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Przewalski's horse (/(p) ʃ ə ˈ v ɑː l s k iː z, ˌ p ɜːr ʒ ə-/ (p)shə-VAHL-skeez, PUR-zhə-; [3] Russian: [prʐɨˈvalʲskʲɪj] (Пржевальский); Polish: [pʂɛˈvalskʲi]; Equus ferus przewalskii or Equus przewalskii [4]), also called the takhi (Mongolian: Тахь), [5] Mongolian wild horse or Dzungarian horse, is a rare and endangered horse originally native to the ...
Kemp's ridley sea turtle [4] (Lepidochelys kempii), also called commonly the Atlantic ridley sea turtle, Kemp's ridley turtle, and Kemp's ridley, is a species of turtle in the family Cheloniidae. L. kempii is the rarest species of sea turtle and is the world's most endangered species of sea turtle.
The Kemp's ridley sea turtles were on the brink of extinction in the 1960s with low numbers of 200 nesting individuals. Due to strict laws that protected their nesting sites in Mexico and altered fishing gear to avoid accidental capture of the Kemp's ridley, their numbers have increased to estimated an 7000–9000 nesting individuals today. The ...
A Kemp's ridley hatchling, an endangered species of sea turtle, reaches the surf at Padre Island National Seashore during a public release on June 28, 2024, in Corpus Christi, Texas.
The conservation status of each of the seven turtle species are either endangered, threatened or data deficient (Flatback). The green and loggerhead sea turtles are categorized as endangered, olive ridley are classified as vulnerable, Kemp's ridley, and hawksbill sea turtles are critically endangered and the flatback sea turtle does not have ...
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Przewalski's horse is still found today, though it is an endangered species and for a time was considered extinct in the wild. [55] Roughly 2000 Przewalski's horses are in zoos around the world. [74] A small breeding population has been reintroduced in Mongolia.
Currently, all living Przewalski’s horses are descendants of 12 individuals, the organization said. To help the species’ future, the organization said it needs to ensure “an increase in ...