Male western lowland gorilla
Bactrian camels
Golden-headed lion tamarin
2009Nov2: 20% of the world’s known mammals, 33% of its amphibians, 25% of its reptiles, and 70% of its plants are under threat of extinction, according to International Union for Conservation of Nature’s 2009 Red List of Threatened Species. Critically endangered species include the western lowland gorilla and the bactrian camel. The golden-headed lion tamarin is listed as endangered. “We must take decisive action to reverse the serious declines we see in wildlife. We need to ensure that our enduring legacy is not to wipe out the small things that provide us with great benefits such as nutrient recycling and climate regulation,” said Dr Ben Collier, research fellow at the London Zoological Society (Guardian.co.uk).
Reference: Guardian.co.uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/nov/02/red-list-endangered-species
Read the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species press release and see IUCN photos http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/species/red_list/?4143/Extinction-crisis-continues-apace
Image Description: A) Image Description: Male western lowland gorilla. Photo by Dozyg. Image Location: Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gorilla_port_lympne1.jpg Image Permission: The copyright holder of this work, hereby releases it into the public domain. This applies worldwide. B) Image Description: Two Bactrian camels at the Cotswold Wildlife Park, Burford, Oxfordshire, England. Photo by Adrian Pingstone, 2006June. Image Location: Wikimedia Commons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bactrian.camel.twice.arp.jpg Image Permission: This image has been released into the public domain by its author, Arpingstone. This applies worldwide. C) Image Description: Golden-headed lion tamarin. Photo by Marcel Burkhard. Image Location: Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goldkopfloewenaeffchen1.jpg Image Permission: This file is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 Germany License.
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