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Exploring Endangered Species: A Quiz on Conservation

This quiz tests your knowledge on endangered species, their conservation status, and the factors contributing to their decline. Challenge yourself and learn more about the importance of protecting biodiversity.

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1 Examples: Javan Tiger, Thylacine, Dodo, Passenger Pigeon, Tyrannosaurus, Caribbean Monk Seal, Dimetrodon, ________

2 Also, over-exploitation, ________ (Wilcove & Master, 2008, p.

3 ________ is another factor that causes many species to become endangered, especially a large proportion of aquatic life.

4 Internationally, 190 countries have signed an accord agreeing to create ________ to protect endangered and other threatened species.

5 Under the ________ in the United States, "endangered" is the more protected of the two categories.

6 ________ uses the term endangered species as a specific category of imperilment, rather than as a general term.

7 Conservation experts view the effect of China's ________ on the wild turtle populations of China and South-Eastern Asia - many of which are endangered - as "poorly understood".

8 ________, Europe's most endangered mammal

9 Critically endangered: faces an extremely high risk of ________ in the immediate future.

10 ________

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the endangered golden lion tamarin has a long, but not prehensile, tail.
  • the waxcap mushroom Hygrocybe austropratensis (pictured) has been declared an endangered species by the Government of New South Wales.
  • the Anjajavy Forest holds many endangered species including four of the 99 pairs of Madagascar Fish Eagle.
  • the Antioch Dunes Evening Primrose grows only in the Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge, the first wildlife refuge in the U.S. formed to protect endangered plant and insect species.
  • the endangered cui-ui sucker fish was a staple of the Native American Paiute tribe for over a millennium.
  • the endangered American Burying Beetle is one of the only beetle species that exhibits parental care.
  • most of the world's population of Northern Bald Ibis, an endangered species of birds, are found at Souss-Massa National Park in Morocco.
  • the Colombian palm Aiphanes leiostachys is an endangered species, while two other Colombian endemics in the same genus, Aiphanes duquei and Aiphanes lindeniana, are vulnerable to extinction.
  • the endangered subspecies California Clapper Rail, a chicken-sized bird that rarely flies, has chicks that can swim when they are just two hours old.
  • the endangered wildflower Lasthenia conjugens has successfully colonized new vernal pools with human assistance.
  • the Black-winged Starling (pictured) was once considered a potential problem for the threatened Bali Starling but is now an endangered species itself.
  • the DSSAM Model is a computer simulation used to study water quality of the Truckee River, and assisted in conservation of two endangered species.
  • the extensive mangrove destruction in Malaysia and Indonesia is a major threat to the endangered roughnose stingray.
  • the fruit of the pondberry, an endangered wetland shrub, was used by children in the rural Southern United States as ammunition in toy pop guns made from hollowed-out elderberry stems.
  • the habitat of the endangered Whiteray pygmy daisy (illustrated) has been reduced to a narrow strip only six miles long, due to urban development, off-road vehicles and destruction by road maintenance crew.
  • yearly whale counts of the endangered Humpback Whale (pictured) in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary show their numbers are increasing by 7% per year.
  • the Yulupa Creek watershed has been designated as critical habitat for two California endangered species.
  • the San Mateo woolly sunflower is an endangered species that makes its home on serpentine outcrops that are chemically inhospitable for most plant species.
  • the Laguna de Santa Rosa in Sonoma County, California, has several endemic endangered species and is the second-largest freshwater wetland in Northern California.
  • the Aleutian Shield Fern, an endangered species found only on the Aleutian Island, Adak Island, is one of the least known of the world's ferns.
  • the Ropar Wetland, in addition to being home to several endangered and threatened species, was the site of the signing of an 1831 treaty between the English and the Sikhs.
  • the San Francisco garter snake is an endangered species capable of digesting toxic newts but is not found in San Francisco.
  • males of the endangered South Andean Deer have a distinctive black "face mask" that forms an elongated heart-shape.
  • in April 2009, a team of scientists uncovered evidence suggesting that the endangered Visayan Spotted Deer (pictured) survived in a tiny forest in Negros.
  • Piperia yadonii is a rare and endangered species of wild orchid whose survival may be influenced by the demand for increased golfing on the Monterey Peninsula.
  • Sonoma Creek (pictured), a California-designated critical coastal watershed, drains the acclaimed Sonoma Valley Wine Country, and provides a home to many endangered species.
  • Acanthomintha duttonii is an endangered wildflower that is found only in a six mile long strip on the San Francisco Peninsula.
  • Amaranthus brownii, an endangered species of pigweed endemic to the Northwestern Hawaiian Island of Nihoa, was discovered in 1923, but has not been seen in the wild for twenty-five years.
  • phumdis (example pictured), exclusive to Loktak Lake, are masses of decaying vegetation forming Keibul Lamjao National Park, the world’s only floating park and a preservation area for endangered Eld's Deer, in Manipur, India.
  • Yreka phlox, an endangered flowering plant that grows in serpentine soil, is the official city flower of Yreka, California.
  • construction for the bobsleigh, luge, and track to be used for the 2014 Winter Olympics has been delayed due to high downhill grades and location near a World Heritage Site, including near an endangered species of brown bear.
  • conservation reliant species, which require continuing wildlife management interventions for their survival, comprise 80% of endangered species in the US.
  • hydrological transport models are computer simulations analyzing the movement of water pollution in rivers, and have played a role in aiding endangered species.
  • Madagascar dry deciduous forests (such as Anjajavy Forest, pictured right) contain many endangered and endemic species of lemurs, boas, and chameleons.
  • Cirsium fontinale is a species of California thistle that actually represents three taxa, two of which are endangered species with narrow endemic ranges.
  • Lytocaryum weddellianum, an endangered species of palm trees endemic to Brazil, may be saved from extinction as it has become a common potted plant in Europe.
  • although the freshwater snail Valvata piscinalis is widely distributed in some parts of North America where it is non-indigenous, it is endangered in some of its native areas.
  • around 30–40 endangered Sri Lankan elephants (pictured) are present within Kumana National Park.
  • both species of Corroboree frog are critically endangered.
  • in 2008, the IUCN revised the conservation status of the Central American Squirrel Monkey (pictured) from endangered to the lesser risk status of vulnerable.
  • all four remaining species of island raccoons (examples pictured), found only on small Central American and Caribbean islands, are considered endangered.
  • about 22% of all reported species of mammals in Colombia are endangered or critically endangered.
  • Ossubtus xinguense is an endangered species of fish that has an unusual downturned mouth which gives the appearance of a beak.
  • Trillium reliquum is an endangered species that exists at only 21 sites in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.
  • Horabagrus brachysoma, an endangered species of the genus Horabagrus, has been considered a potential flagship species for media attention to provide a focus for wildlife conservation of inland biodiversity.
  • conifer Torreya taxifolia was one of the first plant species listed as endangered in the United States.
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