21. FAUNA DO BRASIL Translate this page Saúde Animal- Mamíferos. Red List of threatened species- IUCN. The Electronic Zoo.The Foundation for endangered wildlife. wild dogs. wildlife Discovery Program. http://www.aultimaarcadenoe.com.br/sitesfauna.htm

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23. African Wild Dog: WhoZoo Personal Observations The survival of African wild dogs is threatened by a reductionof prey The wild dog has been on the endangered species list since 1984 http://www.whozoo.org/Intro98/michaelg/michgree.htm

African Wild Dog Name: African Wild Dog Scientific name: Lycaon pictus Range: South Africa and east of Sahara Habitat: Grasslands, Savannas, and Woodlands of East Africa Status: Endangered Diet in the wild: Warthogs, zebras, water bugs, ostriches, rhinos, Grants Gazelle, elephants Diet in the zoo: Carnivorous diet Location in the zoo: Not currently on exhibit Physical description Wild dogs have a canine body shape like a wolf's, but they have larger, bat like ears and white tipped tails. They have splotches of black, yellow, white, and dark brown, with no two dogs marked exactly the same. General information Wild dogs have a highly developed social structure. They live in packs that vary from 10 to 15 animals, including males, females, and young. Their packs are nomadic, and they roam across a range of 1 to 30 miles a day. Members of the pack cooperate when hunting and raising their young. Normally, only the highest ranking male and female breed. However, other pack members help protect and raise the pups. Wild dogs greet one another through vocalizations, body posture, and licking. They have a ritualized midday greeting ceremony of squeaking and thrusting their muzzles into one anther's faces. Wild dogs are vulnerable to the diseases of domestic dogs from nearby human communities. They are also threatened by ranchers and trophy hunters. Alpha female with pups courtesy of Africam Special anatomical, physiological or behavioral adaptations

24. Head Hawaii Case /head dogs have been trained to sniff out foreign Trade in endangered species of wild Faunaand of protecting, restoring or propagating any endangered or threatened http://www.american.edu/TED/hawaii.htm

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25. PI-Endangered Species: `Alala to fall out of their nests, to cats, dogs, and mongooses. remove the crow from thelist of endangered and threatened of the number of `Alala in the wild to at http://pacificislands.fws.gov/wesa/alala.html

Hawaiian Crow Corvus hawaiiensis `Alala (Cry like a child) The Hawaiian Crow or `Alala is a medium-sized crow, 18 to 20 inches in length. The sexes are similar in color and size. The `Alala is a duller black than its North American cousins, with brown-tinged wings, and the throat feathers are stiff with hairlike webs and grayish shafts. The bill and legs are black. Endemic to the Big Island, this crow favors the upland forests between 3,000 to 6,000 feet in elevation on Hualalai and on the west slopes of Mauna Loa. They are most often found in `ohi`a or `ohi`a-koa forests. They are social birds that travel in family groups. The `Alala is omnivorous, preferring fruits of native trees and shrubs, but also eating insects, mice, and sometimes the nestlings of small birds. Since 1973, there has been extensive research on the Hawaiian Crow. The `Alala is endemic to the island of Hawai`i. They were once abundant in the lower forests and parklands of the western and southern sides of the island. When coffee and fruit farmers began shooting them in the 1890s, their population was already declining. By 1978, only 50 to 150 crows were believed to exist. Disease, predation, and loss of suitable habitat due to grazing and logging are also factors in the decline of the Hawaiian Crow. Only two `Alala are known to exist in the wild today, both located in the South Kona District.

26. CCIU Live Broadcasts of sea turtles are either endangered or threatened? will help ensure the survivalof this critically endangered species. a group of captive wild dogs from the http://www.cciu.org/LiveBroadcasts.html

About CCIU Calendar Contact Us Live Broadcasts ... Home CCIU will broadcast the following events live from our web site. To view any of the events listed, simply come back to this webpage at the time the program is scheduled to air. You will see a button next to the program which will start the broadcast. You will need Quicktime 5 and a high speed Internet connection to view these broadcasts. Live programs can only be viewed at the specified times. Scroll down for Archived Broadcasts Click on one of the following links if you are having difficulty streaming Quicktime Users or Network Administrators Live Broadcast Events Date/Time Program Title Program Description Links Status Feb. 21, 2003 11:00-11:30 AM Shamu TV Saving a Species: The Sea Turtle Story Did you know that all species of sea turtles are either endangered or threatened? Each year, SeaWorld parks rescue dozens of turtles either ill or injured from entanglement, watercraft collisions, ingestion of non-food items and other causes. Students will follow the story of one of these special sea turtles, witness round-the-clock rehabilitation efforts, meet wildlife experts from the Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute and celebrate an unforgettable success story. Shamu TV Coming Soon March 5, 2003 12:30-1:00 PM, ET

27. Lists Birds Satellite Tracking of threatened species The Migratory Swift Fox ReintroductionProgram Are Wolves endangered? Wolf Page FAQ on African wild dogs Foxes http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/bio65/lec08/lists.htm

ENDANGERED SPECIES LISTS Species Index by Category Endangered and Extinct Species Lists Endangered Species (EE-link) Endangered Species by Region ... Endangered Species Home Page EXTINCT SPECIES LISTS Losses in Biodiversity Maine's lost species Vanishing and Extinct Species of Birds and Mammals of Korea Extinct vertebrates of the U.S.A., U.S. territories and Canada since 1492 PLANTS Floral gems: Flower power saves ecosystem, ENN Daily News September 25, 1997 Alabama's Endangered Plants Page California Department of Fish and Game - Special Plants List California State Listed Threatened and Endangered Animals and Plants (1992) ... Demise of the plants INVERTEBRATES Insects Canada-Mexico Declaration Monarch Watch The Butterfly Website: Conservation and Ecology Monarch butterflies: The Miracle of Migration ... Maryland DNR Fish Fun Facts VERTEBRATES 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals U.S. Listed Vertebrate Animal Species by Lead Region and Status AMPHIBIANS NAAMP III Deformed Frogs Amphibian Declines in Australia Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Disappearing amphibians (1992) ... World-wide Web Meeting on Amphibian Monitoring and Deformed Frogs REPTILES Center for Endangered Reptiles, Quebec

28. Nikon Web Magazine : Japan - A Land Of Birds : December 1999 other lands such as mice, pigs, dogs, cats, and extinct EW Extinct in the wild speciesthat exist only in captivity threatened I endangered species that find http://www.nikon.co.jp/main/eng/society/birds99_00/199912/

Endangered Birds How many species of birds are there in Japan? There are approximately 680 species, including subspecies, on the "List of Japanese Birds" presented by the Ornithological Society of Japan in 1997 (including extinct species and excluding non-Japanese species). However this list is still provisional. As some species still under research, and some subspecies still unknown can be added to this list, the total number of species on the list may increase slightly in the future. By accessing the home page of the Environment Agency, you can find the Red List of Japanese birds. As you can see from the list below, there are 135 species on this list. In fact, approximately 20% of birds in Japan have been acknowledged as endangered species. Okinawa Rail ( Gallirallus okinawae This species only inhabits the mountains of the northern part of Okinawa. In addition to disappearance or division of its habitat by deforestation, the proliferation of mongooses, originally brought in to attack the habus, and wild dogs and cats, threatens the existence of the Okinawa rail to a degree that urgent measures are required. Short-tailed Albatross ( Diomedea albatrus This species has had its numbers increased through protection and breeding activities of the Environment Agency and Hiroshi Hasegawa of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, and has been placed in the Threatened II group. However its future is unpredictable.(Both Photos: Mr. KISAICHI, Kazuyasu)

29. Land Rover SA: Offroad - Wild Dogs By adopting wild dogs fragile because of their endangered species status - Land ecologicallyimportant species - one of Africa's most threatened carnivores http://www.landrover.co.za/offroad/wilddog/index.asp

Loading... Company Information Contact Us Land Rover Heritage Marque Values Off-road Land Rover News Driving Tips Tread Lightly Land Rover Experience ... Capricorn Adventure Interaction Owner's Information Land Rover Clubs Downloads Model Range Range Info Table Land Rover Dealers Gallery Spec Sheets ... Book a Test Drive "As the manufacturer of what has come to be acknowledged as the world's foremost four-wheel drive vehicle, Land Rover is proud to be associated with the Endangered Wildlife Trust and the conservation of one of the world's most endangered carnivores. Because Land Rovers give drivers the freedom to explore some of the wildest and most beautiful areas of our planet, we feel obliged to do what we can to protect and preserve our environment. Land Rover's commitment to environmental conservation is encapsulated in its Fragile Earth programme - which seeks to encourage care for and preservation of the environment as well as environmentally responsible off-road driving. By adopting Wild Dogs - fragile because of their endangered species status - Land Rover will be contributing towards the preservation of an ecologically important species - one of Africa's most threatened carnivores. Land Rover support also allows for ongoing scientific research in the generic mapping and population management of various Wild Dog populations, and the movement of animals to suitable areas where prey is freely available and there is less of a need to prey on farm animals.

30. Endangered Species Management elk, pronghorn, bighorn sheep, and wild turkey just Under the endangered species Act,populations of wildlife established and are taught to kill prairie dogs. http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/fw251/notebook/threatened.html

Endangered Species Management W. Daniel Edge , Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University threatened or endangered with extinction are human related (Fig. 1). The purpose of this chapter is to understand the Endangered Species Act, examine patterns of species endangerment, and examine some management practices for protecting threatened or endangered species. Fig. 1. Reasons that species are listed for protection under the Endangered Species Act (Data from Flather et al. 1994). The Endangered Species Act The Endangered Species Act is a species-based protection mechanism that has evolved over time. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 is a complicated piece of legislation with numerous terms and several major sections. Under the ESA, two Departments have authority to list species. The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is authorized to list marine mammals and fish, including andromous fish. The Secretary of Interior, acting through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, lists all other species. The 1982 amendment to the act stated that listing should be based solely on biological criteria. The ESA established a two-tiered classification based on the biological health of a species. Endangered Species are those in danger of becoming extinct throughout all or a significant portion of their range.

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Photo Caption: There used to be as many as 8 different subspecies of tigers in the world. Hunting and habitat loss have driven three subspecies to extinction. The Bali, Javan and the Caspian tigers are gone from the earth. The Bengal, Indo-Chinese, South Chinese, Sumatran and Siberian tigers remain, but their numbers are declining . Siberian Tigers live in Russia. The main threat to the Siberian tiger in Russia is logging which causes loss of habitat for the tigers and illegal hunting known as poaching. All tigers are listed as endangered. Once tigers numbered 50,000 to 80,000 world wide. Now, primarily because of hunting and loss of habitat, the numbers are estimated as low as 5,000 to 7,000. ENDANGERED ORGANIZATIONS CITES: Convention of Int'l Trade Endangered Species Traffic Network: Assists the CITES Program Defenders of Wildlife EIA: Environmetal Investigation Agency Org. Earth Trust Org Endangered Life Org Endangered Species Coalition FEW: Foundation for Endangered Wildlife ... Predator Conservation Org USFWS Homepage UNEP-WCMC: World Conservation Monitoring Ctr Wildlife Conservation Society Org Wildlife Trust Org WWF: World Wildlife Fund International ... WWF United States LINKS TO ORGANIZATIONS Animal Info: Links to Orginaztions EE-Link: Organization Links 4Endangered: Organization Links National Environmental Directory:    Search through 13,000 Organizations

32. What Are Endangered And Threatened Species? Others might capture a wild animal for a pet, or pick a flower because it'spretty. Why Protect endangered and threatened species? http://www.animalden.net/ai/endanger/endanger1.htm

Animal Lovers Gift Shop What Are Endangered and Threatened Species? A century ago, a bird called the passenger pigeon lived in North America. There were so many passenger pigeons that people often saw great flocks of them flying overhead containing thousands, even millions, of birds. Today, there is not a single one left. What happened? The passenger pigeon became extinct. All living passenger pigeons disappeared from the earth entirely. The passenger pigeon became extinct for two reasons. First, the forests where it lived were cut down to make way for farms and cities. Second, many pigeons were shot for sport and because they were good to eat. At that time, there were no hunting laws to protect endangered species like there are now. The passenger pigeon is one of the many plants and animals that once lived on our planet and have become extinct. For example, dinosaurs, mammoths, and saber-toothed tigers all became extinct long ago. More recently, the dodo bird and the sea mink also have disappeared. Extinction has been going on since life began on earth. But today, extinction is happening faster than ever before. There are more than 1000 endangered or threatened species in the United States today.

33. ND Endangered And Threatened Species It is unlawful to kill, harm, or harass endangered species. Life expectancies forwild blackfooted ferrets are less than 5 years Prairie dogs comprise 90 http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/others/nddanger/species/mustnigr.htm

North Dakota's Federally Listed Endangered, Threatened, and Candidate Species 1995 Black-footed Ferret ( Mustela nigripes Official Status: Endangered Endangered species are species that are in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of their range. It is unlawful to kill, harm, or harass endangered species. Listed: 35 Federal Register 8495; June 2, 1970 Historical Status: Black-footed ferrets once ranged throughout the Great Plains. It has been calculated that if all suitable habitat had been used, as many as 5.6 million black-footed ferrets may have existed in the late 1800's. Populations declined dramatically in the 1900's. The last known population was found at Meeteetse, Wyoming in 1981. The remaining 18 individuals from this population were captured and put into a captive breeding facility in 1987. Present Status: From 1987 until 1991 the black-footed ferret may have been extirpated in the wild. In the fall of 1991, 49 captive animals were reintroduced into the wild in Wyoming. The reintroduced animals were designated an "experimental" population. Unconfirmed sightings from other areas continue to be reported. In North Dakota, the majority of the reports come from the southwest part of the state. There are still about 300 black-footed ferrets in captivity. North Dakota is being evaluated for reintroduction sites. Habitat: The black-footed ferret inhabits short grass prairies, always within close proximity to prairie dog towns.

34. Summer 2001 Michigan Today--Confessions Of A Cautiously Optimistic Endangered Sp breeding and laboratory efforts on endangered species might play a to catch a glimpseof them in the wild. collisions and attacks on chicks by domestic dogs. http://www.umich.edu/~newsinfo/MT/01/Sum01/mt10s01c.html

Summer 2001 CONFESSIONS OF A CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATIONIST [PART 3 OF 3] By Jeffrey Flocken Recently, I had the honor to be one of four Americans invited by the Australian Koala Foundation to join 15 Australians in a groundbreaking summit for koala conservation. The purpose of the meeting was to draft a package of legislative protections for the koala, a species suffering from urban sprawl and loss of habitat due to land clearing. The koalas' trees of choice are found in areas with rich, fertile soil on Australia's eastern coast. These same areas are the best regions for farming, timber and mineral extraction, and urban development. As a result, the koala population and other species that share their habitat are rapidly dwindling. Citizens and conservationists are encouraging the Australian government to take stronger measures to save the rapidly dwindling koala population. This koala lives in the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Brisbane. Photo by Mary Crimmings Groups in the United States are taking similar inclusive approaches. Conservation International Most servals live in central Africa. This one was born and raised in captivity and is used in a live-

35. Piping Plover - Keep The Wild Alive - National Wildlife Federation Learn more about the endangered species of the Everglades. Background. These wildpredators, along with unleashed dogs, may prey upon nests and young. http://www.nwf.org/keepthewildalive/pipingplover.cfm

Home Contact Us Search Conservation ... Get Outdoors Get Newsletter All States AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY Your privacy The 25 species highlighted in the Keep the Wild Alive campaign were chosen to illustrate the diversity of imperiled species and the variety of issues that threaten them. The piping plover shares many of the issues highlighted by other species in the campaign, including Kemp's ridley sea turtle (coastal development and human impacts) and the whooping crane (habitat loss due to water diversions). Latin Name: Charadrius melodus Family: Charadriidae (Plovers and Allies) Estimated Population In 1996, there were 2,802 breeding pairs in the United States and Canada. (FWS) Current Status The piping plover is federally recognized as threatened throughout its range and as endangered in the Great Lakes Region. Range In summer, piping plovers breed in three distinct populations on the Atlantic Coast, Great Lakes, and Great Plains of the United States and Canada. Piping plovers winter on the Gulf coast and Atlantic beaches from North Carolina to Florida, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Habitat Type Piping plovers prefer to roost and forage in the same area. They roost on open beaches, amidst shells and rocks, and forage on beaches, tidal flats, and in small inlets.

36. Breeding And Conserving Endangered Canids National Zoo/ FONZ are listed as ‘threatened’ or ‘endangered’, and several wild populations areincreasingly threatened by habitat wild Dog African wild dogs, also known http://natzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/ReproductiveScience/Canids.cfm

Home Reproductive Science Focus on Science Weekend Saki monkey born in the Small Mammal House Spotlight on Zoo Science Spring Science Lectures at CRC Never Forgetting: Elephants and Ethics, An International Conference Population Regulation in Migratory Birds Climate Change and its Effect on Migratory Birds Track Silver Moon! To help save wild Asian elephants in Myanmar, Zoo scientists are tracking female elephant Silver Moon through the jungle. Now, you can track Silver Moon's travels too. National Zoo Accreditation Conservation of Endangered Cats Elephant Breeding and Reproduction Conservation Endocrinology ... Breeding and Conserving Endangered Canids Related Resources Asia Trail African Savanna Great Cats Zoo Scientific Publications Learn more about Smithsonian Natural History Museum Tropical Research Institute Environmental Research Center Breeding and Conserving Endangered Canids Meeting the Challenge of Preserving Endangered Species The Wild Canid Project of the Smithsonian National Zoological Park focuses on studying the biology of wild canids to improve reproductive success and to maintain self-sustaining zoo and wild populations. Diverse and increasingly rare From the two-pound Fennec fox that survives the rigors of Arabian deserts to the 175-pound Timber wolf that ranges throughout the wild reaches of the Northern Hemisphere, canids (dog-like mammals) are a diverse and wide-ranging family of mammals.

37. Ian On Cats And Endangered Small Wild Cat Species - The Official Jethro Tull Web (They are termed guard dogs because I cat on planet CNN and many of them are endangeredand a both in captive circumstances and in the wild through acquisition http://www.j-tull.com/musicians/iananderson/wittering.html

Ian Anderson equipment diaries email Ian ... Doane Perry Ian Anderson Wittering on About Cats Ian's cats and bengals small cat species Andean Mountain cat wild cat sites Many of you know that I am a cat admirer. My love of the feline mobsters goes back to childhood when our family moved to Edinburgh, Scotland's capital, from the Fifeshire town of Dunfermline where I was born. We inherited a rather undesirable grey, moth-eaten old tomcat with an ear missing. We named him Smudge. This unattractive but still noble creature used us a feeding stop and occasional shelter while about his dubious business. He did not once bring home a lady friend, let alone the product of his ungirded, unguarded even, loins. I remember, as a five or six year old, throwing the protesting animal on to an (unlit) fire which scared the proverbial out of him and attaching a rubber ball with a length of elastic to his poor tail which caused much hilarity in me, but not in the strangely trusting old Smudge. The awful guilt and sadness to follow meant that these dreadfulnesses of brat-child excess were never to repeat in my subsequent relationships with that most independent but people- loving companion, Felis felis, Felis domesticus, Felis vulgaris, or Felis pussycatimus, depending on your level of schoolboy Latin and taxonomic species recognition.

38. Bog Turtle Fact Sheet are preyed on by raccoons, skunks, foxes and dogs. may not be collected from thewild, and they The production of this endangered and threatened species Fact http://dep.state.ct.us/burnatr/wildlife/factshts/bogttl.htm

WILDLIFE IN CONNECTICUT ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES SERIES BOG TURTLE Clemmys muhlenbergii E N D A N G E R E D E N D A N G E R E D Habitat: Calcareous (containing calcium carbonate, calcium or lime) wetlands such as open sphagnum bogs, wet meadows and wet pastures. Weight: Approximately 4 ounces. Length: 3-3.5 inches. Life Expectancy: Although specifically unknown, the maximum age is estimated to be around 40 years. Food: Seeds, berries, insects, slugs, worms, crayfish, frogs, snakes, snails and carrion. Status: Federally threatened; state endangered. Identification: The bog turtle is the smallest of the 8 species of turtles found in Connecticut. It has an orange or yellow head patch which is sometimes divided into 2 parts. The large scutes of the dark carapace, or upper shell, have yellow or reddish centers. Range: Bog turtles currently occur in scattered colonies in western Connecticut, western Massachusetts, and through New York, south to northeast Maryland, southern Virginia, western North Carolina and Georgia. Reproduction: Bog turtles breed in late April to early June after emerging from hibernation. Nests are usually in tussocks or on sphagnum moss in sunny areas of a bog. The 2 to 5 (usually 2-3) eggs are laid from June to July and are left on their own to develop and hatch. Incubation lasts for 7 to 8 weeks and hatching occurs from July to early September. In Connecticut, eggs may overwinter in the nest and hatch in the spring when there is an abundant food supply. The nests are often preyed on by skunks and raccoons. The young are only 1 inch long at hatching and are often taken by a variety of birds and mammals. Bog turtles reach sexual maturity at 5 to 8 years of age.

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40. The Black-footed Ferret - An Endangered Species might still occur in the wild and to required annual extermination of prairie dogson all of Nebraska’s threatened and endangered species brochures published http://www.ngpc.state.ne.us/wildlife/ferret.html

The Black-footed Ferret An endangered species Description Habitat Status The black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) has been considered the most endangered mammal in North America for many years. Although it was probably never abundant, historically the ferret occurred throughout the Great Plains in 12 states and two Canadian provinces, from the foothills of the Rocky Mountains east to Nebraska and from southern Canada south to Texas. Ferrets were occasionally listed in fur company records from the upper Missouri River basin in the early to mid-1800s. The ferret was held in special regard by Native Americans, who used its pelts on headdresses and in religious ceremonies. The range of the black-footed ferret coincides closely with that of three species of prairie dogs on which the ferret depends for food and habitat. As the plains were settled and large tracts of prairie were plowed for farmland, prairie dog and ferret habitat was destroyed. Poisoning campaigns eliminated vast acreages of prairie dogs that were competing with livestock for forage. Prairie dogs occupied an estimated 700 million acres in the Great Plains in the late 1800s but occupy only about 1.5 million acres today. The black-footed ferret’s decline probably followed that of the prairie dog. In the 1950s, ferrets were still thought to occur in low densities throughout most of their historic range. In the 1960s, the only known population of black-footed ferrets was a small colony in southwestern South Dakota. That colony was studied from its discovery in 1964 until the last member died in captivity in 1979.

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