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Endangered and Threatened Species at the Oregon Zoo

endangered | threatened

  Endangered Species    
  Species: rodrigues flying fox
Pteropus rodricensis

Distribution: Rodrigues Island/Indian Ocean
Status: Endangered
Species: orangutan
Pongo pygmaeus abelii

Distribution:
SE Asia (Borneo & Sumatra)
Status: Endangered - habitat destruction
Species: ring-tailed lemur
Lemur catta

Distribution: Madagascar
Status: Endangered - habitat destruction
  Species: chimpanzee
Pan troglodytes

Distribution:
West / Central Africa
Status: Endangered - habitat loss
  Species: mongoose lemur Lemur mongoz
Distribution: Madagascar
Status: Endangered - habitat destruction
  Species: grey wolf
Canis lupus pambasileus

Distribution:
Mountains/Tundra in
Alaska/Canada
Status: Endangered
Species: golden lion tamarin
Leontopithecus rosalia rosalia

Distribution:
Brazil
Status: Endangered - habitat destruction
  Species: malayan sun bear
Helarctos malayanus

Distribution:
SE Asia
Status: Endangered - pet trade/folk medicine/habitat
  Species: agile mangabey
Cercocebus agilis chrysogaster

Distribution:
Guinea/Gabon Congo/Zaire
Status: Endangered
Species: Amur tiger
Panthera tigris altaica

Distribution:
SE Russia/ N Korea/Manchuria
Status: Endangered - habitat loss /
folk medicine
  Species: LHoests monkey
Cercopithecus lhoesti

Distribution:
West/Central Africa Rainforest
Status: Endangered
  Species: Amur Leopard
Panthera pardus orientalis

Distribution:
SE Russia, N. Korea, Manchuria Amur river valley
Status: Critically Endangered - habitat loss
Species: mandrill
Mandrillus sphinx

Distribution:
Africa/Gabon/S Cameroon/Congo
Status: Endangered - hunting / habitat loss
  Species: asian elephant
Elephas maximus

Distribution:
Burma/Ceylon/India/Malaya/Vietnam
Status: Endangered - habitat loss to
humans
  Species: francois' monkey
Trachypithecus francoisi francoisi

Distribution:
SE China/Central Laos/Vietnam Forests
Status: Endangered - habitat destruction
  Species: black rhinoceros
Diceros bicornis michaeli

Distribution:
African Savanna/Forest Cape to Somalia
Status: Most endangered in world-poaching
  Species: douc langur
Pygathrix nemaeus nemaeus
Distribution:
Vietnam/Laos/Cambodia Rainforests
Status: Endangered - habitat loss
Species: humboldt penguin
Spheniscus humbolti

Distribution:
Coastal islands of Peru/Chile
Status: Endangered
  Species: white-cheeked gibbon
Hylobates leucogenys leucogenys

Distribution:
Vietnam/ S China Rainforests
Status: Endangered - habitat loss
  Species: Andean condor
Vultur gryphus

Distribution:
T
he Andes
Status: Endangered
Species: siamang
Hylobates syndactylus

Distribution:
Malay Peninsula Rainforest
Status:
Endangered - habitat destruction
Species: african slender-snouted crocodile
Crocodylus cataphractus
Distribution:
West/Central Africa
Status: Endangered


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  Threatened Species    
Species: red-handed tamarin
Saguinas midas

Distribution: Amazonian Brazil/Guyana/French Guiana/Surinam
Status: Threatened - habitat destruction
 

Species:snowy owl
Nyctea scandiaca

Distribution:
Alaskan Tundra
Status: Threatened - loss of prey

 

  Species:DeBrazzas monkey
Cercopithecus neglectus

Distribution: Central Africa
Status: Threatened-habitat loss/pet trade
 
 

Species: screech owl
Otus asio
Distribution:
N America Forests
Status: Threatened - habitat loss

 

  Species:Allens swamp monkey
Allenopithecus negroviridis

Distribution: Congo/W Zaire
Status: Threatened-habitat loss/hunting

Species: northern spotted owl
Strix occidentalis caurina
Distribution:
Western N America Old Growth
Status:
Threatened - habitat loss

 

  Species: colobus monkey
Colobus guereza kikuyuensis

Distribution:
Central Africa forests/grasslands
Status: Threatened-habitat/hunting
 

Species: barred owl
Strix varia
Distribution:
N America
Status: Threatened - habitat loss

 

Species: grizzly bear
Ursus arctos horribilis

Distribution:
N Western North America
Status: Threatened
 

Species: barn owl
Tyto alba
Distribution:
N America Forests/Fileds
Status: Threatened - pesticides

 

  Species: Kodiak bear
Ursus arctos middendorffi

Distribution:
Alaska
Status: Threatened - habitat vulnerable
 

Species: desert tortoise
Gopherus agassizii
Distribution:
N America Dry Regions
Status: All species threatened or
endangered

  Species: polar bear
Ursus maritimus

Distribution:
Arctic Ice Cap Coasts
Status: Threatened - food source
 

Species: Bells hingeback tortoise
Kinixys belliana
Distribution:

Status:

  Species: North American otter
Lontra canadensis

Distribution:
N America Marshes/Streams/Rivermouths
Status: rare-habitat loss/pollution
 

Species: red-tailed boa
Boa constrictor ortoni
Distribution:
N & S America Rainforest / Savanna
Status: Threatened-habitat loss/pet/skin trade

  Species: puma (cougar) currently off exhibit
(Puma concolor

Distribution:
W Canada/W United States/Florida
Status: Endangered
 

Species: rainbow boa
Epicrates cenchria

Distribution:
Central & South America Rock Piles
Status: Threatened

 

Species: hippopotamus
Hippopotamus amphibius

Distribution:
Africa Waterways/Grasslands
Status: Threatened - poaching/habitat loss
 

Species: coastal rosy boa
Lichanura trivirgata roseofusca

Distribution:
S California/Baja Peninsula
Status: Threatened

 

  Species: American golden eagle
Aquila chrysaetos canadensis
Distribution: N America Mountains/Deserts
Status: Threatened - habitat loss/poaching
 

Species: Mexican rosy boa
Lichanura trivirgata trivirgata
Distribution:

Status:

 

  Species:red-tailed hawk
Buteo jamaicensis

Distribution: North America Fields
Status: Threatened in some areas
 

Species: Burmese python
Python molurus bivittatus

Distribution:
NE India thru China to
Malay Peninsula
Status: Threatened-habitat loss/pet/
skin trade

  Species:Harris hawk
Parabuteo unicinctus

Distribution: SW United States/S America Deserts
Status: Threatened - habitat loss
 

Species: ball python
Python regius

Distribution:
West Africa/Sierra Leone/Togo/Senegal
Status: Threatened-habitat loss/pet/
skin trade

  Species: American kestrel
Falco sparverius

Distribution:
N America Fields
Status: Threatened - habitat loss
 

Species: African rock python
Python sebae

Distribution:
South of Sahara to central
South Africa
Status: Threatened - habitat loss

  Species: northern saw-whet owl
Aegolius acadicus
Distribution:
N America Forests
Status: Threatened - habitat loss
 

Species: Emperor scorpion
Pandinus emperator

Distribution:
W Africa Congo Rain Rorest
Status: Threatened

  Species: short-eared owl
Asio flamneus

Distribution:
Open Fields
Status: Threatened - habitat loss

Species: black howler monkey
Alouatta careya
Distribution:

Status:

 

Species: great horned owl
Bubo virginianus
Distribution:
N America Forests
Status: Threatened - habitat loss
 

Species: white-faced saki
saguinus midas
Distribution:

Status:

 

  Species: northern pygmy owl
Glaucidium gnoma
Distribution:
N America Forests
Status: Threatened - habitat loss

Species: southern sea-otter
Enhydra lutris nereis
Distribution:

Status:

     

Species: Steller's sea lion
Eumetopias jubatus
Distribution:

Status:

 

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