All About Nature: Animals to Paint Online

Endangered animals are those species that are in danger of going extinct. Their reproductive rates are lower than their mortality rates over long periods of time, so their numbers are diminishing. The reasons for this are varied, but very often involve a loss of habitat to people.

When a species is listed as endangered or threatened, it is not a death sentence. Many animals, like the bald eagle and the American alligator, were on the brink of extinction and are now recovering. Many species, however, will not recover, and could be lost forever.

Throughout time, animal species have been going extinct (long before people evolved); paleontologists estimate that well over 90 percent of all plant and animal species that ever existed have gone extinct.

Some Animals that are in danger of extinction:

African Elephant The African Elephant is the largest land animal.

African Wild Dog The African Wild Dog hunts in packs in Africa.

Aleutian Canada Goose The Aleutian Canada goose is a large North American bird that honks.

Arabian Oryx Oryx are long-horned antelopes from dry areas in Africa.

Asian Elephant The Asian Elephant is an endangered species.

Aye-aye A strange primate from Madagascar.

Bactrian Camel Bactrian Camels are two-humped camels from deserts and steppes of Asia.

Bald Eagle The bald eagle is a large bird of prey that is recovering from near-extinction.

Bengal Tiger Bengal tigers are huge wild cats with stripes.

Bison Bison (also known as the American Buffalo) are the heaviest land animals in North America.

Black-Footed Ferret The Black-Footed Ferret is an endangered type of ferret.

Blue Whale A baleen whale that is the largest animal that ever lived on Earth.

Boa Constrictor A large constricting snake from South and Central America.

Bobcat A fierce, short-tailed wild cat from North America.

Bowhead Whale A baleen whale rich in blubber.

Brown Pelican The brown pelican is a fish-eating bird with a huge pouched bill.

Caiman The caiman is a meat-eating reptile from South and Central America.

Chimpanzee Chimpanzees are very intelligent apes from Africa; they are closely related to humans.

Chinchilla Chinchillas are soft rodents that live high in the Andes Mountains of South America.

Cockatoo Cockatoos are birds with a large, feathery crest and a hooked bill.

Desert Tortoise A tortoise from southwestern North America.

Dhole The dhole is a wild dog from Asia.

Dugong Dugongs are gentle, slow-swimming, aquatic mammals.

Florida Panther A long-tailed wild cat with no spots. It is also known as the puma, catamount, mountain lion, and cougar.

Gazelle Gazelles live in herds in Africa. Many gazelles are in danger of extinction.

Gorilla Gorillas are great apes from Africa. They are in danger of extinction.

Gray Whale A baleen whale that is a bottom feeder; it migrates long distances.

Gray Wolf Gray wolves are carnivores that live in packs and howl.

Great Egret The great egret, also known as the common egret, is a large wading bird.

Great White Shark An enormous, ferocious predator found worldwide.

Grizzly Bear The Grizzly Bear is a large bear with a muscular hump on its shoulders.

Harpy Eagle The Harpy Eagle is one of the largest eagles in the world. It lives in rainforests of Central and South America.

Humpback Whale A long-flippered baleen whale that sings and frolics in the water.

Jackass Penguin A small penguin from off the coast of Southern Africa.

Jaguar The jaguar is a large, spotted wild cat from South and Central America.

Kakapo A large, flightless, nocturnal, solitary parrot from New Zealand.

Kangaroo Rat A small rodent from North America.

Kinkajou A long-tailed, nocturnal mammal from rainforests in the Americas.

Kiwi A chicken-sized flightless bird from New Zealand.

Koala The koala is an Australian marsupial. It is not a bear.

Komodo Dragon The biggest lizard in the world and a fierce predator.

Lemur Large-eyed primates from Madagascar.

Leopard Leopards are widely-distributed, spotted wild cats.

Loris Large-eyed primates from Southeast Asia.

Lynx A powerful wild cat from Eurasia and North America.

Mako Shark Large predators that are the fastest swimming fish!

Manatee Manatees are gentle, slow-swimming, aquatic mammals.

Marbled Murrelet A small seabird from the Pacific Northwest of North America.

Nene or Hawaiian Goose An endangered goose that lives on volcanic slopes.

Northern Spotted Owl A nocturnal hunter from the Pacific coast of North America.

Numbat The numbat (also known as the banded anteater) is a pouchless, diurnal marsupial.

Ocelot Ocelots are wild cats from the Americas.

Orangutan Orangutans are large, solitary, tree-dwelling apes.

Oregon Silverspot Butterfly A brown and orange butterfly that lives in humid coastal salt-spray meadows and fields in the Pacific Northwest of the USA.

Oryx Oryx are long-horned antelopes from dry areas in Africa. Many oryx species are in danger of extinction.

Otter, River River otters are streamlined, aquatic mammals from North America.

Otter, Sea Otters are marine mammals with very dense, waterproof fur.

Panda Pandas are black and white bears from China.

Peregrine Falcon The fastest flyers, who prey upon other birds.

Prairie Chicken Prairie Chickens are a type of grouse that live in North American grasslands.

Puma A long-tailed wild cat with no spots. It is also known as the catamount, panther, mountain lion, and cougar.

Pupfish A small fish from desert waters of southwestern North America.

Queen Alexandra's Birdwing Butterfly Queen Alexandra's Birdwing is the biggest butterfly in the world. Its wingspan is about 1 foot (30 cm) wide.

Queen Conch A marine invertebrate with a large, beautiful shell.

Quoll The Quoll is a cat-sized carnivorous marsupial from the island of Tasmania and mainland Australia.

Rattlesnake Rattlesnakes are poisonous snakes that have a rattle at the end of the tail.

Red Panda Red Pandas are bear-like mammals from high-altitude mountains in Asia.

Red Wolf Red wolves are endangered carnivores from the eastern USA.

Right Whale Baleen whales with a huge head and an arched mouth.

Scarlet Macaw A brilliantly-colored parrot from Central and South American rain forests.

Sea Turtle Sea turtles are large marine turtles.

Sloth The sloth is a slow-moving mammal that lives hanging upside-down from trees.

Snow Leopard Snow Leopards are rare, pale leopards from the snowy central mountains of Asia.

Sperm Whale The largest toothed whale, over 50 feet long. It eats giant squid.

Spotted Dolphin The Pantropical Spotted Dolphin is a small, toothed whale from tropical waters worldwide.

Tapir A plant-eating, hoofed mammal with a small trunk.

Tarsier Tarsiers are small, nocturnal, arboreal primates with enormous eyes.

Tasmanian Devil Tasmanian Devils are nocturnal, meat-eating marsupials from Tasmania.

Tuatara An unusual reptile from islands off New Zealand.

Viceroy Butterfly The Viceroy is an orange and black butterfly from North America.

Wallaby Wallabies are small to medium-sized kangaroos. Some wallabies, like the Parma wallaby, are in danger of extinction.

Western Spotted Owl A nocturnal hunter from the Pacific Northwest of North America.

White Rhinoceros The White rhinoceros is a large rhino with gray skin and two horn-like spikes on its head.

Woodland Caribou A rare caribou from Canada that eats lichens.

Yak Yaks are large, strong, plant-eating mammals. Wild yaks are in danger of extinction.

Zebra Zebras have black and white stripes. Many zebras are in danger of extinction.

Zorro The zorro is a dog-like fox from South America.

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