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After an animated introduction about the history of extinct species (e.g. the quagga, the great auk and the dodo) it has gone to 60 countries and territories (including Turkey, Spain, Germany, Poland, Australia, Borneo, Chile, Spitzbergen, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, India, Java, United States, and Peru) on all continents and to the most famous national parks.
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The World's 100 most threatened species [1] is a compilation of the most threatened animals, plants, and fungi in the world. It was the result of a collaboration between over 8,000 scientists from the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission (IUCN SSC), along with the Zoological Society of London . [ 2 ]
A rare species is a group of organisms that are very uncommon, scarce, or infrequently encountered. This designation may be applied to either a plant or animal taxon, and is distinct from the term endangered or threatened. Designation of a rare species may be made by an official body, such as a national government, state, or province.
The project has been documented in a series of books: Rare: Portraits of America's Endangered Species. 2010. ISBN 1-4262-0575-9. Precursor to The Photo Ark project. Animal Ark: Celebrating our Wild World in Poetry and Pictures. National Geographic Kids, 2017. ISBN 978-1426327674. The Photo Ark: One Man's Quest to Document the World's Animals. 2017.
Mountain nyala are endemic to the Ethiopian highlands east of the Rift Valley, between 6°N and 10°N. Up to half of the total population of the mountain nyala occurs in the 200 km 2 (77 sq mi) area of Gaysay, in the northern part of the Bale Mountains National Park .
The Nyanga National Park in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe located at about 268 kilometres (167 mi) from Harare (connected by a black topped road) is made up of rolling green hills terrain with perennial rivers which spread through the 47,000 hectares (120,000 acres) park. The park lies between 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) and 2,593 metres (8,507 ...
Maha rath mala (Rhododendron arboreum ssp. zeylanicum) is a rare subspecies of Rhododendron arboreum found in Central Highlands of Sri Lanka. Diversity and endemism of plants in Sri Lanka are quite high. [20] There are 3,210 flowering plants belonging to 1,052 genera. 916 species and 18 genera are endemic to the island.