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PANGOLIN

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Pangolins, often called “scaly anteaters,” are covered in tough, overlapping scales. These burrowing mammals eat ants and termites using an extraordinarily long, sticky tongue, and are able to quickly roll themselves up into a tight ball when threatened. Eight different pangolin species can be found across Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Poaching for illegal wildlife trade and habitat loss have made these incredible creatures one of the most endangered groups of mammals in the world.

Pangolin species vary in size from about 1.6kg (~3.5 lbs) to a maximum of about 33kg (~73 lbs). They vary in color from light to yellowish brown through olive to dark brown. Protective, overlapping scales cover most of their bodies. These scales are made from keratin — the same protein that forms human hair and finger nails. Overlapping like artichoke leaves, the scales grow throughout the life of a pangolin just like hair; scale edges are constantly filed down as pangolins dig burrows and tunnel through the soil in search of termites and ants. Pangolin undersides do not have scales, and are covered with sparse fur. Unlike African pangolins, Asian pangolins also have thick bristles that emerge from between their scales. 

Challenges

Humans have taken their toll on the pangolin.

Pangolins are believed to possess magic or charms. When mixed with bark from certain trees, the scales are thought to neutralize witchcraft and evil spirits. If buried near a man’s door, they are said to give an interested woman power over him. Sometimes the scales are burned to keep lions and other wild animals away. In some areas, pangolins are sacrificed for rainmaking ceremonies; in other areas, they are hunted for meat.

Solutions

Our solutions to protecting the pangolin:

• Engage communities.

  African Wildlife Foundation works with communities living near pangolins and other wildlife to provide them with tools and incentives for sustainable agriculture that allow them to move away from hunting threatened wildlife for food.
  

• Promote public awareness.

  AWF, along with partner organizations, creates public-awareness campaigns, like the "When the Buying Stops, the Killing Can Too" campaign with Yao Ming, to educate consumers of wildlife products about the damage being done to wildlife populations and the lack of any medicinal or magical properties in pangolin scales.
  
  Sources:  Savepangolins.org
  
                  African Wildlife Foundation

Endangered species designation could slow progress on trail - Gaylord Herald Times: News

Craig Currier (231) 439-9358 - ccurrier@petoskeynews.com
 
NORTHERN MICHIGAN — Ready to break ground this spring on a 15-mile non-motorized trail between Boyne City and Charlevoix, Charlevoix County officials are now studying whether a decision announced last week by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will delay its construction plans.
It was revealed on April 1 that the northern long-eared bat, a species that has been decimated by a fungal disease, has been placed on the federal endangered species list. With populations in Michigan, the move puts restrictions on certain activities that could further harm the bats.

In a news release last week, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources listed a series of new regulations that Charlevoix County officials believe may slow — but not altogether postpone — progress on the trail this year.

"I talked to the engineers (last week) and they still have to see what this means," said Ross Maxwell, the county's parks and recreation director. "It looks like we just can't clear the trees for our trail in June and July. If everything is OK there, I can see us still building phase one this year."

Maxwell said he's expecting more information this week.

After initially planning to begin construction on the trail, which will be built in five phases, last year, the county was dealt a series of delays as it waited final approval for the project from state officials. A new timeline was set with construction planned to begin as soon as the weather would allow this year. But the project was again put on hold over the winter as federal officials considered whether to put the northern long-eared bat on the list of endangered species, Maxwell said.

The restrictions announced last week prohibit cutting and clearing of trees within areas where northern long-eared bats have their babies and raise them during June and July. Maxwell said such areas exist all along the trail's path.

The non-motorized trail's construction will start with a 3.2-mile section in Boyne City on a portion that passes through Young State Park. The second phase to be constructed will stretch 3.3 miles originating from the Little Traverse Wheelway in Charlevoix. A third phase in the Horton Bay area is planned for construction in 2016 and the final two phases will follow that.

County officials expect grant funding will cover the entire cost for construction of the trail.

JACKIE CHAN SAYS STOP RHINO POACHING

Source: Youtube

RIVER MONTH

April is river month and we acknowledge the importance of our rivers. These rivers play an important part in the livelihood of our endangered species. most our endangered species stay in rivers, feed in rivers and grow there. Our continent of Africa has many rivers which are considered to be the longest in the world. Below is a list of why rivers are important:

Water

Rivers carry water and nutrients to areas all around the earth. They play a very important part in the water cycle, acting as drainage channels for surface water. Rivers drain nearly 75% of the earth's land surface.Most of our endangered species like rhinos rely on rivers for water.

Habitats

Rivers provide excellent habitat and food for many of the earth's organisms.
Many rare plants and trees grow by rivers. Ducks, voles, otters and beavers make their homes on the river banks. Reeds and other plants like bulrushes grow along the river banks.
Other animals use the river for food and drink. Birds such as kingfishers eat small fish from the river. In Africa, animals such as antelopes, lions and elephants go to rivers for water to drink. Other animals such as bears catch fish from rivers.
River deltas have many different species of wildlife. Insects, mammals and birds use the delta for their homes and for food.

Transport

Rivers provide travel routes for exploration, commerce and recreation.

Farming

River valleys and plains provide fertile soils. Farmers in dry regions irrigate their cropland using water carried by irrigation ditches from nearby rivers.

Energy

Rivers are an important energy source. During the early industrial era, mills, shops, and factories were built near fast-flowing rivers where water could be used to power machines. Today steep rivers are still used to power hydroelectric plants and their water turbines.

Images of our lovely rivers

Images: www.rivers.gov

Source: Rivers

STOP SEISMIC AIRGUN BLASTING

Seismic airguns are used to find oil and gas deep beneath the ocean floor. The airguns are so loud that they can disturb, injure and even  kill marine life. They can also harm commercial fisheries and disrupt coastal economies. These blasts are repeated every ten seconds, 24 hours a day, for days to weeks at a time. Seismic airgun blasting could injure as many as 138,000 whales and dolphins and some could be killed.  It will also disturb millions more, according to government estimates.

Seismic airguns are towed behind ships and shoot loud blasts of compressed air through the water that travel miles into the seabed, which reflect back information about buried oil and gas deposits. These blasts harm marine mammals, sea turtles, fish and other wildlife.

Oceana is working to halt the use of seismic airguns, and stop the expansion of dangerous offshore drilling.

If these blastings are not stopped a lot of our endangered marine mammals are in danger. These include

DOLPHINS

 

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SEA LION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Source: Oceanacampaign

 

 

 

 

 

MARSH SANDWORT

image: turtlepuddle.org

Marsh sandwort is a delicate herbaceous perennial, producing mat-like clusters of erect, slender shoots from underground runners (Abrams and Ferris 1944; Hartman et al. 2005; Hitchcock 1964; Mason 1957). The vegetative shoots often twine around each other or sprawl over associated vegetation and have been reported to reach up to 1 meter in length. Shoots typically have many pairs of opposite, linear leaves, with blades 1-2 cm long. The flowering shoots, which produce small, solitary, white flowers, often ascend among the leaves and stems of other marsh plants like rushes and sedges. Flowers are about 8-10 mm wide at anthesis, bear 5 white petals, and 10 stamens. Flowering is sporadic, ranging from May through August. Each flower produces a few, small, black seeds, but the type of potential pollinator remains unknown (Mazer and Waddell 1994; Mazer 2000).Marsh sandwort today is known from fewer than three localities, and its numbers have dwindled to perhaps less than perhaps 50 individuals. marsh sandwort is known from as few as two localities in southern San Luis Obispo County. At one of these localities, it co-occurs with Gambel’s watercress, another endangered species. Marsh sandwort has been reported from Mexico and Guatemala, but its distribution there also appears to be highly restricted.

 Threats

•Loss of wetlands and sporadic inundation of stable wetland habitats. •Competition from alien invasives. •Eutrophication resulting from increased nutrient levels.

Source: Center for Plant Conservation

TOP TEN COUNTRIES WITH THE LARGEST NUMBER OF ENDANGERED SPECIES (aneki.com)

1.	Ecuador	2,151
2.	United States	1,143
3.	Malaysia	892
4.	Indonesia	833
5.	China	773
6.	Mexico	748
7.	Brazil	697
8.	Australia	621
9.	Colombia	593
10.	India	552

THE AFRICAN WILD DOG

The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) is a canid native to Sub-Saharan Africa. It is the largest of its family in Africa, and the only member of the genus Lycaon, which is distinguished from Canis by its fewer toes and dentition, which is highly specialised for a hypercarnivorous diet. It is classed as endangered by the IUCN, as it has disappeared from much of its original range. The current population has been estimated at roughly 39 subpopulations containing 6,600 adults, only 1,400 of which are fully grown.

Challenges faced by this dog

Humans

Throughout Africa, wild dogs have been shot and poisoned by farmers, who often blame them when a leopard or hyena kills livestock.

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Evasion of space

As human populations expand, leading to agriculture, settlements, and roads, African wild dogs are losing the spaces in which they were once able to roam freely.

Inage: tusk.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Solutions

Our solutions to protecting the African wild dog:

Engage local communities

 African Wildlife Foundation educates community members on protecting their local wildlife and equips them to do so. In the Samburu Heartland, AWF, with funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Dutch government, employed 12 scouts from five neighboring communities. These scouts monitor the African wild dogs, learning their movements and alerting herders when African wild dogs are present. By providing access to new employment, AWF is able to weave conservation and economic opportunity together to incentivize African wild dog protection.

Mitigate human-wildlife conflict

Retaliation is the primary reason for wild dog killings. We work with communities to help them construct bomas—livestock enclosures—that protect livestock from predators.

post source: African Wildlife Foundation

LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE

The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), sometimes called the leathery turtle, is the largest of all living turtles and is the fourth-heaviest modern reptile behind three crocodilians. It is the only living species in the genus Dermochelys. It can easily be differentiated from other modern sea turtles by its lack of a bony shell. Instead, its carapace is covered by skin and oily flesh.

Threats to leatherback sea turtles

Entanglement in fishing gear

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Over-harvesting of eggs 

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The Turtle’s Point of View

Scientists studying the behavior of endangered leatherback sea turtles put video cameras on their shells.

Source:  James Gorman and Poh Si Teng (nytimes.com)

WESTERN LOWLAND GORILA

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 The western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) is one of two subspecies of the western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) that lives in montane, primary, and secondary forests and lowland swamps in central Africa in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. It is the gorilla most often found in zoos.The western lowland gorilla is the smallest subspecies of gorilla but nevertheless still a primate of exceptional size and strength. This species of gorillas exhibits pronounced sexual dimorphism. They possess no tails and have jet black skin along with coarse black hair that covers their entire body except for the face, ears, hands, and feet. The hair on the back and rump of males takes on a grey coloration and is also lost as they get progressively older. This coloration is the reason why older males are known as "silverbacks". Their hands are proportionately large with nails on all digits, similar to that of a human's, and very large thumbs. They have short muzzles, a prominent brow ridge, large nostrils, and small eyes and ears. Other features are large muscles in the jaw region along with broad and strong teeth.

The western lowland gorilla population in the wild is faced by a number of factors that threaten its extinction.

1. bushmeat hunting.
 

2. Infertility - Generally, female gorillas mature at 10–12 years of age (or earlier at 7–8 years) and their male counterparts mature slower, rarely strong and dominant enough to reproduce before 15–20 years of age. The fecundity of females, or capacity of producing young in great numbers, appears to decline by the age of 18. Of one half of captive females of viable reproductive age, approximately only 30% of those had only a single birth. The long, narrow, bony pelvis of the great apes, which further contributes to the potentially long distance from the apex of the vagina to the ovaries and therefore decreases the chance of successful fertilization

3. Expanding human settlements - the expansion of human causes animals to lose their land and their food thereby leading to their extinction.

ABUTILON EREMITOPETALIUM

Image: calphotos.berkeley.edu

This plant is commonly known as the Hidden-petaled Abutilon or Hiddenpetal Indian Mallow, is a species of flowering shrub in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is endemic to dry forests and low shrublands on the windward side of the island of Lānaʻi in Hawaii. It is classified by the IUCN Red List as critically endangered by habitat destruction. The species was first discovered in 1987.

This plant faces threats of extinction  from the following:

Alien plant competition

Alien plants tend to invade native plants space and take over their space leading to their extinction.
source:  alien plant competition

Browsing and trampling by axis deer

The axis deer which is found in Hawaii tramples and destroys this plant leading to its extintion.
source:  Browsing and trampling by axis deer

Stochastic extinction caused by low numbers  

Small populations are generally at a greater risk of extinction because environmental fluctuations due to variation in predation, competition, disease and food supply; and natural catastrophes that occur at irregular intervals, such as fires, floods, volcanic eruptions, storms and droughts. 
source:  Stochastic extinction caused by low numbers

 Source of this article: http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/

SUMATRAN RHINOCEROS

Image: wolvesonceroamed.com

The Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) is a rare member of the family Rhinocerotidae and one of five extant rhinoceroses. It is the only extant species of the genus Dicerorhinus. It is the smallest rhinoceros, although it is still a large mammal.Members of the species once inhabited rainforests, swamps, and cloud forests in India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and China. In historical times, they lived in southwest China, particularly in Sichuan.They are now critically endangered, with only six substantial populations in the wild: four on Sumatra, one on Borneo, and one in the Malay Peninsula. Their numbers are difficult to determine because they are solitary animals that are widely scattered across their range, but they are estimated to number fewer than 100. Survival of the Peninsular Malaysia population is in doubt, and one of the Sumatran populations may already be extinct. Total numbers today may be as low as 80^. The decline in the number of Sumatran rhinoceroses is attributed primarily to poaching for their horns, which are highly valued in traditional Chinese medicine, fetching as much as US$50,000 per kg on the black market.Many parts of its body are believed to have aphrodisiac and medicinal properties, but its distinctive horn is most in demand, and ends up either a powdered ingredient in medicines, or artistically carved . The populations of the Sumatran rhinoceros are now so small that breeding has become a rare activity and successful births are infrequent; as a result, inbreeding depression has become a real and serious risk. The small numbers mean that even the death of a single animal brings the species a step closer to extinction. This is one of the animals that are on the verge of extinction.

CAMOUFLAGE FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES

This documentary shows us how animals use camouflage to protect themselves and survive for more years. click on the link below to watch it

http://youtu.be/crn-uqOG8SY

Here is a song by Dianne Reeves to watch after the video about endangered species.

http://youtu.be/n7I8FDn2WDg

5 EXTINCT BIRDS AND POSSIBLE REASONS FOR THEIR EXTINCTION

1. Extinct bird species: Dodo

Dodo: Pinterest

The dodo was a flightless bird that uniquely inhabited the island of Mauritius found in the Indian Ocean. The dodo was said to be related to pigeons and doves and was described as being around 3.3 feet tall and weighing about 20 kg. In 1598, Dutch sailors came across these flightless birds in the island and immediately saw its potential for meat, as they were starving by the time they reached land. It was hunted to extinction for its meat that wasn’t that great in terms of taste. Nevertheless by 1681, the hungry Dutch sailors had contributed a big portion in its extinction, barely leaving a single sign of the dodo’s existence. Because of lack of any clue that may suggest its existence, it was left forgotten as a mythical creature. This remained as such until the 19^th century, when research was conducted on some of the last surviving species that had been taken to Europe. From then on, some remains and fossils of dodos were discovered in Mauritius.

2. Extinct bird species: Great Auk

Great Auk: Pinterest

The Great Auk was a large flightless species of penguins living in the North Atlantic rocky coasts and islands of the world and was believed to be in large numbers in the cold regions of Iceland, Greenland, Norway and Great Britain.It is depicted by the white fur on its belly, its black back and a thick hooked beak. The Great Auk was about 31 inches tall and weighing around 5 kg. Although the Great Auk was the only said species of genus Pinguinus to survive till recent times, it eventually became extinct in the middle of the 19th century due to excessive hunting. It was a source of food and also had a symbolic value to the Native Americans who buried the great auk bones together with the dead. Even the early Europeans who came to America hunted the Auks for food and used them as bait in fishing. Like most extinct species of birds, the Great Auk was hunted to extinction.

 3. Extinct bird species: Mauritius Blue Pigeon

Blue Pigeon: Pinterest

The Mauritius blue pigeon, endemic to Mauritius Island, is a striking bird, with a pearly white elongated neck, a vivid red tail and velvety blue body. Possibly being an omnivore, it was said to feed on fresh water mollusks and fruit.

It was first described in 1602 and the Dutch sailors, who landed in Mauritius, were glad to have a change in diet from eating the unappetizing dodo meat. Thus, it was largely hunted and eaten, thereby greatly diminishing the numbers of these pigeons.

Other reasons for extinction include; the pigeons hunted as a source of food by

 refugee slaves, introduction of predators like the Crab-eating Macaques and destruction of the pigeon’s natural habitat.

By the 1830’s it was easy to conclude that the Mauritius Blue Pigeon had forever disappeared and would never be seen again.

4. Extinct bird species: Laughing owl

Laughing owl: Pinterest

The Laughing Owl was a species of owl of the genus Sceloglaux, which means scoundrel owl, possibly referring to its malicious way of hooting.It was identified by its reddish brown plumage, with a white face and deep orange eyes. The Laughing Owl was about 36 cm tall, weighing 600 grams, with the males being of a relatively smaller size than the females.

Originating from New Zealand, the Laughing Owl was said to be in plenty by the time Europeans settlers landed in this island in 1840. Thereafter, it was hunted to gather specimens that were later sent to the British Museum. The exact reasons for extinction of the Laughing Owl are rather mysterious. But the invasion of Weasels and stouts might have brought in direct competition for food and thereby wiped out the bird species.

The Laughing Owl was popularly known for its crazy maniacal calls that echoed through the forests particularly on dark rainy nights.

The last sighting of the Laughing Owl was a dead specimen believed to have been found in Canterbury in 1914. But more and more unconfirmed sightings of the Laughing Owl have been reported; in the 1940’s a Laughing Owl was spotted in Pakahi near Opotiki, a town found in the North Island of New Zealand

5. Extinct bird species: Passenger Pigeon

Passenger Pigeon: Pinterest

The story of the now extinct passenger pigeon is one of the saddest extinct  birds’ stories. This abundant bird species was wonderfully social and lived in great flocks. It largely inhabited the lush forests of North America before was wiped off the face of this earth in the early 20^th century.

The passenger pigeon was principally hunted down as a source of food especially when its meat was capitalized in the 19^th century as food for the poor slaves, brought in from Africa.Due to man’s intrusion of the forests in order to create space for industrialization, the friendly Passenger Pigeons were annihilated and their free luxuriant forestlands burned down.

The last actual Passenger Pigeon, named Martha, died in the Cincinnati Zoo, Ohio, in 1914. A song entitled “Martha; the Last of the Passenger Pigeons,” is dedicated to Martha, the last of the Passenger Pigeon species to live on this earth. She must have lived an extremely lonely life, with all her relatives forever gone. 

 This post is mainly attributed to Rehana Stormme.

CAUSES OF EXTINCTION OF ANIMALS.

1. SELECTIVE HUNTING

Image: national geographic

Most humans hunt to get selected types of animals. This causes certain types of animals to become rare because they are being killed everyday and are failing to reproduce.

2. DEFORESTATION

Image: BBC

Deforestation occurs via logging or burning, and there are four main motives that fuel the chainsaws and stoke the fires: wood for fuel usage, lumber for construction, land clearance for plantation or ranch development, and urban expansion. Forests provide vital shelter and nesting structures and a bounty of food for animals and if it is destroyed they die.

3.PESTICIDES

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At least 5 billion pounds of pesticides are manufactured each year; 20% is used within the United States or Western Europe. Per capita, the most frequent users of pesticides are the monoculture farms of Central America, (such as banana plantations) as well as the large producers of cereal grains and fruit in Brazil, the US, and France.

Common ways in which pesticides damage animal populations are death by exposure from a concentrated dose, bioaccumulation (fat-soluble chemicals increase in concentration with every step up the food chain), hormonal effects, and fewer or weaker eggs. They can also destroy of prey organisms and damage plants used by birds for feeding, roosting, and nesting.

4. INVASIVE OR INTRODUCED PESTS

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 People use a lot of different crops and domesticated animals for farming, and a lot more animals and plants (like mice, rats, cockroaches and weeds) live and thrive around us even if we don't want them to!

As people have spread around the world, they have taken many of these species with them, either deliberately or accidentally.

But introduced species often have a very harmful effect on native species. For example, 24 rabbits were introduced to Australia in 1859 for hunting. Rabbits breed quickly, and, in an environment without any of their natural predators, their numbers increased so quickly that in less than a hundred years there were 600 million across the whole continent! The rabbits took over the resources and habitats of native species, like the bandicoot, which is now endangered.

5. POLLUTION

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Pollution contaminates the natural environment with harmful substances produced by human activity.

An obvious example of pollution is an oil spill. This happens when oil is released accidentally into the sea from a tanker, pipeline or refinery. The spill forms a thin layer of oil, called a slick, poisoning sea life, and damaging the fur and feathers of seabirds and mammals.

6. POPULATION

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The growth of the human population is the biggest threat to natural environments today. One hundred years ago, there were one billion people in the world. Now there are over six billion!Quite simply, there isn't enough room for natural environments to coexist with all these people, and the land they need to provide them with food and shelter.

7.OVER-HUNTING

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Many of the world's biggest and most impressive animals, such as whales, elephants, rhinos and tigers, are now all rare because they were hunted heavily in the past.

People wanted whale oil and whale meat, elephant ivory, and rhino and tiger trophies. Although all of these animals are now protected by law from excess hunting, illegal poaching still continues.

ENDANGERED PLANT NAMES

Abronia macrocarpa (large-fruited sand verbena)

Abutilon eremitopetalum (hidden-petal Indian mallow)

Abutilon menziesii (koʻoloaʻula)

Abutilon sandwicense (greenflower Indian mallow)

Acaena exigua (liliwai)

Acanthomintha ilicifolia (San Diego thornmint)

Arctostaphylos morroensis (Morro manzanita)

Arctostaphylos myrtifolia (Ione manzanita)

Arctostaphylos pallida (pallid manzanita)

Arenaria paludicola (marsh sandwort)

Arenaria ursina (Bear Valley sandwort)

Argyroxiphium kauense (Mauna Loa silversword)

Aristida chaseae (Chase's threeawn)

Aristida portoricensis (pelos del diablo)

Asclepias meadii (Mead's milkweed)

Asimina tetramera (four-petal pawpaw)

Astelia waialealae (pa`iniu)

Astragalus albens (Cushenbury milkvetch)

Astragalus ampullarioides (Shivwits milkvetch)

Bidens wiebkei (Molokaʻi koʻokoʻolau)

Blennosperma bakeri (Sonoma sunshine)

Boechera hoffmannii (Hoffmann's rockcress)

Boltonia decurrens (decurrent false aster)

Bonamia grandiflora (Florida lady's nightcap)

Bonamia menziesii (Hawaii lady's nightcap)

 Galium buxifolium (box bedstraw)

Gardenia brighamii (nānū)

Gardenia mannii (nānū)

Geocarpon minimum (tinytim)

Geranium arboreum (Hawaiian red-flowered geranium)

Geranium kauaiense (Kauai geranium)

Geranium multiflorum (manyflowered cranesbill)

Gesneria pauciflora (yerba maricao de cueva)

Geum radiatum (spreading avens)

Goetzea elegans (matabuey)

Gouania hillebrandii (hairyfruit chewstick)

Gouania meyenii (smoothfruit chewstick)

Gouania vitifolia (Oahu chewstick)

Gratiola amphiantha (pool sprite)

Grindelia fraxino-pratensis (Ash Meadows gumplant)

Hackelia venusta (showy stickseed)

Halophila johnsonii (Johnson's seagrass)

Haplostachys haplostachya (honohono)

Harperocallis flava (Harper's beauty)

Harrisia fragrans (fragrant prickly apple)

Kadua laxiflora (pilo)

Kadua parvula (rockface starviolet)

Kadua st.-johnii (Nā Pali beach starviolet)

Helenium virginicum (Virginia sneezeweed)

Mahonia nevinii (Nevin's barberry)

Minuartia cumberlandensis (Cumberland sandwort)

Schenkia sebaeoides (lavaslope centaury)

Zeltnera namophila (spring-loving centaury)

Images: gardeningclan.com

GOOD NEWS

Critically endangered Amur leopard doubles its population check out the story on the link below:
http://t.co/nPEoVpcWqD

Amur Leopard: gettyimages

IMAGES OF ENDANGERED SPECIES

Images: worldwildlife.org

NAMES OF ENDANGERED SPECIES

COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAMES
Black Rhino	Diceros bicornis	Critically Endangered
Cross River Gorilla	Gorilla gorilla diehli	Critically Endangered
Hawksbill Turtle	Eretmochelys imbricata	Critically Endangered
Javan Rhino	Rhinoceros sondaicus	Critically Endangered
Leatherback Turtle	Dermochelys coriacea	Critically Endangered
Mountain Gorilla	Gorilla beringei beringei	Critically Endangered
Pangolin		Critically Endangered
Saola	Pseudoryx nghetinhensis	Critically Endangered
South China Tiger	Panthera tigris amoyensis	Critically Endangered
Sumatran Elephant	Elephas maximus sumatranus	Critically Endangered
Sumatran Orangutan	Pongo abelii	Critically Endangered
Sumatran Rhino	Dicerorhinus sumatrensis	Critically Endangered
Sumatran Tiger	Panthera tigris sumatrae	Critically Endangered
Vaquita	Phocoena sinus	Critically Endangered
Western Lowland Gorilla	Gorilla gorilla gorilla	Critically Endangered
Yangtze Finless Porpoise	Neophocaena asiaeorientalis ssp. asiaeorientalis	Critically Endangered
African Wild Dog	Lycaon pictus	Endangered
Amur Tiger	Panthera tigris altaica	Endangered
Asian Elephant	Elephas maximus indicus	Endangered
Bengal Tiger	Panthera tigris tigris	Endangered
Black Spider Monkey	Ateles paniscus	Endangered
Black-footed Ferret	Mustela nigripes	Endangered
Blue Whale	Balaenoptera musculus	Endangered
Bluefin Tuna	Thunnus spp	Endangered
Bonobo	Pan paniscus	Endangered
Bornean Orangutan	Pongo pygmaeus	Endangered
Borneo Pygmy Elephant	Elephas maximus borneensis	Endangered
Chimpanzee	Pan troglodytes	Endangered
Eastern Lowland Gorilla	Gorilla beringei graueri	Endangered
Fin Whale	Balaenoptera physalus	Endangered
Galápagos Penguin	Spheniscus mendiculus	Endangered
Ganges River Dolphin	Platanista gangetica gangetica	Endangered
Giant Panda	Ailuropoda melanoleuca	Endangered
Green Turtle	Chelonia mydas	Endangered
Hector's Dolphin	Cephalorhynchus hectori	Endangered
Humphead Wrasse	Cheilinus undulatus	Endangered
Indian Elephant	Elephas maximus indicus	Endangered
Indochinese Tiger	Panthera tigris corbetti	Endangered
Indus River Dolphin	Platanista minor	Endangered
Loggerhead Turtle	Caretta caretta	Endangered
Malayan Tiger	Panthera tigris jacksoni	Endangered
North Atlantic Right Whale	Eubalaena glacialis	Endangered
Orangutan	Pongo abelii, Pongo pygmaeus	Endangered
Sea Lions	Zalophus wollebaeki	Endangered
Sei Whale	Balaenoptera borealis	Endangered
Snow Leopard	Panthera uncia	Endangered
Sri Lankan Elephant	Elephas maximus maximus	Endangered
Tiger		Endangered
Whale	Balaenoptera, Balaena, Eschrichtius, and Eubalaen	Endangered