What Is Meant By An Endangered Animal?

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What Is Meant By An Endangered Animal?

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Answer 1

An endangered animal is an animal that is at greater risk of extinction, due to declining numbers, or which is threatened by environmental changes.

There are many species currently on the 2012 endangered list. These include:

Asian Elephant
Aye-Aye
Blue Whale
Black Rhino
Cheetah
Chimpanzee
Giant Panda
Snow Leopard
Sperm Whale
Crowned Eagle
Brown Kiwi

There are more than a thousand species on the list.

What causes endangerment?
Most endangered species are threatened by habitat loss, and a percentage are still being hunted despite their dwindling numbers.

Climate change is a big cause of endangerment, with species struggling to survive in their natural environment.

Extinct Species When an animal is extinct, it means that there are no more individuals of that species alive anywhere in the world.

There are many species that are already extinct. These include:

Dodo
Woolly Mammoth
Cave Lion
Great Auk
Caspian Tiger

Answer 2

Endangered means that there are very few - if any - left of a particular species of animal or plant, (or insects or fish).

The species is then put on an endangered species list, to be protected from being killed or having their habitat disturbed. This is done to improve the population of that particular species.

Every animal has its purpose on this planet to balance out our whole eco-system.

Answer 3

A species of animals whose numbers are so small that the species is at risk of extinction.

Answer 4

Endangered animals are the animals whose number is very small.