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Endangered Species

Endangered Species. Vulnerable species Threatened species Endangered species. Vulnerable Species: Mexican Long-tongued bat. A vulnerable species is in danger because its numbers are low or declining. Vulnerable species: leopard frog. Threatened species: indigo snake.

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Endangered Species

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  1. Endangered Species Vulnerable species Threatened species Endangered species

  2. Vulnerable Species: Mexican Long-tongued bat A vulnerable species is in danger because its numbers are low or declining.

  3. Vulnerable species: leopard frog

  4. Threatened species: indigo snake A threatened species is in danger because its habitat is in trouble.

  5. Threatened species: red kangaroo

  6. Endangered species: Siberian tiger An endangered species is in immediate danger of dying out completely, or becoming extinct.

  7. Endangered species: snow leopard

  8. Factors of Endangerment • Destruction of both aquatic and terrestrial habitats. • Exploitation of animals • Demand for animal parts for use in certain foods or medicines. • Introducing non-native species to an environment. • Natural causes: changes in the weather, introducing an exotic species to a new environment

  9. Importance of the diversity of being Foxglove plant (毛地黃) is the main source of the drug digitalis (強心劑).

  10. World Wildlife Fund http://www.worldwildlife.org/

  11. National Wildlife Federation http://www.nwf.org/

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