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The Giant Armadillo, Priodontes maximus, is listed as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Continue reading
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IUCN Species of the Day: Giant Armadillo
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day, South America with tags Andes Mountains, animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animal Trafficking, Animals, animals blog, Anti Poaching, Argentina, armadillo trade, armadillos, Brazil, bushmeat, China, CITES, Community, Conservation, Culture, Current Events, deforestation, Education, Endangered Species, Environment, Extinction, forest loss, French Guiana, Giant Armadillo, Guianas, habitat loss, illegal, Illegal Animal Trade, illegal hunting, Illegal Wildlife Trade, killing, Nature, News, pangolins, Paraguay, poaching, Priodontes maximus, Society, South America, stop poaching, Venezuela, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog on September 12, 2011 by Bush WarriorsIUCN Species of the Day: Burnup’s Hunter Slug
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags Africa, agriculture, animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animals, animals blog, Biodiversity., Burnup's Hunter Slug, Chlamydephorus burnupi, Community, Conservation, Current Events, deforestation, Drakensberg, Drakensberg foothills, Education, Endangered Species, endemic invertebrates, endemic slugs, endemic species, Environment, Extinction, forest habitat, forest invertebrates, forests, garden pests, habitat degradation, habitat loss, illegal, illegal timber harvesting, invasive plants, invasive species, killing, KwaZulu-Natal, leaf litter dweller, livestock, midlands, mist-belt Podocarpus forests, montane Podocarpus forests, Nature, overgrazing, pill millipedes, poaching, predatory slug, slugs, Society, South Africa, South African forests, threatened invertebrates, threatened slugs, timber extraction, vulnerable, wild fire, wildfire, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog on September 9, 2011 by Bush Warriors
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Burnup’s Hunter Slug, Chlamydephorus burnupi, is listed as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Continue reading
IUCN Species of the Day: Aquatic Tenrec
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags agricultural expansion, Andringitra National Park, animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animals, animals blog, aquatic habitat, Aquatic Tenrec, Biodiversity., Conservation, Current Events, deforestation, Education, Endangered Species, endemic species, endemic to Madagascar, Environment, erosion, Extinction, fish trap bycatch, fish traps, forest catchments, forest fragmentation, forest loss, forested catchments, forests, highlands, humid forests, IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, jellyfish, killing, Limnogale mergulus, Madagascar, Nature, nocturnal mammals, poaching, prevention of erosion, protected areas, protected areas network, Ranomafana National Park, riparian zones, riverine habitat, semi-aquatic mammal, siltation, soil erosion, stop poaching, tenrec, vegetated riparian zones, vulnerable, vulnerable to extinction, web-footed tenrec, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog on August 26, 2011 by Bush Warriors
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The Aquatic Tenre, Limnogale mergulus, is listed as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Continue reading
IUCN Species of the Day: Marbled Cat
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animals, animals blog, Anti Poaching, arboreal cats, Biodiversity., Borneo, Conservation, Current Events, deforestation, diurnal predators, Education, Endangered Species, Environment, Extinction, forest habitat, habitat loss, illegal, illegal hunting, India, killing, Marbled Cat, mesopredator, Nature, Nepal, Pardofelis marmorata, poaching, southeast Asia, stop poaching, Sumatra, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog on August 12, 2011 by Bush Warriors
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The Marbled Cat, Pardofelis marmorata, is listed as ‘Vulnerable’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Continue reading
IUCN Species of the Day: Solomon Island Palm Frog
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animal Trafficking, Animals, animals blog, Anti Poaching, Biodiversity., Community, Conservation, Current Events, deforestation, Education, endangered amphibians, endangered frogs, Endangered Species, Environment, Extinction, forest habitat, habitat degradation, habitat loss, habitat protection, illegal, Illegal Animal Trade, illegal hunting, Illegal Wildlife Trade, killing, logging, lowland forest, Nature, Palmatorappia solomonis, Papua New Guinea, poaching, rainforest, Solomon Island Palm Frog, Solomon Islands, stop poaching, timber extraction, tropical rainforest, vulnerable to extinction, Wester Pacific Ocean, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog on July 21, 2011 by Bush Warriors
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The Solomon Island Palm Frog, Palmatorappia solomonis, is listed as ‘VULERNABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. Continue reading
IUCN Species of the Day: Asian Elephant
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animal Trafficking, Animals, animals blog, Anti Poaching, Asia, Asian Elephants, CITES, Conservation, crop damage, crop raiding, Current Events, deforestation, Education, elephant, Elephant Corridors, elephant crop damage, Elephants, Elephas maxmius, Endangered Species, Environment, Ethics, Extinction, habitat degradation, habitat fragmentation, habitat loss, human-elephant conflict, Human-Wildlife Conflict, illegal, Illegal Animal Trade, illegal hunting, Illegal Ivory Trade, India, IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Ivory, Ivory Trade, Nature, poaching, stop poaching, Tusks, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation blog on July 20, 2011 by Bush Warriors
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The Asian Elephant, Elephas maximus, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. It is found in isolated populations in 13 tropical Asian countries. The Asian Elephant is smaller than its African savannah relative; the ears are smaller and the back is more rounded.
IUCN Species of the Day: Cuvier’s Hutia
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animals, animals blog, Anti Poaching, Biodiversity., bushmeat, Community, Conservation, crop pest, Current Events, Cuvier's Hutia, deforestation, Dominican Republic, Education, endangered rodents, Endangered Species, endemic species, Environment, Extinction, feral cats, feral dogs, habitat loss, Haiti, Hispaniola, Hispaniolan Hutia, Human-Wildlife Conflict, illegal, Illegal Animal Trade, illegal hunting, Illegal Wildlife Trade, introduced mongooses, introduced predators, introduced species, invasive species, killing, mongooses, Nature, News, Plagiodontia aedium, poaching, rats, stop poaching, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog, wildlife persecution on July 18, 2011 by Bush Warriors
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Cuvier’s Hutia, Plagiodontia aedium, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Continue reading
