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Animals Nearing Extinction

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In the past centuries about 1000 species have become extinct. Habitat encroachment or destruction an increase in the severity of weather events hurricanes flooding fires etc poaching the black marketfur trade ivory trade medicine delicacies etc and our fossil fuel dependency including use for agriculture are some. Rare Animals That Are Almost Extinct The Spixs macaw is a recently extinct animal from near the Rio São Francisco in Bahia Brazil. Animals nearing extinction . The Amur leopard and Sumatran elephant are just two of 19 species categorized as critically endangered by the World Wildlife Fund while the white-rumped vulture Philippine crocodile and Chinese pangolin have been given the equivalent classification on the IUCN Red List. Fortunately experts have documented about 160 Spixs macaws in captivity. 51 rows Panthera pardus orientalis. The West Virginian woodland bison Arizonas Merriams Elk the Rocky Mountain grasshopper Passenger pigeon and Puerto Ricos Culebra pa