Endangered animals found in ecuador

Endangered animals found in ecuador

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  ENDANGERED ANIMALS FOUND IN ECUADOR Doneby: Anushmita Ihana Tanvi Farhana
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  WHAT ARE ENDANGERED ANIMALS? Animalsthat are very few in number and may disappear soon are called endangered animals. These animals are less in number because of killing and hunting . Animals such as : Leopards and tigers are killed for their skin , Elephants are killed for their tusks , Rhinoceroses are hunted for their horns .
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  BINOMIAL SCIENTIFIC NAMES OFANIMALS Endangered Animals Common Name Binomial Scientific Name Black –Headed Spider Monkey Ateles Fuscicep Bare-Tailed Armored Tree Rat Makalata Occasius Giant Otter Pteronura Brasiliensis
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  BLACK-HEADED SPIDER MONKEY  Notedas Endangered by International Union For Conservation Of Nature  80% populatiion lost due to human hunting & encroachment,now found only in 2 ranges of northern surrounding forest  This animal prefers subtropical humid forest and altitude of 100 to1700 meters above sea level  Its body is brown or
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  BARE-TAILED ARMORED TREE RAT Foundin Gualea in Mount Pichincha in a altitude range of of 1300 meters above sea level. It is a species known from less than 10 individuals. It represents other members of Echimyidae-mouse rat They are herbivorous. Threatened by high heat they prosper in arears of adequate water.
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  GIANT OTTER Prefers tolive in fresh water rivers, creeks, lakes and occasionally near agricultural canals and reservoirs, slopes of river banks. They live in groups of 5 to 8 and are communal territorial in nature. They exhibit social behaviors including hunting, grooming, resting and communicating together. Some of the conservation approach are creating new and protected areas
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  ECUADORIAN SAC- WINGED RAT Foundin Ecuador and Colombia. It is dark in Colour. It prefers to live in the mouth of caves where there is light,cracks in rocks and abondoned mines. They live together in colonies and eats insects. Declared Endangered by IUCN their primary
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