Thursday, January 18, 2007

The EDGE Top 100 Endangered Animals

EDGE: -Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered-
The Top 100:

Recent studies indicate that almost 75 per cent of the world’s most extraordinary threatened mammals are receiving little or no conservation attention. If these species go extinct, they will be lost forever. There are no similar animals on earth to replace them.

Here's the top two:
Yangtze river dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer) - Critically endangered










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Long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bruijni) - Endangered













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