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Siberian Tiger

Also known as the Amur tiger, the Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica),

whose former range included northeastern China, the Korean Peninsula, and

Mongolia, is now almost completely conned to !ussia"s Amur#$ssuri region,

where it is now protected% An estimated &' to ' tigers are belie*ed to be

still ali*e, although the persistent threats of habitat loss through logging and

de*elopment, as well as poaching for their fur and bones continue to loom

o*erhead%

Sumatran !hinoceros

the smallest of rhinoceroses (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) used to +ourish

throughout the rain forests, cloud forests, and swamps of ndia and SoutheastAsia% -ow critically endangered, only si. substantial populations remain in the

wild, where they"re estimated to number around &% /he main culprits for

their dwindling numbers0 llegal poaching 1 their horns can fetch as much as

2&, per kilogram on the black market 1 and the rampant destruction of

their habitat in the name of human progress% Another reason the animals are

doomed3 4oos ha*e found *ery little success breeding the rhinos in capti*ity%

Mountain 5orilla

Although mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringeiberingei) managed to elude

disco*ery until as late as 678, their populations ha*e been so decimated bydeforestation, hunting, and the illegal pet trade that only 98 remain in the

wild, split between $ganda"s :windi mpenetrable -ational Park and the

;irunga range of *olcanic mountains on the borders of the <emocratic !epulic

of Congo, !wanda, $ganda% Ci*il unrest in central Africa, particularly in the

Congo, add another wrinkle in conser*ation e=orts%

!ed >olf 

Smaller and more slender than its gray#wolf cousin, the red wolf (Canis lupus

rufus) managed to sur*i*e the ?ate Pleistocene ice age but may not be able to

slink by modern man% @nce widespread throughout the southeastern $nitedStates, red wolf#populations ha*e been so de*astated by predator#control

programs and habitat loss that the dearth of breeding partners has led many

of them to mate with coyotes instead, further reducing the number of

genetically pure wol*es% An estimated 6 wol*es roam northeastern -orth

Carolina today, while another 6' reside at capti*e breeding facilities across

the $nited States%

Philippine Crocodile

ound only on the islands from which it deri*es its name, the freshwater

Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis) is legally protected in its nati*e

country, although it continues to face threats from human disturbance,

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including habitat loss and accidental death by dynamite shing% A 677' sur*ey

found only 6 adult crocs left in the wild, making the animal one of the most

se*erely threatened species on the planet%