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 Rare Animals (part2)

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1-Binturong (Arctictis binturong)



These nocturnal, slow-moving, fruit-eating carnivores are closely related to civet cats and live in trees in South and Southeast Asia. The San Diego Zoo considers binturongs vulnerable in some areas and threatened in others, due to poaching (pets and traditional medicines) and subsistence hunting. The Association of Zoos and Aquariums has drawn up a survival plan for the binturong that aims to put strong protective measures in place before it's too late.

2-Angelfish (Squatina squatina)



Once widespread in the Northeast Atlantic, the Mediterranean and elsewhere, the angel shark has seen its populations decline rapidly over the past 50 years. The fact that it is easily caught in fishing nets and its low reproductive rate does not bode well for its survival. Over the past 15 years, it has gone from a vulnerable species to an endangered species in a very short time.

3-Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew (Rhynchocyon chrysopygus)



Kenya's golden-rumped elephant shrew is considered the most endangered of the four known species of giant elephant shrew. Endemic to coastal forests, themselves very threatened by development, there are only some 13,000 of these small mammals left. Unfortunately, there is currently no monitoring of their population or legislation to protect them.

4-Sapphire ornamental tarantula (Poecilotheria metallica)



War, civil unrest and military exercises in western India have led to the marked decline of this very unique blue spider which is also actively sought after for the pet market. No one knows how many are left in the wild (but whatever that number is, it's believed to be very low). The listing of the species on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List clarifies that a range of conservation measures will be needed to help this magnificent tarantula survive.

5-Bumblebee



On the brink of extinction for years, this bumblebee, whose population has declined by 90%, was officially listed as endangered in 2017 in more than half of the US states and southern Quebec and Ontario. It is the first American bumblebee to obtain this sad status, according to National Geographic; it joined seven species of Hawaiian yellow-headed bee (Hylaeus) on the list of species to receive federal protection.


 6-Dama gazelle (Nanger dama)



In the wild, only about 300 of these small African antelopes remain, living scattered in the Saharan grasslands where they find it difficult to find food. The Sahara Conservation Fund, with the help of a number of zoos, is working to protect this animal in Chad, Niger and Mali. At the same time, it conducts breeding programs with a view to reintroducing this animal into the wild.

 7-Pangolin



Of the eight pangolin species living in the wild – four in Asia and four in Africa – two are endangered and the others are considered at least vulnerable. These bizarre, silent, heavy-shelled animals are among the most poached in the world, as they are highly prized for their scales.

  

8-Diana monkey (Cercopithecus diana)



According to the IUCN Red List, populations of this stunning black and white primate are declining and experiencing severe fragmentation of their habitat – the once abundant forests of Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Civil unrest, logging and hunting have given it its current vulnerable status, while the Roloway's monkey (Cercopithecus roloway) of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire is on the verge of extinction .

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