Zoo Animals - Final Project

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By Jackie Brennan

• 9 Subspecies of Tigers• 3 Subspecies are Extinct• Remaining 6 are Endangered

• Second Largest Living Cat, after Tiger• Lions Critically Endangered• Decrease in Population Unknown

• Only Great Ape Living Exclusively in Asia• Only 2 Surviving Species• 2004 population: 61,234; recent estimate:

7,300.

• Relocated from Lowland to Mountains• Population Decrease Caused by

Deforestation and Farming• Poached for Furs to be Manufactured

• Tallest of All Land-Living Animal Species• Two Remaining Species – Both Well Off• All Other Species Extinct• Only Animal in PowerPoint not on Endangered List

• Largest Living Land Animals• 3 species of Elephant Living

• All Others Extinct• Some from Last Ice Age

• DNA is 98% identical to human DNA• Final 2 Species are Both Endangered• Caused by Obsessive Poaching• Wanted for bush meat trade

• Only Come Out of Water at Dusk to Eat• Threatened by Habitat Loss and Poaching

for Meat and Ivory Teeth• Since 1900: 3 Species Have Become Extinct• Population decline from 29,000 to 800

• Black with White Stripes; All Distinctive• Mainly Hunted for Skin• Not Fully Domesticated Unlike Horse

Relatives• One Type Endangered