Iucn Red List Vulnerable Species - Iucn Red List Vulnerable Species (Animalia), Iucn Red List Vulnerable Species (Plantae), Lion, Polar Bear, Galapagos (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 217. Chapters: IUCN Red List vulnerable species (Animalia), IUCN Red List vulnerable species (Plantae), Lion, Polar bear, Galapagos tortoise, Sperm whale, Asian black bear, Red panda, Great white shark, Hippopotamus, Porbeagle, Pygmy slow loris, Fossa (animal), Nepenthes lowii, Komodo dragon, Sarus Crane, Dugong, Dusky shark, Green and Golden Bell Frog, Nepenthes fusca, Nepenthes bicalcarata, Cheetah, Red-footed tortoise. Excerpt: On 30 January 2010, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 4618 Vulnerable species, subspecies and varieties, stocks and sub-populations in the Animalia kingdom. On 30 January 2010, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 5,075 Vulnerable species, subspecies and varieties, stocks and sub-populations in the Plantae kingdom. The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wild lions currently exist in sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia, with an endangered remnant population in Gir Forest National Park in India, having disappeared from North Africa and Southwest Asia in historic times. Until the late Pleistocene, about 10,000 years ago, the lion was the most widespread large land mammal after humans. They were found in most of Africa, across Eurasia from western Europe to India, and in the Americas from the Yukon to Peru. The lion is a vulnerable species, having seen a major population decline of 30-50% over the past two decades in its African range. Lion populations are untenable outside designated reserves and national parks. Although the cause of the decline is not fully understood, habitat loss and conflicts with humans are currently the greatest causes of concern. Within Africa, the West African lion population...