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Serval (Leptailurus serval)
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Length:2.1-3.2 ft.
Weight:20-40 lb.
Life Span:19 years
Gestation:63 days
Litter Size:2-3
Shoulder Height:20 inches
Status:Hunted of its attractive coat, the serval is listed under CITES Appendix 2 as threatened. The serval is also used as a source of meat in some areas of Africa.
Puma (Felis Concolor)
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Body Length: ~6 Feet
Weight:100-200 lbs
Gestation: 93 Days
Status:The Florida Puma is critically endangered. There are less then 50 of the subspecies left. The puma population in whole is not endangered, although the puma is hunted in the west where its main population subsides. The highest cause of death of the puma is hunting where hunting has been legalized.
Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)
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Weight:80 lbs
Length:5-6.5 ft
Life Span:13 yrs
Pup Mortality: 40-60%
Top Speed:45 mph
Status:The power and stealth of the wolf has been awed by the Native Americans and Eskimos, feared by the European settlers. When the Europeans came to America, the parents often told their children that if they were not good than the big, bad wolf would come and get them. Those stories carried onto future generations, and wolves were killed whenever possible. Today wolves are just starting to make a comeback in the United States due to wonderful reintroduction programs. Yellowstone National Park has been reintroducing wolves since 1994. By 2002 the wolf will be living on its own and will no longer be considered a threatened species. Most of the wolf populations today are in the very remote areas of the earth like most of Canada and Alaska, and small isolated sections of the lower 48 states of the US and in eastern Europe.
Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx)
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Length:2.5 - 4 feet
Tail Length:4.3"-14"
Weight:18-80 lb.
Gestation:69 days
Cubs:2-3 kittens
Life Span:15-20 years
Status:The lynx is not technically an endangered species, but is threatened. In some parts of its range the lynx is very rare, and the lynx is still hunted for its coat, thus is listed in CITES Appendix II.
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Red Wolf (Canis rufus)
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Weight:45-80 lb.
Gestation:1-2 mo.
Litter size:2-6 pups
Status:Nearly extinct only a few decades ago, the red wolf has begun to recover with the help of captive breeding and reintroduction programs. In 1967 the red wolf was listed as an endangered species. Then in 1973 the wolfs were captured and established into breeding programs. By 1980 the red wolf was considered extinct in the wild. There were only 14 red wolves left and they were all in captivity. Then as the number of red wolves increased more were let free into the wild. There are now 270-300 red wolves. Facilities continue to breed and release red wolves making the population higher
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we are finding out about the Giant Panda of (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
Length:5.25 - 6 feet
Weight:176-276 lb.
Status:The giant panda is a symbol for all the endangered species activists. They are slow breeding, rely on one food source, and have been shot through their previous range. The giant panda is isolated in small areas of land. In that area of land the bamboo periodically dies off as a natural cycle of life. At that time the giant panda would migrate to a different area of land with more bamboo. Unfortunately there is no place for the panda to go. When they begin to migrate they are more easily killed by farmers. A panda is worth thousands on the black market, so poaching is prevalent. The penalty for such an offense may be death, though.
wild animal names
Grant's Gazelle (Gazella granti)
Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)
Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)
Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
Baboon (Papio hamadryas)
Zebra (Equidae Equus)
White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus
Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus)
Tapir (Tapirus tapirus)
Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
Red Wolf (Canis rufus)
Red Fox (Vulpes fulva)
Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)
Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus)
Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus)
Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos)
Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
Tiger (Panthera tigris)
Snow Leopard (Panthera Uncia)
Serval (Leptailurus serval)
Puma (Felis Concolor)
Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx)
Lion (Panthera leo)
Leopard (Panthera pardus)
Jaguar (Panthera onca)
Fishing Cat (Felis viverrina)
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
Caracal (Felis caracal)
Bobcat
Black Bear
The number of known living species on earth sets somewhere below 2,000,000. A review of the literature shows that in the 1970's, estimates of the actual number of extant species ranged from 10,000,000 to 100,000,000, with 30,000,000 being a reasonable average. In this post-genomic era, with bacterium included, and extrapolating back 3.5 billion years knowing what we now know about the ratio of extinct to extant species in some families, an astonishing 4 trillion species of life can be conjectured to have existed over geologic time.
unrelated, there's an estimated 5-8 million species of beetle alone.
unrelated, there's an estimated 5-8 million species of beetle alone.
Well at any one time there might be a known number of species. But there is this continued dynamic of extinction and the finding of new species. You see a total number of all species given at 2 or 3 million, which I think is off the mark. There are some estimates of as many as 50 million species.
The IUCN did a species survey in 2004.
Number of known bird species worldd wide: 9717
Number of known mammal species world wide: 5416
Number of known fish species worl wide: 28500
Number of known insect species world wide: 950000
That survey is four years old so those numbers have changed a little. But at least it gives you an idea for the total numbers of known species. There are many more yet to be discovered. I suggest to anyone really interested, read the entire IUCN report.
The IUCN did a species survey in 2004.
Number of known bird species worldd wide: 9717
Number of known mammal species world wide: 5416
Number of known fish species worl wide: 28500
Number of known insect species world wide: 950000
That survey is four years old so those numbers have changed a little. But at least it gives you an idea for the total numbers of known species. There are many more yet to be discovered. I suggest to anyone really interested, read the entire IUCN report.
If Noah took a pair of every animal on earth aboard his ark, then that boat must have been big indeed! For the number of different kinds of animals, or species, is higher than you’d ever imagine.
The class of animals that human beings belong to, the mammals, includes close to 5,000 species. The number of birds is over 15,000. There are more than 3,000 kinds of snakes, and 300 kinds of turtles.
The mollusk family, which includes sea animals like the clam, has more than 100,000 members, while the lobster and crab family has over 20,000. There are some 15,000 species of protozoans, or one-celled animals, but the record for the number of different species is held by insects, with well over 750,000!
The best estimate is that there are at least three million different kinds of animals on earth!
The class of animals that human beings belong to, the mammals, includes close to 5,000 species. The number of birds is over 15,000. There are more than 3,000 kinds of snakes, and 300 kinds of turtles.
The mollusk family, which includes sea animals like the clam, has more than 100,000 members, while the lobster and crab family has over 20,000. There are some 15,000 species of protozoans, or one-celled animals, but the record for the number of different species is held by insects, with well over 750,000!
The best estimate is that there are at least three million different kinds of animals on earth!
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The reptiles have 6,000 species crawling in their habitats; and more are discovered each year.
There are over 70,000 types of spiders spinning their webs in the world.
Well, there are 3,000 kinds of lice. Yes, it is the lice we are prone to get due to lack of hair hygiene.
This is a mind-boggling fact – for each of the 600 million people there is about 200 million insects crawling, flying...
Mammals are the only creatures that have flaps around their ears.
The world has approximately one billion cattle, of which about 200 million belong to India.
The life of a housefly is only 14 days.
A dog was the first animal to up in space.
A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the first animals to fly in a hot air balloon. The oldest breed of a dog known to mankind is the ‘Saluki’.
An ostrich is the fastest bird and can run up to 70 km/h.
Never get a camel angry, for he or she will spit at you.
There are crabs that are the size of a pea. There are known as ‘Pea Crabs’.
The lifespan of 75 percent of wild birds is 6 months.
Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
You do not need cotton buds to clean a giraffe ears. It can do so with its own 50cm-tongue.
Want to known the appetite of a South American Giant Anteater? Well it eats over 30,000 ants, per day.
The sailfish can swim at the speed of 109 km/h, making it the fastest swimmer.
The Sea Horse is the slowest fish, drifting at approximately 0.016 km/h.
The small car on the road is probably the size of the heart of a blue whale.
The length of an elephant is the same as the tongue of a blue whale.
The crocodile's tongue is unmovable, as it is attached to the roof of its mouth.