estimated 20% over 2 generations.
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Very interesteing and informative compilation. Glad to read it. Didn’t know about most of the animals in this list. We should really do something for these poor creatures. Our leaders are busy in wars and these poor animals are dying.
enlightening post..!
this snow leopard is soooooo BEAUTIFUL<3
These animals are incredible! anyone who kills them should in turn be slaughtered!
WWF and conservation efforts are fruitless. As time and man
kind progress and expand, all land will eventually become occupied. Its sad but the animals who were here before us will be terminated for our expansion. Go ask a native american.