Endangered Animals For Kids

Hey kids! So you want to know about endangered animals for kids, right? Well, before moving ahead, it’s better to know in advance what are endangered species and how many of them are falling off? If an expert says that the following species of animals are dying out, it means their entire generation is at stake. Hence they are endangered species. Going forward, when an animal becomes extinct, it’s believed that no one has spotted this animal in the forest for the last 50 years. According to IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources), almost 17,000 species are vulnerable from examining a stack of 47,000 different species. One of the most horrible facts regarding endangered animals for kids is that more or less 40,000 species are wiped out every year. Not only this, humans are a major cause of this mounting rate of decline.

In USA, the endangered species of animals have mounted to 450 different animals from which 160 animal species are vulnerable. Globally, almost 975 animal species are at stake. A big irritating number! Isn’t it?

Likewise in Australia, almost 20% of indigenous species are in danger of extinction and out of 312 mammals, 19 are already supposed to be extinct. Besides, from 33 species that are at risk, 21 are threatened. For Australian birds out of 793 species, 21 are probably died out. From a total of 797 reptile species, 12 are at stake while 40 species are threatened.

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With the passage of time and industrial epoch at its zenith, humans cannot sharply drop off their consumption of animals. So we need to find the middle ground so that both animals and humans can live together without causing further detriment to others. For instance, we can save logs for the animals’ habitat and not squander a lot of paper. But it’s a need of time to do something urgent in order to save these endangered animals for kids.

According to USDA Forest Service, 1993:

“The extinction of even a single plant species may result in the disappearance of up to 30 other species of plants and wildlife.”

Top 5 Reasons For Why An Upsurge Of Endangered Animals For Kids

One of the primary reasons of animals becoming extinct is the loss of proper habitat. Most of the
animals have become extinct merely due to the fact that humans are chopping logs in the wild. As the forest trees are shrinking, these animals find it hard to take refuge and so they die.
Apart from the habitat issue, there are few animals that typically become victim of human’s diet like chimpanzee. Chimpanzees are waning mainly because humans slay them for their food. That’s why these creatures have become endangered animals for kids.

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Just to keep other people amused or generating money from the circus, humans bring in a lot of beautiful animals from the forest. Besides, the animals kept in zoo are also one of the major causes of their decline.
What about ‘big game hunting’! Yes! It may be a short-term enjoyment for some people, but by slaying too many animals just for having fun will ultimately drive them to extinction one day.
Most of the elephants are also captured just to heave massive engines in order to sever wild trees. Hence if we want to save endangered animals for kids, we need to take practical steps in this direction or else more and more animals will become extinct.

List Of Endangered Animals For Kids

Endangered Amphibians

As per IUCN reports, there is a staggering number of 1,811 amphibian species that are in danger of extinction which is more than any other group. You know what it means? It means almost 31% of all amphibians are at stake primarily due to improper habitat as well as toxic waste. Let’s check it out what amphibians fall within endangered animals for kids.

Blue-Sided Tree Frog
Golden Poison Frog
California Tiger Salamander
Goliath Frog
Chinese Giant Salamander
Panamanian Golden Frog
Western Leopard Toad
Corroboree Frog

Endangered Invertebrates

Almost 97% of all the animals are called invertebrates. They are also waning against the clock particularly in the region of Amazon Basin. According to IUCN reports, more than 50% of these species are already at stake with crustacean’s species taking the lead in becoming extinct. Here is a detailed list of endangered animals for kids.

American burying beetle
Fabulous green sphinx moth
Basking malachite damselfly
Fanshell
Calippe silverspot butterfly
Giant freshwater crayfish
Conservancy fairy shrimp
Illinois cave amphipod
Delta green ground beetle
Kauai cave wolf spider
Dlinza forest pinwheel
Lotus blue butterfly

Endangered Birds

Almost every kind of bird species are at stake, surprised? Yes, that’s right. All the birds are in danger of extinction primarily due to the shortage of proper habitat for their survival. As luck would have it, those people who fancy these birds are the one who are dropping them off at an alarming rate. Why? Well! because they lock these birds in coop just for doing their sloppy business and earning money out of them. As per IUCN reports, more than 1,200 bird species are in danger of extinction from a total number of 10,000 bird species. Now what are the names of these endangered animals for kids?

Akepa
Chestnut-bellied hummingbird
Araripe manakin
Crowned eagle
Black-Billed Gull
Elegant Sunbird
Black-Capped Vireo
Galapagos Penguin
Black Shama
Golden-Cheeked Warbler
Blue-Throwated Macaw
Golden Parakeet
Brown Kiwi
Hawaiian Crow
California Condor
Hawaiian Duck
Cape Verde Warbler
Hyacinth Macaw
Imperial Woodpecker
Madagascar Teal
Indigo Macaw
Marbled Murrelet
Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
Mauritius Fody
Kagu
Northern Bald Ibis
Kakapo
Oriental Stork
Kirtland’s Warbler
Palila
Kokako
Peruvian Plantcutter
Least Bell’s Vireo
Philippine Eagle
Light-footed Clapper Rail
Pink Pigeon
Madagascar Fish Eagle
Purple-Backed Sunbeam
Red-Cockaded Woodpecker
Swan Goose
Red-Crowned Crane
Takahe
Red Siskin
Tricolored Blackbird
Rota Bridled White-Eye
White-Winged Duck
Seychelles Scops Owl
Whopping Crane
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher
Yellow-Crested Cockatoo
Storm’s Stork
Yellow-Eared Parrot

Endangered Mammals

Though we are mammals too but we seldom think of other mammals in our planet due to which their livelihood is in jeopardy. As per the reports of IUCN, more or less 20% of mammal species are in danger of extinction and few of them are vulnerable. You know how much is it in number? Well, it means almost 1,100 mammal species are in line with extinction. Whoa! There is a long list of endangered animals for kids in case of mammals.

Addax
Baiji
African Wild Ass
Baird’s Tapir
African Wild Dog
Beared Saki
Anoa
Black-Footed Ferret
Arabian Oryx
Black Rhinoceros
Asian Buffalo
Blue Whale
Asian Elephant
Bonobo
Qye-Qye
Broad-Nosed Gentle Lemur
Bactrian Camel
Cheetah
Gray Wolf
Chimpanzee
Hawaiian Monk Seal
Giant Armadillo
Hirola
Giant Otter
Humpback Whale
Giant Panda
Iberian Lynx
Golden Bamboo Lemur
Indiana Bat
Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo
Indus River Dolphin
Gorilla
Iranian Jerboa
Jaguar
Panther
Javan Rhinoceros
Przewalski’s Horse
Maned Three-Toed Sloth
Pygmy Hippopotamus
Maned Wolf
Red Panda
Mountain Zebra
Red Wolf
Northern Hairy-Nosed Wombat
Ring-Tailed Lemur
Ocelot
Ruffed Lemur
Orangutan
Scimitar-Horned Oryx
Sumatran Rhinoceros
Sea Otter
Tiger
Slender Loris
Vicuna
Snow Leopard
Western Giant Eland
Sperm Whale
Yellow-Breasted Capuchin
Steller Sea Lion

Endangered Reptiles

As far as reptiles are concerned, there is not a lot to know about their rate of extinction. However, as per IUCN reports, there are just 8% of reptile species that are supposed to be at stake. Out of these reptile species, more than 50% i.e. 341 species are either endangered or vulnerable. So check it out the names of these endangered animals for kids and seek to take sufficient steps for their conservation.

American Crocodile
Leaf-Nosed Lizard
Anegada Ground Iguana
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Antiguan Racer
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Bog Turtle
Painted Terrapin
Egyptian Tortoise
Round Island Boa
Green Sea Turtle
Siamese Crocodile
Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Spineless Forest Lizard
Keeled Box Turtle
Virgin Islands Tree Boa
Komodo Dragon

Endangered Fish

Like in case of reptiles, it’s almost out of the question to determine precisely how many fish species are at risk. However, just 10% from a total of almost 30,000 fishes are in danger of extinction, says IUCN. These are the names of endangered animals for kids in marine life.

Andean Catfish
Meking Freshwater Stingray
Angel Shark
Mekong Giant Catfish
Borneo Shark
Nassau Grouper
Coelacanth
Russian Sturgeon
Lost River Sucker
Smalltooth Sawfish

Tidbits On Endangered Animals For Kids

As a greedy sea otter smack sharp urchins alongside the rock with its ribcage, it helps in relieving global warming from the atmosphere. Through this activity, these animals manage to nurture vegetation so it can blossom.

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After looking at river turtles at Missouri, the students of the University of Florida have revealed that the number of river turtles did not make progress even after harvesting back in 1970s. This may be because of their bionetwork or perhaps due to the loss of habitat but indeed it’s a bleak sign for all the researchers.
In September 2012, a giant panda passed away in the National Zoo of Washington D.C. USA after it was just 6 ¹/₂ days old. There seemed to be a rare liquid in its stomach along with some liver problems, says Suzan Murray Chief veterinarian.
With the fusion of a tiger with lion, new animal species develops which is known as ‘Liger’. A small ‘Liliger’ cub which is named as “Kiara” is born in the Novosibirsk Zoo, Russia.
Nestled in Rota Island in Western Pacific Ocean, the Mariana Crow will become nonexistent within 75 years, according to the scientists in University of Washington. Hence, a waking call for all of us about such endangered animals for kids.
With the latest study on a bone portion which was unearthed in Texas cavern, the North American inhabitants used to farming as well as consuming domestic dogs way back 9,400 years before.
In September 2012, a unique species of snake is unearthed in Panama that goes after snails to quench their appetite. It is identified as Sibon noalamina in Spanish language, meaning “No to the mine”.