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Tuesday, July 25 2006

Ring-tailed lemur

maki catta ou lémur catta

One of the lemurs, this primate has a tail longer that its body. It lives in families up to 18 members. Herbivore and insectivore, ring-tailed lemurs can eat little mammals from time to time. It lives in South of Madagascar and even though its living areas are endangered, and even though the animal is listed vulnerable by IUCN, ring-tailed lemurs has a pretty good reproduction in zoos.


source : flickr (danielguip) and wikipedia

Firefox

panda rouge

Living in Asia (China and around Himalaya), Firefox eats kind of the same food as its cousin the Giant Panda. This quiet, nocturnal animal climbs easily the trees and spends most of its time eating and sleeping. Like a lot of terrific animals, it’s on IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) red list, thanks to poachers!


source : flickr (somesai) and wikipedia

Monday, July 24 2006

Anteater

anteater

Living in the tropical areas of south and Central America, the anteater is so called because it eats ants and termites using its sticky tongue. Thanks to its long muzzle, its well-developed smell and its sharp-edged paw, it can look for ants deep inside the ground. The anteater is careful not destroy an anthill so as to be sure always to find some insects to eat some other days


source : flickr (MINI Wombat) and The online Anteater

Prairie Dog


Big american rodent. It's a very social animal with a complex language, they live in groups like families. The babies born need lots of care because when born, they are blind and don't have fur. It's a key animal af plains ecosystem. The are the prey of predator such as ferrets, foxes, eagles or badgers. They are currently exterminated by north american farmers. Today some species are threatened with extinction.


source : flickr (The Cats Jungle) and wikipedia

Friday, July 21 2006

Black Rhino

gibbon

African population of Black rhinoceros : 700 000 in the beginning of the 20th century, 70 000 in the 60's, between 10 and 15 000 in the early 80's and only 2400 in 1995. Thanks to anti-poaching policies and occidentals zoo's breeding programs, the number of rhino in nowadays 3600, but the western African subspecies is today extinct.


source : flickr (Natmandu) and wikipedia

Thursday, July 20 2006

Gibbon

gibbon

It’s the smallest ape (gorillas, chimpanzees, orang-utans, and humans). It’s been hunt for both trade and traditional medicine. The species are endangered because of the progressive disappearance of tropical forests as most of the apes are.


source : flickr (JeanKern) and wikipedia

Monday, July 17 2006

Giant Panda

panda

According to recent valuation, there is a little less than 3,000 pandas living in China. The species is endangered because of the destruction of its living area and its little reproduction.


source : flickr (kjdrill) and wikipedia

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