Animal extinction presentation. Presentation - animals disappeared from our planet. Blue Broad-billed Parrot

“Imagine the outburst of indignation
an attempt to wipe out, say, the Tower of London,
- and that would be justified indignation.
A one-of-a-kind wonderful view that
evolved hundreds of thousands of years to achieve
today's perfection, you can send into oblivion
in one breath, as the flame of a candle is extinguished, and no one even
won't lift a finger, except for a few handfuls
people, no one will say a word in their defense. .." - So
writes Gerald Durrell in his wonderful book
"Meatloaf"

Passenger pigeon

The most striking and illustrative example
methodical extermination is history
wandering pigeon. Once upon a time
millions of flocks of these birds flew in
sky of North America. Seeing the food
pigeons, like huge locusts, rushed
down, and when satiated - flew away, cleanly
destroying fruits, berries, nuts,
insects. Naturally, such
gluttony irritated
colonists. In addition, the pigeons were very
taste good. Therefore extermination
pigeons turned into fun. In one of
Fenimore Cooper's novels are very good
described as when a flock of pigeons approached
the entire population of cities and towns poured out
into the streets, armed with slingshots,
guns, sometimes even cannons. Killed
as many pigeons as they could kill.
Pigeons were laid in glacier cellars,
cooked right away, fed the dogs, or just
thrown away. Even settled
pigeon shooting competition
towards the end of the 19th century, they began to use
and machine guns The last wanderer
a pigeon named Martha died at the zoo in
1914.

Mammoth

Mammoths appeared in the Pliocene and lived 4.8 million -
4500 years ago in Europe, Asia, Africa and North
America. Numerous mammoth bones have been found in
sites of ancient man of the Stone Age;
also found drawings and sculptures of mammoths,
made by prehistoric man. in Siberia and
Alaska has known cases of finding corpses
mammoths, preserved due to their stay in
thicker than permafrost. Main types
mammoths were no larger than modern
elephants (while the North American subspecies
Mammuthus imperator reached a height of 5 meters and
weight 12 tons, and dwarf species Mammuthus exilis and
Mammuthus lamarmorae did not exceed 2 meters in
height and were weighing up to 900 kg), but had more
massive body, shorter legs,
long hair and long curved tusks;
the latter could serve the mammoth for getting
food in winter from under the snow. Permanent teeth
mammoth with numerous thin dentin-enamel plates were well adapted
for chewing coarse plant food.
Mammoths became extinct about 10 thousand years ago during
the last Ice Age. According to many
scientists, a significant or even decisive role in
this extinction was played by the hunters of the Upper
Paleolithic.

Dodo

Drond - lost the ability to fly
a bird formerly in the family
pigeons. Lived on the island of Mauritius.
He nested on the ground, where he was in full
security. However, he not only
lost the ability to fly, but also completely
I forgot how to recognize the enemy and fear him.
European colonists exterminated it because of delicious meat, and brought by sailors
the goats ate the bush clean,
which served as shelter for dodos, dogs and
cats chased and caught old birds,
pigs ate eggs and chicks, and then
rats crept behind them, picking up the remains
feasts. One of the isolated skeletons
located in the Darwin Museum in Moscow.
The dodo appears in Lewis's book
Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. In
the second half of the 20th century, the dodo became
symbol of the struggle for the protection and preservation
rare animal species. Latest
references date back to 1662.

Blue Broad-billed Parrot

Bird of the parrot family, subfamily
real parrots. Described in fact
the only description made in 1601-02
years, which is kept in the Utrecht Library
Utrecht (drawing). The main color is gray blue. Massive beak, on the head there was
pronounced crest. Wings relative to the body
disproportionately short, presumably
could not fly, only fluttered. Disappeared in the period
cologization of the island by Europeans who
brought dogs, rats, pigs that hunted
on the bird and destroyed the nests. According to the evidence
the last bird was seen in 1638, according to others
data - 1673. Others are also described
parrots of this island, Lophopsittacus bensoni -
Gray Broad-billed. He was less than
Blue broad-billed. Due to scarcity
descriptions, there is a strong possibility that
the gray parrot is a female Lophopsittacus
mauritanus. Gray broadbeaks were found on
island until the end of the 18th century, which may indirectly
indicate the extinction of the species after about 100
years after the last mention.

Tour

It was a powerful beast
muscular, lean body
height at the withers about 170-180 cm and
weighing up to 800 kg. set high
head was crowned with long
sharp horns. Adult coloring
males was black, with narrow white
"belt" along the back, and females and
young animals - reddish brown. Although recent tours
lived out their days in the forests, earlier these
bulls kept mostly in
forest-steppe, and often went into
steppes. In the forests they are probably
migrated only in winter. ate
grass, shoots and leaves of trees
and shrubs. Gon fell on them
in the fall, and the calves appeared in the spring.
lived in small groups or
alone, and for the winter united in
larger herds. natural
the tours had few enemies: these
strong and aggressive animals
easily deal with any
predator.

In historical times, the tour was found almost throughout Europe, as well as in Northern
Africa, Asia Minor and the Caucasus. In Africa, this beast was exterminated in the third
millennium BC. e., in Mesopotamia - by about 600 BC. e. In Central
Europe tours survived much longer. Their disappearance coincided with
intensive deforestation in the IX-XI centuries. In the XII century, tours were still found in
the Dnieper basin. At that time they were actively exterminated. Records of difficult and dangerous
hunting for wild bulls left Vladimir Monomakh.
By 1400, the tours lived only in relatively sparsely populated and inaccessible
forests of Poland and Lithuania. Here they were taken under the protection of the law and lived like park
animals in the royal grounds. In 1599 in the royal forest 50 km from Warsaw
a small herd of tours still lived - 24 individuals. By 1602 this herd had
only 4 animals, and in 1627 the last tour on Earth died. However, the missing tour
left a good memory of himself: it was these bulls that in ancient times became
ancestors of various breeds of cattle. Currently still
there are enthusiasts who hope to revive tours, using, in particular,
Spanish bulls, more than others retaining the features of their wild ancestors. Tour
depicted on the national emblem of the Republic of Moldova, as well as on the emblem of the city of Turka
in the Lvov region of Ukraine.
Map
resettlement
tour
Monument
last
tour in
Yaktorovo

Steller's cow

Sea cow - mammal
detachment of sirens, in many ways resembled
manatee and dugong, but was
much larger than them. big herds
these animals swam at the very
surface of the water, feeding on the marine
cabbage (kelp), which is why
animal and was named marine
cow. her meat, which was
very tasty and did not smell like fish,
was actively used in food, so
that Steller's cow was
completely exterminated in just 30
years despite the impressive
population sizes. Truth,
separate certificates of sailors,
allegedly noticed several
sea ​​cows came before the 1970s
years and possibly later. Skeleton
sea ​​cow can be seen in
Zoological Museum of Moscow State University.
Discovered and described by Russian
zoologist Steller, during
expeditions of Vitus Bering.

Quagga

Quagga, who lived in the south
Africa, belongs to the order
equids. Front she
had a striped color, like
zebras, behind - bay color
horses. The Boers exterminated the quagga
for her tough skin. Quagga
- almost the only one
extinct animals,
whose representatives were
tamed by man and
used to guard herds.
Quagga much earlier
domestic sheep, cows, chickens
noticed the approach
predators, and warned
owners of a loud cry
"kuaha", from whom they received
its name. Last quagga
was killed in 1878.

parrot

sole representative
parrots on
North American Continent,
caroline parrot lived in
North America from North
Dakota to Mississippi and
Florida, reaching 42nd
degrees N.S. Pretty good
endured severe winter
cold.
Died out due to the merciless
extermination by hunters. Such
strong persecution
attributed to the damage
these parrots fields and
fruit trees. Last
parrot died at the zoo in 1918
year.

MOA

In the 19th century, paleontologists discovered that
Huge people lived in New Zealand
flightless birds. Bones found
during excavations, amazed the imagination.
So, the femur of a giant
feathered in thickness three times
outnumbered the thigh of the largest
modern bird - African
ostrich, and was one and a half times longer.
According to scientists, growth
fossil bird was over two
meters! Outwardly, she looked like
gigantic ostrich on thick
"elephant" legs. These giants once
played the role of large herbivores
mammals on treeless
territories (which, however, in those
times occupied a more modest
area than today). By analogy with
dinosaurs - "terrible lizards",
New Zealand ostrich
The name dinornis means “terrible bird”.

Interestingly, the dinornis had not two on their feet, like an ostrich, and not
three, like nandu, emu, cassowary, and as many as four fingers.
But the most amazing thing was that the bones of some
dinornis, as well as the shell of their eggs, did not have time to turn to stone,
like most fossil objects. Furthermore,
pieces of skin with feathers were found, mummified
heads and legs. It looked like the birds were extinct
recently. It turned out that giant birds are still
found alive by Maori Polynesians who moved to New
Zealand only in the XVI-XVII centuries! Maori called them "moas" and
it was under this name that New Zealand ostriches became
known throughout the world.
Most of the feathered giants were exterminated
Maori predecessors on the islands - undersized
dark-skinned tribes of the Australian or Melanesian
origin. Hunting ostriches was their main occupation.
Some species of moa became extinct due to natural causes, others
destroyed by the natives; suggest that only three types of moa from
twenty survived until the appearance of Europeans on the islands, remaining
some more time in the most inaccessible corners. One of them is a gigantic dinornis - it reached almost three meters in height, large
the broad-billed moa was the size of an African ostrich, and the small
moa - with a large bustard.

Measures to protect endangered species

Only in the twentieth century did mankind come to the conclusion that the extermination of rare species
animals can cause irreparable damage to nature. However, the first attempts
species conservation has often failed. In particular, this was due to
that zoologists tried to reanimate the species, having at their disposal only one or two
pairs of individuals.
According to a study conducted as part of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, in
Animal species are currently dying out 100 to 1000 times faster
pace, corresponding to the normal process of evolution.
Gerald Durrell contributed to changing this situation. He became the first person
who turned the zoo into an institution for breeding rare species of animals. For
restoration of the number of an endangered species requires at least several pairs
unrelated individuals, conditions of detention and food selected for each species
individually. A positive result of the work on the conservation of species is achieved in that
if there are enough individuals to successfully relocate them to
natural habitat, or to a similar environment if the natural environment
destroyed by man. In this way, many species of animals have already been saved.
If the animal is already rare, but not yet on the verge of extinction,
practiced the creation of reserves.

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Tarpan Tarpan is an extinct ancestor of the horse, it was widespread in Europe back in the 18th-19th centuries. Many taxonomists believe that Eurasian wild horses belong to the species - tarpan.

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Tarpan Tarpans lived in herds, sometimes in their herds there were several hundred heads. However, these herds broke up into small groups with one stallion at the head and 10-15 mares with cubs. The leader always guarded his offspring and females from the encroachments of other stallions. These animals were wild, very shy and cautious.

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Quagga The most famous of the extinct African animals due to human fault was the quagga. Once upon a time, herds of thousands of quaggs shook the expanses of the South African steppe - the veld with thunder of hooves. The last individuals were killed around 1880...

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Quagga At the first glance at quagga, it is difficult to get rid of the impression that in front of you is a kind of hybrid of a horse, a donkey and a zebra. Stripes on the head and neck make it look like a zebra, light legs give it a resemblance to a donkey, and a solid buckwheat croup resembles a horse. However, the physique, the shape of the head, a short standing mane and a tail with a tassel at the end give out a real zebra in the animal, although it is unusually colored. In the literature, information has been repeatedly cited about hand-trained quaggas, but in general zebras are difficult to tame. They are wild, vicious, they protect themselves from enemies with powerful teeth and more often with front than hind hooves.

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Dodo Blago due to the extraordinary interest in this bird, delivered by several living specimens to Europe, many painters considered it their duty to capture this wonderful miracle. Unfortunately, only 14 portraits of these dodos have survived to this day. One of which was discovered quite by accident in 1955 at the St. Petersburg (then Leningrad) Institute of Oriental Studies.

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Dodo All three species became extinct during the 17th and 18th centuries. The Mauritian dodo that lived on the island of Mauritius (1681) was the very first of them to disappear. Behind him, in the middle of the 18th century, the Bourbon dodo (presumably 1750), which lived on the island of Reunion, disappeared, and at the beginning of the 19th century, the third species also disappeared - the inhabitant of the island of Rodrigues.

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Jackalope All this is a joke, but biologists assume that the basis of both German and American hunting stories about horned hares is a real fact. Sometimes in nature there are hares and rabbits with large warts on their heads, somewhat reminiscent of horns. So, in 1933, biologists R. Shope and E. Hurst reported in the Journal of Experimental Medicine that tumors on the head were found in 11 out of 75 American wire-haired rabbits examined in Iowa and Kansas.

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Jackalope Such animals are known among the locals as "rabbits with warts" or "horned rabbits". In 1947, another biologist, C. Rove, published in the Journal of Theriology a drawing of a rabbit that had been shot in Missouri. There were eight "horns" on different parts of his head. Even then, they were able to determine that such outgrowths-warts are benign tumors and are caused by the papillomavirus. This virus is common in the Mississippi Valley, as well as in Central Europe.

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The Passenger Pigeon The stories about the passenger pigeons that lived in North America read like a fantasy novel. Hardly any birds gathered in such monstrous flocks. They flew over the earth in such thick "clouds" that they literally overshadowed the sky. Flying birds covered the entire sky from horizon to horizon, the noise from their flapping wings was like the whistle of a storm wind.

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The Passenger Pigeon Stories about the passenger pigeons that lived in North America read like a fantasy novel. Hardly any birds gathered in such monstrous flocks. They flew over the earth in such thick "clouds" that they literally overshadowed the sky. Flying birds covered the entire sky from horizon to horizon, the noise from their flapping wings was like the whistle of a storm wind.

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Extinct animals
Completed by 4th grade students Anastasia Dalidovich, Alina Sorokova, Alexandra Papanova, Yana Ridel Head Kharitonova Z.L.

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Golden toad. This small bright orange toad was first described only in 1966, when it lived in large numbers in an area of ​​30 square miles, near the city of Monteverde, Costa Rica. For a long time in its habitat, the ideal temperature and humidity for its existence were maintained, but human activity has changed the usual environmental parameters, which led to the disappearance of this animal. Since May 15, 1989, not a single individual has been seen.

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Black Cameroonian rhinoceros. Until recently, it was very common in the savanna south of the Sahara. However, despite all the efforts made to protect these animals, poaching has led to their complete extinction. Their horns were considered by many to have medicinal value. The black Cameroonian rhinoceros was last seen in 2006, after which it was not seen again, in connection with which it was officially declared extinct in 2011.

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Pinta Island Tortoise (Abingdon Elephant Tortoise) This is the largest animal of those that have become extinct in the most recent time. Lonely George, who was over 100 years old (pictured) was the last of the species and died on June 24, 2012 from heart failure.

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The Caspian tiger inhabited vast territories along river corridors in sparse forests to the west and south of the Caspian Sea. Its habitat was from Turkey and Iran through Central Asia to the Takla Makan Desert, China. The Caspian tiger, like the Siberian and Bengal subspecies of the tiger, was the largest feline that ever existed. The population of this subspecies began to decline sharply in the 1920s, which was associated with hunting for them, a reduction in habitat, and a decrease in the amount of food. The last such tiger was killed in February 1970 in the Turkish province of Hakkari.

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The Bali tiger is one of the smallest tigers that has ever lived. The Bali tigers had short, bright orange fur and were about the size of leopards or mountain lions. The last confirmed case of this tiger being killed was in September 1937. But until the 1940s or 1950s, it was suspected that there were still a small number of individuals left on the island. The Bali tigers became extinct due to loss of habitat and because of the fashionable passion for hunting among Europeans. Unfortunately, the photo is not clear, it was taken in 1913.

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Barbary lion Previously, the Barbary lion (also known as the Atlas or Nubian lion) lived in the territory from Morocco to Egypt. This lion was the largest and heaviest among the lion subspecies. He was distinguished by a particularly thick dark mane, which went far beyond his shoulders and hung down on his stomach. The last wild Barbary lion was shot in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco in 1922. The photo was taken in 1893 in Algiers.

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Mexican Grizzlies Grizzlies can live in more than just North American or Canadian climates. Previously, the grizzly also lived in Mexico. This animal belonged to the subspecies of the brown bear. The Mexican grizzly was a very large bear with small ears and a high forehead. It was finally exterminated by ranchers in the 60s of the last century, as it was a danger to their livestock. By 1960, only 30 individuals remained, but by 1964, the Mexican grizzly was already considered extinct.

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Thylacine - Marsupial Wolf It was the largest marsupial carnivore of our time (it was about 60 cm high and about 180 cm long with the tail). Thylacines once lived in the mainland of Australia and New Guinea, but as a result of human activity, they were already almost extinct there by the time of colonization by Europeans. However, they remained in Tasmania, where they were called Tasmanian tigers or Tasmanian wolves. The last thylacine in the wild was killed in 1930. And in captivity, the last Thylacine, which is shown in the photo, died in 1936. However, as early as the 1960s, people were hoping that the Thylacines might still be around somewhere, and until the 1980s they were not officially considered completely extinct. And so far, however, isolated reports of sightings of the surface in Tasmania and New Guinea.

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Tarpan or Eurasian Wild Horse lived in the steppes of a number of European countries, in the European part of Russia, in Western Siberia and on the territory of Western Kazakhstan. The height at the withers of Tarpan reached 136 cm with a body length of about 150 cm. Tarpans had a standing mane and thick wavy hair, which in summer was black-brown, yellow-brown or dirty yellow, and in winter became lighter with a dark stripe along the back. They had dark legs, a mane and tail, and strong hooves that did not require horseshoes. The last forest Tarpan was killed on the territory of the modern Kaliningrad region in 1814. In 1879, the last steppe tarpan in nature was killed in the steppe in the Kherson region of Ukraine. The last Tarpan who lived in captivity died in 1918. The photo was taken at the Moscow Zoo in 1884 and is claimed to be the only photo of a living Tarpan.

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The quagga The quagga is a subspecies of the plains zebra that lived in the wild in South Africa in large numbers. However, Quagga was exterminated for meat and skins. The last wild Quagga was shot in 1878, and in captivity the last individual died in August 1883. Quagga is perhaps the only extinct animal whose representatives were tamed by humans and used to guard herds. It is the only animal of this subspecies ever photographed (London Zoo).

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TUR A primitive type of wild bull, the tur was about 2 m tall and had very long horns, sometimes reaching 80 cm. A direct ancestor of cattle bred in modern Europe and Spanish black fighting bulls, in Poland he lived until the 17th century. Here the last representative of this species died in the reserve, which was organized to save him. “They are only slightly smaller than elephants and are related to bulls. They are very strong and run very fast. No one can feel safe when they are around. They cannot be tamed even at a very early age. Anyone who kills them in large numbers proudly displays their horns as trophies and is deeply respected. The horns are different from those of our bulls and are in high demand. If they are bordered with silver, they make wonderful goblets used at solemn feasts. (Julius Caesar) Considered finally extinct around 1627.

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Monument to the last tour in Yaktorovo

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Endangered animals
COMPLETED BY STUDENTS OF THE 4TH CLASS: Dmitriev Artyom, Kemaev Nikita, Sysolova Irina, Shmakov Stanislav Supervisor: Kharitonova Z.L.

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“Our world is complex and vulnerable, like a web. Touch one web, and all the others will tremble. And we do not just touch the web - we leave gaping holes in it ”(J. Durrell)

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The snow leopard (irbis) is a rare, small species. In the Red Book of the Russian Federation, he was assigned the first category - "a species that is endangered at the limit of its range." The total number of snow leopards in Russia, according to WWF (World Wildlife Fund) experts, is no more than 80-100 individuals.

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The Amur tiger is one of the rarest predators on the planet, the largest tiger in the world, the only representative of the species that lives in the snow. The Amur tiger is listed in the International Red Book; in Russia, these animals live only in the Primorsky and Khabarovsk Territories. According to the latest census, the population of a rare animal in the Russian Federation has about 450 individuals.

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The Far Eastern leopard is one of the rarest felines in the world. Many experts consider the Far Eastern leopard the most beautiful subspecies of leopards and often compare it with the snow leopard. The south of Primorsky Krai is the only habitat of the Far Eastern leopard in Russia. According to the latest census, about 50 leopards currently live in the Ussuri taiga. Scientists in many countries and WWF are concerned about the conservation of an endangered species.

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Manul - a rare predator of the steppes and semi-steppes of Eurasia - is listed in the international and Russian Red Books. This wild cat has a status close to threatened. According to scientists, the number of animals is declining. In addition, it is threatened by poachers, there is a threat of the disappearance of suitable habitats. The northernmost habitat of this animal is located in Russia, here the manul is found mainly in the mountain-steppe and desert-steppe landscapes of the southeast of the Altai Republic, in the republics of Tuva, Buryatia, and also in the southeastern part of the Trans-Baikal Territory.

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The Komodo monitor lizard is a species of lizard from the monitor lizard family, the largest lizard in the world fauna. According to one hypothesis, it was the monitor lizards of the Indonesian island of Komodo that served as the prototype of the Chinese dragon. an adult Varanus Komodoensis can exceed three meters in length and weigh more than one and a half centners. This largest pangolin on Earth, which kills a deer with one blow of its tail, is found only in Indonesia and is among the endangered species of animals.

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Over the past 20 years, the number of Sumatran rhinos has declined by about 50% due to poaching and deforestation of tropical forests. Currently, only about 200 representatives of this species live in Southeast Asia. In total, five species of rhinos are known in the world: three in South and Southeast Asia and two in Africa. All species of rhinos are listed in the Red Book of the International Union for Conservation of Nature. WWF reported in October this year that one species of rhinoceros, the Javan rhinoceros, had been completely wiped out in Vietnam.
SUMATRAN RHINO

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Loggerhead is a species of sea turtles, the only representative of the loggerhead genus, or loggerhead sea turtles. This species is widespread in the waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, in the Mediterranean Sea. loggerhead can be found in the Far East (Peter the Great Bay) and in the Barents Sea (near Murmansk). The meat of this turtle was considered far from being the most delicious, only local tribes eat it, but its eggs were a delicacy. Their unlimited collection has led to a very serious reduction in the number of this species of turtles. over the past 50-100 years This species of turtle is listed in the Convention on International Trade in Species of Wild Flora and Fauna and in the Red Book, protected by the laws of Cyprus, Greece, USA, Italy.

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The sea otter, or sea otter, is a predatory marine mammal of the mustelid family, a species close to otters. The sea otter has a number of unique features of adaptation to the marine environment. Sea otters live on the northern shores of the Pacific Ocean in Russia, Japan, the USA and Canada. In the XVIII-XIX centuries, sea otters were subjected to predatory extermination due to their valuable fur, as a result of which the species was on the verge of extinction. In the twentieth century, sea otters were listed in the Red Book of the USSR, as well as in the security documents of other countries. As of 2009, sea otter hunting is virtually banned in all regions of the world. It is allowed to hunt sea otters only to the indigenous population of Alaska - the Aleuts and Eskimos, and only to maintain folk crafts and food rations that have historically developed in this region.

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The bison is the heaviest and largest land mammal on the European continent. Its length is 330 cm, the height at the withers is up to two meters, and the weight reaches one ton. The destruction of forests, the growing density of human settlements and intensive hunting in the 17th and 18th centuries exterminated the bison in almost all countries of Europe. At the beginning of the 19th century, wild bison remained in two regions: in the Caucasus and in Belovezhskaya Pushcha. In 1921, during and after the First World War, bison were finally destroyed by poachers. As a result of the purposeful activity of many specialists, as of December 31, 1997, there were 1096 bison in captivity (zoos, nurseries and other reserves) in the world, and 1829 individuals in free populations. on the territory of Russia, the Red Book (1998) put bison in category 1 - endangered.

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The African wild dog, or, as it is also called, hyena-like, was once distributed throughout the African steppes and savannahs south of the Sahara - from southern Algeria and Sudan to the extreme southern tip of the continent. The hyena-like dog is included in the Red Book of the International Union for Conservation of Nature as a small species that is endangered.

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The Florida cougar is listed in the International Red Book. Hunting for it is prohibited, in addition, the animal is included in the CITES convention, which regulates the trade in rare species of animals. Previously, the cougar inhabited territories in the south of North America, as well as Central and South America up to Chile. At the same time, a separate population existed in Florida. In the 60s of the last century, due to the shooting and development of natural areas, the number of Florida cougars decreased to 20-30 individuals. Thanks to conservation efforts, these small wild cats with their characteristic long legs have a population of 100-160 now.

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The California Condor is a very rare species of bird from the American vulture family. The California condor was once distributed throughout the North American continent. In 1987, when the last free-living condor was caught, their total number was 27 individuals. However, due to good breeding in captivity, since 1992 they began to be released again. As of November 2010, there were 381 condors, including 192 birds in the wild.

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Orangutans are representatives of arboreal apes, one of the closest relatives of humans. Unfortunately, orangutans are endangered in the wild, mainly due to ongoing habitat destruction. Despite the creation of national parks, deforestation continues. Another major threat is poaching.

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The gray whale is listed in the Red Book of the Russian Federation. Whales live in the North Pacific Ocean, making regular seasonal migrations. These marine animals are champions in terms of range of movement: a whale swims an average of 16 thousand kilometers per year. At the same time, the whale is rather slow-moving, its usual speed is 7-10 kilometers per hour. According to zoologists, the maximum recorded lifespan for a gray whale was 67 years.
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The Carolina parrot was the only representative of parrots on the North American continent. Extinct due to destruction by hunters. Parrots caused damage to fields and fruit trees. The last two individuals remained in the zoo. They died in 1918. Wild birds were last seen in 1926 in Florida, in the vicinity of Lake Okeechobee, and rumors of meetings of Carolina parrots spread in the states of Florida, Alabama, Georgia until 1938. How accurate this information is is unknown.

Passenger pigeon Until the 19th century, it was one of the most common birds on Earth (3-5 billion individuals). The population decline occurred gradually from 1800 to 1870, but a catastrophic decrease in the number of birds occurred from 1870 to 189. The main cause of extinction was commercial extermination for meat. The last time a passenger pigeon was discovered in the wild was in the last pigeon, Martha, died in the Cincinnati Zoological Garden (USA) on September 1, 1914.

Extinct at the beginning of the 20th century. Species of birds of the pigeon family. Forms a monotypic genus crested thick-billed pigeons. Forms a monotypic genus crested thick-billed pigeons. The bird was endemic to the island of Choiseul, one of the Solomon Islands. The main reason for the extinction of the species was probably the introduction of a domestic cat to the island. crested thick-billed pigeon

Pygmy grebe Met in the west of the island of Madagascar, only on Lake Alaotra in the province of Toamasina. It was found in the west of the island of Madagascar, only on Lake Alaotra in the province of Toamasina. Medium in size with very small wings that did not allow her to make long flights. Medium in size with very small wings that did not allow her to make long flights. Birds fed on lake fish, the population of which was greatly reduced due to the introduction of new species of fish, animals and plants to Alaotra. In addition, grebes have been poached and also suffered from fishing nets placed throughout the lake. May 26, 2010, recognized as an extinct species. The cause of extinction is human activity.

The Falkland fox was the only native land mammal of the Falkland Islands. She could bark like a dog. Since she was the only land predator on the islands, she probably had no difficulty in obtaining food. Since the 1860s, when Scottish colonists arrived on the islands, foxes have been massively shot and poisoned as a threat to sheep herds. The last Falkland fox was killed in 1876 in West Falkland. All that remains of her at the moment are 11 specimens in museums.

Quagga The quagga lived in South Africa. In front, they had a striped color, like a zebra, behind the bay color of a horse. The Boers slaughtered quaggas for their tough hides. Quaggas were tamed by humans and used to guard herds: quaggas noticed the approach of predators much earlier than domestic animals and warned their owners with a loud cry of “kuah”, from which they got their name. The last wild quagga was killed in 1878. The last quagga in the world died at the Amsterdam Zoo in 1883. In 1987, a project was launched to restore the quagg as a biological species. 9 animals were bred by selection and placed for observation in Etosha Park. in 2005, a representative of the third generation was born.

Marsupial wolf The only representative of the family of marsupial wolves. As a result of uncontrolled shooting and trapping, by 1863 marsupial wolves survived only in the remote mountainous and forest regions of Tasmania. A catastrophic drop in its numbers occurred at the beginning of the 20th century, when dog distemper broke out in Tasmania, brought by imported dogs. Marsupial wolves turned out to be susceptible to it, and by 1914 there were only a few of them left. The last wild marsupial wolf was killed on May 13, 1930, and in 1936 the last marsupial wolf died of old age in a private zoo in Hobart.

Steller's cow Marine mammal of the siren order. Length up to 10 meters, weighed up to 4 tons. Habitat Commander Islands. This sedentary, toothless, dark brown animal, mostly 68 meters long with a forked tail, lived in small bays, practically did not know how to dive, and fed on algae. From unreliable sources it was reported that in the 1970s a Steller's cow was seen off the coast of Kamchatka.