Endangered Species

Species: ring-tailed lemur
Lemur catta
Distribution: Madagascar
Status: Endangered - habitat destruction

Species: mongoose lemur
Eulemur mongoz
Distribution: Madagascar
Status: Endangered - habitat destruction

Species: golden lion tamarin
Leontopithecus rosalia rosalia
Distribution: Brazil
Status: Endangered - habitat destruction

Species: agile mangabey
Cercocebus agilis chrysogaster
Distribution: Guinea/Gabon Congo/Zaire
Status: Endangered

Species: LHoests monkey
Cercopithecus lhoesti
Distribution: West/Central Africa Rainforest
Status: Endangered

Species: mandrill
Mandrillus sphinx
Distribution: Africa/Gabon/S Cameroon/Congo
Status: Endangered - hunting / habitat loss

Species: Francois' monkey
Trachypithecus francoisi francoisi
Distribution: SE China/Central Laos/Vietnam Forests
Status: Endangered - habitat destruction

Species: douc langur
Pygathrix nemaeus nemaeus
Distribution: Vietnam/Laos/Cambodia Rainforests
Status: Endangered - habitat loss

Species: white-cheeked gibbon
Hylobates leucogenys leucogenys
Distribution: Vietnam/ S China Rainforests
Status: Endangered - habitat loss

Species: Siamang
Hylobates syndactylus
Distribution: Malay Peninsula Rainforest
Status: Endangered - habitat destruction

Species: orangutan
Pongo pygmaeus abelii
Distribution: SE Asia (Borneo & Sumatra)
Status: Endangered - habitat destruction

Species: chimpanzee
Pan troglodytes
Distribution: West / Central Africa
Status: Endangered - habitat loss

Species: gray wolf
Canis lupus pambasileus
Distribution: Mountains/Tundra in Alaska/Canada
Status: Endangered

Species: Malayan sun bear
Helarctos malayanus
Distribution: SE Asia
Status: Endangered - pet trade/folk medicine/habitat

Species: Siberian tiger
Panthera tigris altaica
Distribution: Siberia/SE Russia/ N Korea/Manchuria
Status: Endangered - habitat loss / folk medicine

Species: Asian elephant
Elephas maximus
Distribution: Burma/Ceylon/India/Malaya/Vietnam
Status: Endangered - habitat loss to humans

Species: black rhinoceros
Diceros bicornis michaeli
Distribution: African Savanna/Forest Cape to Somalia
Status: Most endangered in world-poaching

Species: Humboldt penguin
Spheniscus humbolti
Distribution: Coastal islands of Peru/Chile
Status: Endangered

Species: Andean condor
Vultur gryphus
Distribution: The Andes
Status: Endangered

Species: African slender-snouted crocodile
Crocodylus cataphractus
Distribution: West/Central Africa
Status: Endangered

Threatened Species

Species:DeBrazzas monkey
Cercopithecus neglectus
Distribution: Central Africa
Status: Threatened-habitat loss/pet trade

Species:Allens swamp monkey
Allenopithecus negroviridis
Distribution: Congo/W Zaire
Status: Threatened-habitat loss/hunting

Species: colobus monkey
Colobus guereza kikuyuensis
Distribution: Central Africa forests/grasslands
Status: Threatened-habitat/hunting

Species: grizzly bear
Ursus arctos horribilis
Distribution: N Western North America
Status: Threatened

Species: Kodiak bear
Ursus arctos middendorffi
Distribution: Alaska
Status: Threatened - habitat vulnerable

Species: polar bear
Ursus maritimus
Distribution: Arctic Ice Cap Coasts
Status: Threatened - food source

Species: North American otter
Lontra canadensis
Distribution: N America Marshes/Streams/Rivermouths
Status: rare-habitat loss/pollution

Species: puma (cougar) currently off exhibit
Puma concolor
Distribution: W Canada/W United States/Florida
Status: Endangered

Species: hippopotamus
Hippopotamus amphibius
Distribution: Africa Waterways/Grasslands
Status: Threatened - poaching/habitat loss

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

Species:red-tailed hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Distribution: North America Fields
Status: Threatened in some areas

Species:Harris hawk
Parabuteo unicinctus
Distribution: SW United States/S America Deserts
Status: Threatened - habitat loss

Species: American kestrel
Falco sparverius
Distribution: N America Fields
Status: Threatened - habitat loss

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

Species: short-eared owl
Asio flamneus
Distribution: Open Fields
Status: Threatened - habitat loss

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

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

Species:snowy owl
Nyctea scandiaca
Distribution: Alaskan Tundra
Status: Threatened - loss of prey

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

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

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

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

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

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

Species: rainbow boa
Epicrates cenchria
Distribution: Central & South America Rock Piles
Status: Threatened

Species: coastal rosy boa
Lichanura trivirgata roseofusca
Distribution: S California/Baja Peninsula
Status: Threatened

Species: Mexican rosy boa
Lichanura trivirgata trivirgata
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Species: Burmese python
Python molurus bivittatus
Distribution: NE India thru China to Malay Peninsula
Status: Threatened-habitat loss/pet/skin trade

Species: ball python
Python regius
Distribution: West Africa/Sierra Leone/Togo/Senegal
Status: Threatened-habitat loss/pet/skin trade

Species: African rock python
Python sebae
Distribution: South of Sahara to central South Africa
Status: Threatened - habitat loss

Species: Emperor scorpion
Pandinus emperator
Distribution: W Africa Congo Rain Rorest
Status: Threatened

Species: black howler monkey
Alouatta careya
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Species: white-faced saki
saguinus midas
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Species: southern sea-otter
Enhydra lutris nereis
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Species: Steller sea lion
Eumetopias jubatus
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