Endangered Species

TIGER

Panthera tigris Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Status: Endangered, IUCN Endangered, ESA Range: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India,Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Russia, Thailand, Vietnam Tiger Panthera tigris Description and biology Tigers are members of the cat family. They are the biggest of the big cats, a group that includes […]

TAPIR, CENTRAL AMERICAN

Tapirus bairdii Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Perissodactyla Family: Tapiridae Status: Endangered, IUCN Endangered, ESA Range: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama Tapir, Central American Tapirus bairdii Description and biology The Central American or Baird’s tapir is a large animal with a medium to dark brown coat. Related to the horse […]

TAMARIN, GOLDEN LION

Leontopithecus rosalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Callitrichidae Status: Critically endangered, IUCN Endangered, ESA (Leontopithecus spp.) Range: Brazil Tamarin, golden lion Leontopithecus rosalia Description and biology Tamarins, also known as marmosets, are unique New World (Western Hemisphere) monkeys that have a golden mane and long, silky fur. The most striking of the tamarins […]

SEA LION, STELLER'S

Eumetopias jubatus Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Otariidae Status: Endangered, IUCN Endangered, ESA (USA: Alaska, Russia); Threatened, ESA (USA: California, Oregon, Washington), Canada Range: Canada, Japan, Russia, USA (Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington) Sea lion, Steller’s Eumetopias jubatus Description and biology Sea lions and fur seals are members of the family of eared seals. […]

SEAL, HAWAIIAN MONK

Monachus schauinslandi Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Phocidae Status: Endangered, IUCN Endangered, ESA Range: USA (Hawaii) Seal, Hawaiian monk Monachus schauinslandi Description and biology The Hawaiian monk seal is a large warm-water seal. It is a member of the family of true seals because it does not have external ear flaps as fur […]

SEAL, GUADALUPE FUR

Arctocephalus townsendi Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Otariidae Status: Vulnerable, IUCN Threatened, ESA Range: Mexico, USA (California) Seal, Guadalupe fur Arctocephalus townsendi Description and biology Fur seals and sea lions differ from true seals in that they have external ear flaps. They are also able to turn their hind flippers forward for walking […]

RHINOCEROS, NORTHERN WHITE

Ceratotherium simum cottoni Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Perissodactyla Family: Rhinocerotidae Status: Near threatened (listed along with southern white rhinoceros) IUCN Endangered, ESA Range: Congo, Sudan Rhinoceros, northern white Ceratotherium simum cottoni Description and biology The northern white rhinoceros is also called the northern square-lipped rhinoceros. The animal derives its common name from the Afrikaans […]

RHINOCEROS, BLACK

Diceros bicornis Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Perissodactyla Family: Rhinocerotidae Status: Critically endangered,IUCN Endangered, ESA Range: Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe Rhinoceros, black Diceros bicornis Description and biology The black rhinoceros is one of two species of rhinoceros found in Africa (the other is the […]

RAT, SILVER RICE

Oryzomys argentatus Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Status: Endangered, ESA Range: USA (Florida) Rat, silver rice Oryzomys argentatus (sometimes mistakenly called Oryzomys palustris natator) Description and biology The silver rice rat is a small rodent. It has a head and body length of 10 inches (25 centimeters) and a tail length of […]

RAT, GIANT KANGAROO

Dipodomys ingens Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Heteromyidae Status: Critically endangered,IUCN Endangered, ESA Range: USA (California) Rat, giant kangaroo Dipodomys ingens Description and biology The kangaroo rat, a desert rodent related to the pocket mouse, is so-named because it uses its long legs and tail to leap like a kangaroo. There are about […]

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