Chapter 7 ENDANGERED SPECIES

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Endangered species – an overview
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More than 12 000 of the world’s animal species
face extinction. This means they have so few
numbers they cannot reproduce enough to
survive as a species. In this unit, you will enter their
habitats, you will discover why they are endangered
and fi nd out what people and organisations around
the world are doing to save them.
Snow leopard.
African elephants.
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There are endangered species all over the world. 1 Cheetah; 2 Grey Wolf; 3 Gorilla; 4 Orangutan; 5 Bird of
Paradise; 6 Giant Panda; 7 Przewalski’s Horse; 8 Tiger; 9 North American Bison; 10 Jaguar; 11 Macaw;
12 African Elephant; 13 Aye Aye; 14 Greater Bilby; 15 Helmeted Honeyeater; 16 Pygmy Possum; 17 Whales;
18 Giant Brazilian Otter. (Source: Heinemann Atlas Third Edition.)