More Endangered Species

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More Endangered Species

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Apache Trout

• Good eating!!!
• Over-fished
• Loss of habitat competition with non-native
  species
• Found in White Apache mtns (NM)
• Hatch release seem to work

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Arizona Cliff Rose

• Only lives in dry areas of Arizona
• Drought has caused numbers to decline
• Habitat loss
• Hard to grow in gardens

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Blunt-Nosed Leopard Lizard

• Found in California
• Habitat loss pesticides caused
• s to decline
• Live in dry sandy
• soils

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California Condor

• s decreased to 26 because of DDT poisoning,
  being shot, loss of habitat
• Bred in captivity
• Now some have been released
• Giant vulture-like scavenger

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Giant Carrion Beetle

• Found in Oklahoma
• Live in grass land
• Feed on dead carcasses
• Not sure why s have declined
• Captive breeding plan is in effect

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Giant Panda

• Only 1000 left in wild
• Deforestation and poaching are biggest threats
• Do not breed well in captivity
• Only eat bamboo

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Hawaiian Crow

• Numbers declined when coffee and fruit farmers
  began to shoot them
• Only 7 birds exist in wild today
• Captive breeding program is in effect

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Oahu Tree Snail

• Numbers declined due to predation by a
  carniverous snail loss of habitat
• Live in Hawaiian forests
• Hermaphroditic can live for many years

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Pitchers Thistle

• Found on shores of Great Lakes
• Lives on dunes
• Numbers declined due to habitat loss (mainly
  because of off road vehicles)

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Red-Footed Tortoise

• Found in South America and Caribbean
• Herbivores and carrion eaters
• Numbers declined because they have been collected
  as pets

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Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse

• Found in San Francisco Bay Area
• Numbers declined due to habitat loss
• Need to live in brackish water area
• Herbivores
• No recovery plan yet

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Schaus Swallowtail Butterfly

• Feed only on guava, tamarind cheese shrub
• Found in Florida Keys
• declined due to habitat loss extreme weather
• Captive breeding release - successful

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Texas Blind Salamander

• Current unknown
• Only found in small part of Texas
• s declined due to lack of water (overpumping by
  people), lack of bats to provide nutrients
• Eats plankton in caves

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Wyoming Toad

• Found only in small part of Wyoming
• s declined due to water pollution
• Captive breeding and refuges set up
• Only 200 wild toads found recently