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This page provides a list of resources to go with the Endangered Species booklet. What causes a species to come under threat of extinction? Who decides whether a species is endangered? What is being done about these problems? These and other issues are covered in our introduction to Endangered Species. In so doing we introduce you to species like the golden-rumped elephant-shrew, the Sumatran rabbit, and the Comoro Island flying fox - which are as much in need of attention as well-known glamour species like lions and elephants, if not more so.
Recent News:Mar. 10 2005 - Iberian Lynx nears the end: Feb. 9 2005 - Biodiversity Hotspots revised: |
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Which species and why - and what to doThe most authoritative information on the status of threatened species is provided by IUCN - the World Conservation Union. Their Red List is updated annually and is available on-line. The search facility is fairly straightforward. CITES also provides an information-rich web-site, including full listing of their appendices. For the problems associated with invader species, IUCN have produced a booklet which provides an accessible introduction. Species or people? View some key statistics and a stimulating article provided by IUCN, the World Conservation Union, here. Gap Species - endangered species currently unprotectedInformation on the gap species came from work done by Conservation International. The amount of information for each species available is highly variable. |
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Comoro black flying fox
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Jersey Wildlife Trust |
 Black-eared mantella - a critically endangered frog which receives no protection in its native Madagascar. Image © Peter Weish |
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| Handley's slender mouse
opossum |
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| Mantella frogs of Madagascar | Amphibiaweb
Global Amphibian Assessment |
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| Yellow-eared parrot | BirdLife International | ||||
| Caerulean Flycatcher | BirdLife International | ||||
| Roti Island snake-necked turtle | Turtle Survival Alliance | ||||
| Burmese Star tortoise | Turtle Survival Alliance | ||||
European species |
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| Iberian Lynx (illustrated) |
SOS Lynx - website dedicated to the Iberian lynx
Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe - task force set up by IUCN
co-ordinating governments and NGOs; good information source Recent BBC news feature |
 Iberian Lynx - the world's most endangered cat. Less than 200 are believed to remain in Spain and Portugal. Copyright unknown, image from IUCN Cat Specialist Group website. |
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| Mediterranean Monk Seal |
The Monk Seal website
Transcript of PBS feature on the seal. IFAW - animal welfare organisation with particular interest in saving marine mammals AFAG -
Turkish website with good monk seal images
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| European Mink |
European mink project, funded by the EU and based in Estonia.
Site in Estonian and English with excellent images. Mink page at the
Laboratory of Animal Ecology, University of
Angers
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Otter |
The Otter Site - very detailed resource for otter information.
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Basking shark |
Sharkology website - plenty to delight
the shark-obsessed. |
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Non-European species |
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| Golden-rumped sengi (illustrated) |
Elephant-shrew website - the
definitive internet resource for information about elephant-shrews (sengis)
Arkive - good source for images and video clips Friends of the Arabuko-Sokoke Forest - home of this sengi Kenya Wildlife Service - wardens of the Arabuko-Sokoke Forest
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Golden-rumped sengi - an endangered elephant-shrew almost completely restricted to a single coastal forest in Kenya. Image © Galen Rathbun
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| Sumatran Rabbit |
One World Wildlife - British-based conservation group
involved with the Sumatran rabbit Kerinci Seblat National Park - home of this rabbit
World Conservation Society on discovery of the Annamite rabbit
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Livingstone's Fruit Bat
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Jersey Wildlife Trust
Recent news feature on the BBC news website |
Species or People?Each of the species featured here live in poor countries whose people are economically dependent upon the same forest resources as the animals. In our Species or people? feature, we look at how sustainable development has delivered resources for both animals and humans. |
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| Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle |
See in particular the current CITES information
and the list of the Top 25 most endangered turtles from the
Turtle Survival Alliance |
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Other links |
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| World's most endangered mammals |
AnimalInfo website - good, if rather vanilla, source of information on
many species with links to other sites. |
 Basking shark image from Arkive. |
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| Audio-visual record of animal species |
Arkive - rich source of images and video clips gradually being
developed; so far mammal-rich but amphibian-poor. |
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Cover image of a Livingstone's Fruit bat (aka the Comoro Flying Fox)
©James Morgan,
