[環保資訊] New Most Endangered Species

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Hi people, just sharing some news on the new animals on the endangered species list.
Please do out part to prevent it from going extinct.



Siau Island Tarsier: Putting on a Happy Face?
Threatened  by a volcano and bush-meat hunters, the Siau Island tarsier is among  animal species newly designated critically endangered in the 2011 update  of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)'s Red List of Threatened Species, released last week.

The  world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status  of plant and animal species, the Red List classifies species into eight  categories, ranging from "not evaluated" to "extinct." A critically  endangered species is defined as a species at extremely high risk of  extinction in the wild.

The Siau Island tarsier, for example, inhabits only one small Indonesian island dominated by an active volcano.
"Depending  on the magnitude of the eruption and the path of the lava flows, the population could be severely affected or even possibly disappear," said Rebecca Miller, program officer for the U.K.-based Red List Unit.
The  big-eyed primates also face immediate pressure from islanders who have  both degraded nearly the entire tarsier habitat and hunted the animals  extensively—wiping out perhaps 80 percent during the past decade.
"There are credible reports that the locals regularly eat them and may serve five to ten in a single sitting," Miller said.



Dwarf Salamander: Facing Shrinking Chances
The Chuj climbing salamander, a species of dwarf salamander from Guatemala, is another addition to the critically endangered category of the 2011 Red List.
The  salamanders are found in a limited area of hardwood forest, much of  which has been cut for farming and firewood. But local authorities are  also working hard to protect a remaining stretch of forest where the  amphibians still thrive.
"It's  a classic example of how humans impact biodiversity around the world,"  Miller said. "We have the power to destroy—but also the power to  protect."




Bog Turtle, Big Trouble
This tiny, critically endangered bog turtle, Clemmys muhlenbergi, is one of the world's smallest, squeezing into a 3- to 4.5-inch (7.9- to 11.4-centimeter) shell. But the eastern-U.S. reptile represents a big conservation problem. Wetland development and drainage  have drastically reduced suitable habitat for this and many other  species around the globe.
U.S. turtles, like C. muhlenbergi, are far less threatened than their Asian relatives, but their fates are  increasingly bound together: Asia's appetite for turtles as food and  the pet trade is harming turtle populations halfway around the world.



Harlequin Toad: One of Only Two Known
Nineteen  new frogs, toads, and salamanders were added to the Red List this year,  and eight are said to be critically endangered—including Peru's harlequin toad.
Extensive surveys of the toad's forest habitat in 2010 turned up only two individuals.
Amphibians are one of the hardest hit animal groups, with an estimated four in ten  species at risk of extinction from threats including habitat loss,  pollution, and disease.

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